Checkpoint

A teenage witness has described the bloody scene at a bus stop following the attack that killed an American PhD student in Auckland. The teenager, who cannot be identified, gave evidence in the High Court in Auckland where four other teenagers are on trial - accused of robbing and murdering Kyle Whorral in Meadowbank in April last year. Finn Blackwell was in court, and a warning this story contains graphic details.

The Silver Ferns are not going to let Australian netball take all the credit for their recent success. The Silver Ferns opened the Constellation Cup with a victory over the Diamonds on Sunday, and will meet them for test two in Christchurch tomorrow. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe reports.

Act call to stop rail roading children into university and treating trades like a second best option. It's plans to shift what it says is an obsession with university; launching a policy to boost the standing of and access to trade training. ACT candidate Paul Henry joins LIsa Owen with further details.

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about a US Air Force member who has died after a stunt ahead of a sports game in Texas went tragically wrong.

An Australian MP is in a critical condition after allegedly being rammed twice with an SUV in what appears to be a targetted attack. Back home, Speaker Gerry Brownlee says there has been an astronomical rise in threats against MPs. Mona Kewel from Victoria University's Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab spoke to Lisa Owen.