Checkpoint for Thursday 15 April 2021

5:08 PM.People currently under 18 may not be able to buy cigarettes when they become adults, while older generations may legally be able to smoke to the grave, as part of a new policy that would effectively… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.One of the concerns raised in the Smokefree 2025 discussion document is the closeness of schools to places selling cigarettes.

Fifty-four percent of secondary schools have at least one tobacco retail… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Armed police swarmed on an upmarket hotel in Auckland's viaduct today, after shots were fired in the lobby.

Three people are being questioned in relation to the incident at the Sofitel.

Officers… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Eden Park could be turned in to a short term mass Covid-19 vaccination clinic.

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield and other health leaders have just been giving an update on rollout plans.

5:27 PM.Convicted murderer, Venod Skantha, died in prison yesterday soon after learning his appeal had been dismissed.

It is thought the 33-year-old, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of Dunedin… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249045371001 Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Wellington City Council has today voted for a "sinking lid" on pokie machines, even though most councillors agree it is largely a symbolic gesture.

Councils around the country are calling on the… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Nearly 80,000 smart water meters will be rolled out across Auckland in the next four years as part of the city's efforts to solve its water woes.

The rollout is part of Auckland Council's plan to… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A mental wellbeing programme for primary and intermediate school students will be expanded to five more district health board areas.

Mana Ake started in 2018 in Canterbury and Kaikōura, and was a… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The police minister says this morning's armed incident in Auckland was a gang conflict between the Mongols and the Headhunters.

Poto Williams says she is concerned by an apparent rise in gang… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.The country's best land for growing food is being eaten up by housing developments.

That's one finding in the Environment Ministry and Stats NZ's Our Land 2021; which paints a stark picture of the… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.In a plan to stub out smoking by 2025, the government's looking at completely banning the next generation of adults from smoking, with a staged phase out.

On current projections, the government… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.In a plan to stub out smoking by 2025, the government is looking at completely banning the next generation of adults from smoking, with a staged phase out.

Selah Hart is kaiwhakahaere of Māori health… Read more Video, Audio