Checkpoint for Monday 7 April 2025

5:47 PM.Europe correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about a diplomatic row going on between the United Kingdom and Israel, the response to Donald Trump's tariffs across Europe and how scientists in… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.An assault, an arrest and anti-social behaviour by fans has marred Auckland FC's latest A-League football match at Mt Smart Stadium. Police say an Australian national was taken to Middlemore Hospital… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.Trump says the falling markets are the medicine needed to fix a problem... Audio

5:27 PM.We need to know before it's too late, that's the message from researchers working to find out the long-term health effects of vaping on New Zealand's young people, who are nearly three times more… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Tairawhiti doctors are warning some Gisborne Hospital services are on the brink of collapse and without an influx of doctors in the next four weeks could be forced to shut down. Last week, the head of… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.New Zealand's spending on defence is set for a sharp rise - with the government laying out a plan to double it within the next eight years. It's expected to bring the government's investment to more… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.A survivor of abuse in state care is worried new drug-driving laws mean he could be banned from taking the wheel due to his use of medicinal cannabis. Toni Jarvis says he uses prescribed products to… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Queenstown has been suffering from growing pains for years but with visitor and resident numbers continuing to swell it's turning into a full-blown belly ache. The Queenstown Lakes population is about… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Firefighters are battling a blaze which erupted at an industrial complex in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley this afternoon. Fire and Emergency was alerted to the fire in Maces Road shortly before… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.The team had never scored back-to-back Super Rugby wins - but that all changed after the side picked apart the Waratahs over the weekend. It's new ground for a club that's struggled to bag games in… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.People in the business of death would like the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 updated saying it hasn't kept up with changes in technology. They also say there are no clear rules around what to do with… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Israel's army has changed its account over what happened when 15 emergency workers were shot and killed in Gaza last month - now admitting that its soldiers made mistakes. Israel had originally said… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Already this year Auckland Council has had at least 13 rubbish truck fires caused by discarded batteries. They over heat and spark up the other rubbish, costing the council up to $5000 a truck fire… Read more Audio