Checkpoint for Monday 16 December 2019

5:10 PM.A Workplace Health and Safety investigation into the Whakaari White Island eruption which has killed 16 and left 26 others in hospital could take a year to complete.

On Monday afternoon, Prime… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Most people severely burned in the Whakaari White Island do not yet know what has happened to them.

A week on, 14 patients remain in Burns Units around the country, eight of them in Middlemore.

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5:25 PM.The National Party is promising to be a government of infrastructure if voted in next year.

Improving social housing and giving the country's roads a major funding boost are among the proposals in… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The Māori King's former spokesperson is shocked at how much money was fraudulently taken from the Kiingitanga - some of which was used for gastric bypass surgery.

Fifty-six-year-old Te Rangihiroa… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.A gun owners rights group says law-abiding citizens will become criminals overnight unless the government extends the dead line for its gun buy-back scheme.

Owners of semi-automatic firearms have… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.A Brisbane community has held an emotional candle lit vigil for a mother and daughter who were the first Australian victims to be named after the Whakaari eruption.

Julie Richards and her 20-year-old… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Cabinet is not prepared to wait until Worksafe and coroners have finished their investigations into the Whakaari White Island explosion before considering any necessary law changes, and wants official… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Meanwhile, an Australian onboard the cruise ship Ovation of the Seas says the cruise company's told her she'll get a customer survey about the trip and a refund of about $135 for the extra day the… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The Black Caps cricketers have been left with plenty to ponder after a big defeat to Australia in the first Test in Perth.

The Australians wrapped up a thumping 296-run win in the day-night match… Read more Audio