Checkpoint

Uncertainty surrounds when New Zealand's Sail GP team will be back on the water following their horror crash on home water in February. Black Foils skipper and co-CEO Pete Burling has confirmed the team will miss this weekend's Sail GP event in Rio de Janeiro. It appears they'll have to get used to watching the action from the shore. Sports editor Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.

Thousands of households and businesses in parts of Hillsborough, Mt Roskill, Royal Oak and Three Kings were under a boil water notice after a test showed water contamination. It turned out to be a tap, that has been replaced. But during the notice Watercare's advice was to boil water, so that's a hundred degrees celcius. If boiling on the stove it needed to be for a minute. A supplier of coffee machines and a separate coffee company told Checkpoint most machines do not boil the water and hit a maxium of about 94-95 degrees. Jim Graham the Chief Advisor Water Science at The Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai spoke to Lisa Owen.

Travel can be a game of jeopardy at the moment; between war in the Middle East, cancelled or delayed flights or any number of conceivable mishaps. Uncertainty is becoming of feature of domestic travel as well, with an increasing number of extreme weather events and a fuel crisis on New Zealand's doorstep. Ben Rose, the head of financial services at AA spoke to Lisa Owen.

The last minute reprieve comes after Pakistan appears to have brokered a two week ceasefire between the US and Iran. But there are extensive terms and conditions. Iran must agree to the "complete, immediate and safe opening" of the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Both sides have to suspend further attacks. Middle East correspondent Lou Browne spoke to Lisa Owen.

One of Australia's most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been arrested over allegations of war crimes. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Shannon Frizell is coming home. The former All Black flanker will return to Aotearoa later this year with an eye on next year's Rugby World Cup. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

Watercare suspects a tap might be the cause of a positive E coli test that prompted a boil water notice across several Auckland neighbourhoods. The notice, which is still in force, covers about 7,500 households and businesses in the suburbs of Hillsborough, Mt Roskill, Royal Oak and Three Kings. It was issued after routine water samples showed E coli contamination. Watercare Chief Operations Officer Mark Bourne spoke to Lisa Owen.

A government loan of 18 million dollars for a controversial dam in Central Hawke's Bay has its opponents vowing to halt the project yet again. The Tukituki Water Security project, formerly known as the Ruataniwha Dam, was scuppered in 2017 by the Supreme Court, which deemed the landswap unlawful. But under the government's fast track legislation it could go ahead - which would make it the largest dam built since the Clyde was constructed over 30 years ago. Hawke's Bay Tairawhiti reporter Alexa Cook reports.

It's the whirlpool of war, with prices spiralling upward while confidence is turning in the opposite direction. That's according to a new survey from the Employers and Manufacturers Association. Of the 150 business that responded to the EMA's Fuel Pulse Check Survey, 73 percent said their businesses have been notified of price hikes that are not direct fuel costs, but are linked to oil price surges. Almost 60 percent are planning to put their prices up in response. EMA's head of advocacy, Alan Mcdonald spoke to Lisa Owen.