Checkpoint

A wildlife hospital has set up an off-site triage centre to assess wild birds for signs of the deadly H5 flu. There have been no new cases in the three weeks since the second case of the flu was confirmed in a New Zealand bird. So, the hospital, as well as New Zealand's poultry industry, are playing a waiting game while they ponder its next moves. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

After the Prime Minister has spent the week combatting record unemployment figures and navigating an apology to the business community - it is Labour leader Chris Hipkins who ends it defending his parties position in the polls. Political Editor Jo Moir spoke to Melissa Chan-Green with an analysis of the latest poll numbers.

El Nino and it's spiky temperatures, annoying wind and drier than normal conditions is going to dominate our summer, but won't mean consistently hot temperatures. Those who will bear the brunt of the temperamental season are those in water-reliant sectors. Ministry for Primary Industries National Response Manager Andrew Curtis spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Sunday marks the deadline for District councils to submit their proposals to amalgamate with at least one other nearby authority. Council's across the country have been meeting to finalise their proposals or face the process being dictated to them by central government. Bill Hickman has more.

The Black Sticks women have been missing from hockey's big events for the last four years - but this month they're back. The men's and women's World Cups are being run co-currently in Europe, starting in a couple of weeks time. For the New Zealand teams their journey to the global tournament looks different to their opposition. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

A retirement village custom built just for you and your friends is surely not possible, or is it? Three friends from Hamilton have decided to do just that. They all needed to downsize but didn't love the idea of traditional retirement living, so combined two houses into one. The house is designed to they can be near each other and still have their own spacer. Sue O'Brien is one of the trio living in the home and spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Middle East correspondent Madeline Croad spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about attacks between government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, with dozens reportedly killed. Meanwhile, there are various discussions around deals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Pacific foreign leaders have failed to agree on a joint statement about the nuclear-capable missile China fired into the region's waters last month. Winston Peters has been pushing his counterparts to take a stand during today's Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers meeting in Fiji. Political reporter Lauren Crimp was in Suva and has more.

The Advertising Standards Authority has investigated a complaint about the font size and layout of mandatory information on a billboard for weight loss injection Wegovy. The authority found it was "not sufficiently accessible enough to be read and understood by consumers. New Zealand the US are the only developed countries that allow drug companies to advertise direct to consumers. Associate professor of psychological medicine at the University of Auckland spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about a horrific medical mishap which led to doctors removing part of a woman's genitals by mistake in an operation gone wrong.