Checkpoint for Monday 17 November 2025

5:48 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the UK's plans to overhaul its asylum policy, as well as the Shadow Home Secretary weighing in on a settlement option between the BBC… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Over the last 15 years, around 1000 New Zealand workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline silica dust while working with engineered stone slabs… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.After two games in two days the Silver Ferns and England Roses can't be separated and the series will be on the line in Manchester on Thursday. New Zealand had the upper-hand in game one, with a 61-58… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Displaced Gaza families have been hit with a winter storm that's flooded 13,000 shift homes, according to the UN. In its most recent situation report it said due to food parcel shortages in the North… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.RNZ understands the death of four people at the scene of a Manawatu house fire is being treated as a murder suicide. They included three children - August, Hugo and Goldie, aged 7, 5 and 1. The fourth… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.More than 20 schools and childcare centres have closed, or plan to close, due to concerns about asbestos in contaminated coloured play sand that is sold in K-mart and a number of other stores. The… Read more Audio

4:49 PM.The government is tinkering with the Clean Car Standard again, saying most importers are unable to meet the targets under the scheme as it currently stands. Last year it watered down the standard to… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.A soldier has been accused of twice attempting to strangle his former partner, to the point she says she was about to pass out and was seeing stars, The Army corporal has pleaded not guilty to two… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Big questions are now being asked about the direction of the All Blacks under coach Scott Robertson and his staff after a big defeat to England over the weekend. It is the All Black's third loss this… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.The Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Uber drivers are employees. The company argued it simply provides a digital platform for drivers and riders to connect. Four drivers took the case to court… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Iran hitting the panic button on its severe drought, as well as a mysterious plane load of Palestinians from Gaza who ended up stranded… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.New Zealanders have lost $3 billion to scams in the last year according to a new report. 72% of adults encountered a scam in the past year. The average amount of money lost was $3,352, and shopping… Read more Audio