Navigation for Checkpoint
Checkpoint for Thursday 11 December 2008
-
National attacked in parliament
5:07 PM.The government has come under fierce attack in Parliament today as it moved to pass legislation under urgency. Audio
-
Tax cuts
5:10 PM.Will some low income workers will be worse off under National than they would have been under Labour. Audio
-
Arson my have caused Mitre 10 blaze
5:13 PM.The blaze that gutted a Mitre 10 store in Auckland is now treated by police as a suspected arson. Audio
-
Warning in child care report
5:17 PM.An expert in early childhood education says more parents are leaving babies in day care. Audio
-
Tagging trial in deliberation
5:22 PM.The jury in the High Court trial of a man who stabbed a teenage tagger to death has begun its deliberations. Audio
-
Evening Business
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
-
Coroner report on unsolved crime
5:25 PM.16-year old Wendy Mayes vanished in September 1961 after meeting a man to talk about modelling work. Audio
-
Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
-
Political report
5:36 PM.Our Political Editor Brent Edwards joins us to recap on today's financial face-off in the house. Audio
-
Food prices still climbing
5:43 PM.Statistics NZ figures show grocery prices went up by about 1 per cent in November, meaning 10% in the last year. Audio
-
Waatea news
5:46 PM.An update of news from the Waatea team. Audio
-
Greek officer charged
5:47 PM.A police officer accused of shooting dead a teenage boy in Athens has been formally charged with his murder. Audio
-
Manufacturing slump
5:50 PM.A survey out today shows the sector is struggling to shrug off the effects of worldwide economic slowdown. Audio
-
Emissions Trading Scheme update
5:54 PM.Interpretation of one of the terms looks set to disrupt the committee before even starting the job. Audio
-
Cholera in Zimbabwe
5:58 PM.The United Nations says the number of deaths has risen to nearly eight hundred. Audio
-
Business New Zealand's economic perspective
6:08 PM.The organisation's Chief Executive gives us his perspective on the economic slowdown and the likely ramifications. Audio
-
Govt. wholesale deposit guarantee
6:13 PM.Finance Minister expects banks that take advantage of the scheme will do their part to keep the economy moving. Audio
-
Mitre 10 fire suspicious
6:17 PM.Police are now investigating the massive Monday blaze that closed major roads in Auckland. Audio
-
Early childhood education deficiencies
6:18 PM.An expert in the sector says Govt. needs to pay attention to an increasing negative trend in developed countries. Audio
-
Evening Business News for 11 December 2008
6:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
-
Sports news
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
-
Jhia te Tua summary
6:37 PM.The judge has begun his summing up at the trial of five men charged over the death of the Wanganui toddler in May last year. Audio
-
Job uncertainties at Tiwai Point
6:42 PM.The Bluff smelter owner, mining giant Rio Tinto has announced it is cutting 14-thousand jobs world wide. Audio
-
Calls for Illinois governor to resign
6:44 PM.US President elect Barack Obama has called for governor Rod Blagojevich to resign following his arrest yesterday. Audio
-
Waatea news
6:46 PM.An update of news from the Waatea team. Audio
-
US on Pakistani terror group
6:49 PM.US urges Pakistan to take tougher stance on militant group which India claims is responsible for last month's Mumbai attack. Audio
-
Euthanasia in Luxembourg
6:51 PM.There's a big political and constitutional row brewing in Luxembourg over plans to decriminalise euthanasia. Audio
-
Assisted suicide documentary
6:54 PM.The makers of a documentary on assisted suicide have defended their decision to film a man at the moment of his death. Audio
-
2008 Nobel Prize for Peace
6:57 PM.A former Finnish president and diplomat, Martti Ahtisaari has been awarded this year's laureate. Audio