Checkpoint

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the FAA ordering the airspace above El Paso, Texas to be shut for ten days, only to be reopened shortly after, as well as the House of Representatives voting to overturn Donald Trump's tariffs against Canada.

There have been two cases of nerve damage linked to the use of nitrous oxide or nangs in Hawkes Bay. Community leaders recently called a crisis hui after an apparent spike in recreational use of the gas with dozens of empty cannisters being discarded, locally. Dr Nicholas Jones is the Medical Officer of Health in Hawke's Bay and was at the community meeting, he spoke to Lisa Owen.

Gore's famous giant brown trout statue is angling for an official name. The scuplture, made by a local artist and captured mid-leap, has proudly stood in the so called trout capital of New Zealand for almost 40 years. It's finally getting a name as part of a compeittion to promote the town's "On the fly festival" on the Mataura River. Gore District Council senior events co-ordinator Florine Potts spoke to Lisa Owen.

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about a 13 year old boy being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a school stabbing, as well as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer making a bold statement in the wake of mounting pressure over his leadership.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Hamilton will play host to the Māori vs Indigenous All Stars rugby league match this Sunday, and for World Cup winner Kennedy Cherrington, the Māori jersey represents the pinnacle of the game. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

The Salvation Army is warning that families are starving and is calling on the Government to urgently increase food aid. Its latest State of the Nation paints are dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment, rising family violence and stubbornly high cost of living pressures. Penny Smith was at the launch of the report.

The Court of Appeal has heard from two further lawyers who represented the white supremacist terrorist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence without parole for the shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2019. The 35-year-old now claims he was forced to plead guilty due to being irrational from the solitary nature of his conditions. Reporter Timothy Brown was in court and spoke to Lisa Owen.

The government has announced a surprise review of the Reserve Bank's actions during the Covid-19 pandemic - and it's due to land just months out from the election. Opposition parties say it is a politically motivated hit-job - but ministers from across the coalition say it's simply about learning from past mistakes. Acting political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen.

An Auckland Neurologist says he is seeing increasing numbers of people suffering side effects from huffing nitrous oxide, with some users ingesting enormous quantities on a daily basis. Community leaders say there needs to be tighter regulation around who is able to buy and trade the product that can easily be bought in large thermos sized cannisters with the equivilent of hundreds of hits. Professor of clinical neurology at Auckland University, Dr Alan Barber spoke to Lisa Owen.