Checkpoint for Tuesday 1 July 2025

5:46 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about an intense low pressure system, which is being described as a 'bomb cyclone,' which today began to hit coastal communities along Australia's… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.Wimbledon is now underway and the hot topic has been the historic heatwave which hit the competition with sweltering temperatures.The weather may be heating up but one tennis great is calling for cool… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The government is introducing instant fines for shoplifters, with penalities up to $1000. It said low level theft is a real scourge on the community and public confidence in the justice system is… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Youth MPs are accusing the government of censoring them over changes to their speeches in Parliament. The 11th Youth Parliament is underway, drawing young people from all over the country to… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Wanaka's health woes have taken centre stage today at a fiery public meeting with government ministers. At the third stop on a rural roadshow, Matt Doocey, Mark Patterson and health chiefs were… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A rising number of people are considering ditching insurance, taking a gamble to cope with rising prices. New figures from Centrix show almost half a million people are behind on debt repayments, with… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.A fledgling Hawkes Bay business is ten of thousands of dollars out of pocket after six burglaries in just two months. Pedalista is a mobile coffee and bike repair service that operates from a… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Nearly half of Kiwi adults say they're skipping going to the dentist because they can't afford it. Research has shown that's costing the country billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp has been laid to rest today on the grounds of a small church at Opaea Marae among the rolling hills of Taihape, in the central North Island. The Tāmaki… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.All Black Ardie Savea is backing his under-fire Super Rugby Pacific side. Savea captained Moana Pasifika to their most successful season on record this year, but the franchise's funding model is now… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.It's a question that may have grated on you for sometime, does too much cheese give you weird dreams? According to new research, yes it does, but not just any dreams, nightmares. An online survey of… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the suspect accused of starting a bushfire and fatally two firefighters in the state of Idaho, who has now been named. Audio

4:06 PM.A photo of a pound of butter being sold for more than $18 has proved a lightening rod for shoppers concerns about food prices. The Consumer NZ post about the mainland semi soft butter in a tub has got… Read more Audio