Checkpoint

The man who murdered Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao has been jailed for life and will spend at least the next 17 years behind bars.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

A grudge match 10 years in the making will finally play out in the boxing ring in Sydney next month. Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams will face Australian rugby league player Paul Gallen. Williams, a one-time heavyweight national champion, was promoting the fight at an Auckland gym and said this bout is personal. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

A coroner wants the police to reinvestigate the death of Gore pre-schooler Lachlan Jones, saying too many questions remain unanswered and criticising flaws in earlier investigations.

Explosions have boomed across Iran's capital Tehran overnight as Israel launched an attack on the country's military facilities. The attack has reportedly killed the chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and other high-ranking regime officials. Meanwhile a state of emergency has been declared in Israel, with air raid sirens ringing out as Iran vows to retaliate. BBC's Middle East editor Sebastian Usher spoke to Lisa Owen.

The free school lunch programme has gotten major backlash over the cut-price lunches provided by the School Lunch Collective. But in other countries, similar programmes have thrived. Japan has been providing school lunches for 136 years and the Japanese Embassy in Wellington invited guests along to see what they're like. It put on the sort of lunches children in primary schools across Japan eat every school day. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

Some subbies still owed money in the Du Val collapse have said their companies have barely survived and they doubt they'll ever see a cent. The Du Val property group of about 70 entities was put into statutory management by the government last year. At last count its debts were more than $300 million. One of the group's founders, Kenyon Clarke, has remained defiant as they head to the High Court on Monday, saying Du Val had the situation under control when that control was taken away. Rowan Quinn reports.

The Super Rugby Pacifc semi-finals are set to kick off with the Blues looking to break the Crusader's 30 game playoff unbeaten streak on home turf. It would be a second huge upset in just as many weeks if the Auckland side pulls it off, after a nailbiting victory over the Chiefs who have their own semifinal matchup this weekend in Hamilton. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen.

Data compiled by Infometrics for RNZ looked at the types of jobs that have disappeared over the past 25 years. Service station attendants were near the top of the list, with 77% of their roles, or 5,557 people gone. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Lisa Owen about the changing face of the New Zealand workforce.

Israel has launched a major attack on Iran's capital, targeting military and nuclear sites. Iran's top military commander and other high-ranking regime officials have reportedly been killed. Iran has promised retaliation, and have said Israel will pay a "heavy price". Israel has declared a state of emergency as it braces for retalliation. Correspondent in Tel Aviv, Trent Murray spoke to Lisa Owen.