Checkpoint for Monday 26 August 2024

5:45 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Diane To speaks to Lisa Owen about the United Nations body telling Britain it needs to crack down on racist hate speech - notably by public figures and politicians, the… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The High Court in Auckland has today been shown the internet history, photos, and messages from the phones of Pauline Hanna and Philip Polkinghorne's mistress Madison Ashton. Polkinghorne is on trial… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games start this Thursday and will bring together as many as 4400 athletes from around the world. New Zealand is sending 25 para athletes to compete across eight different… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The family of a patient found dead after he failed to return to the mental health ward at Palmerston North Hospital are calling for a review of the facility. Their calls comes as an internal… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.More than two dozen of our future doctors may have to head to overseas after Te Whatu Ora didn't match them with jobs for their first year out of medical school. Te Whatu Ora has offered 538 students… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.Hundreds of brand new homes in the Cardinal West development near the Auckland suburb of Massey have not been hooked up to a permanent sewage system. Instead the waste from 341 households is being… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The downpour has moved to Kapiti and Porirua which both have severe weather warnings in place, as well as Taranaki. There's already flooding across the Wellington region, while 50 homes in Greymouth… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.It's been a wet and muddy day for lots of Wellington residents as significant rainfall has cause flooding and slips in the region, Bill Hickman speaks to Lisa Owen from the Hutt Riverbank. Audio

4:50 PM.It's been a wet and muddy day for lots of Wellington residents as significant rainfall has cause flooding and slips in the region. In Kapiti, the heavy downpours have caused the flooding of properties… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.With two Ruapehu mills set to close because of record high power prices, the government's promising action. As well as what it said are urgent actions agreed by Cabinet today, it's announced of the… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.A former political figure has been found guilty on eight charges of indecent assault dating back to the 1990's. The man has been on trial in the Auckland District Court for sexually abusing two… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Kiwi athletes have triumphed across multiple sports, which gives the judges for the next Halberg Awards the unenviable task of deciding who takes home the country's top sports prize - the Supreme… Read more Video, Audio

4:30 PM.Lydia Ko has gone and done it again, the New Zealand golfer winning the British Open at St Andrews this morning. Ko hit a 3-under par round to win her third major by 2 shots, sports reporter Bridget… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.In a New Zealand first, Nelson is trialling an industry funded kerbside collection for soft plastics.That is the kind of plastic packaging you can scrunch up in your hand, the likes of wrappers… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown speaks to Lisa Owen about retaliation from the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah over the killing of one of its commanders and another round of ceasefire talks… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A serious accident has closed State Highway One south of Auckland with all lanes closed in both directions. RNZ understands people have died and others have suffered critical injuries. A video posted… Read more Audio