Checkpoint for Monday 9 July 2018

6:20 PM.Fashion designers have been left out of pocket in the wake of the closure of one New Zealand's largest fabric wholesalers. Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.British police have launched a full-blown murder inquiry after 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess, who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok last week after visiting Salisbury, died in hospital. Video, Audio

6:11 PM.In the largest defence purchase since the ANZAC frigates, the Government has signed off $2.3 billion to buy four Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Sports reporter Clay Wilson joins John Campbell to talk about the upcoming Football World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The campaign against Tegel's plan for the country's largest chicken-farm south of Dargaville has ramped up. A big roadside billboard with signs facing each way has appeared on land beside the site… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.A security guard, put in place a month ago at the acute inpatient unit at Christchurch's main mental health facility, has been described as useless by nurses who work there. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.About 4000 staff from Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment ditched their desks for placards today, as they hit the streets calling for better pay. Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:24 PM.CNN Correspondent David McKenzie is outside the cave in Chiang Rai, where eight boys and their coach remain trapped. John Campbell asked him when the second mission might begin, or whether it already… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.The four weakest boys trapped in a Thailand cave for more than two weeks were freed in a dramatic eight hour operation overnight, and authorities hope it can be repeated overnight tonight. Here's how… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.The Government is to purchase four Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States, at a cost of somewhere in the region of $2.3 billion. John Campbell interviews Defence Minister… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.There are mounting calls for a formal police investigation into Anihera Black's claims that her husband Awanui Black, who died in 2016, was the ringleader of a child sex ring, and a man who preyed on… Read more Video, Audio

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