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Checkpoint for Friday 27 February 2009
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Actress Wendy Richard dies
6:58 PM.If the name"Miss Brahms"brings a smile to your face then you'll be a fan of the British TV comedy Are You Being Served. Audio
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Waatea news
6:52 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 27 Febuary 2009
6:40 PM.Julian Robins looks at some of the challenges facing the Government, now that it has completed its first hundred days in office. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Bank announces record loss
6:29 PM.Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the largest annual loss in UK corporate history. Audio
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Prisoner allegedly runs drug ring from cell
6:27 PM.The Department of Corrections says its mobile phone jamming programme in prisons is working. Audio
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Evening Business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Finger pointing over sewage spills
6:22 PM.Whangarei's Save Our Harbour alliance is accusing the council of misleading the public over the frequency of sewage spills. Audio
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Judge wants video conferencing
6:17 PM.A top judge is suggesting that prisoners make court appearances via video conferencing - rather than in person. Audio
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Adoption racketeers charged
6:13 PM.Between 2002 and 2005 a US adoption agency tricked parents in Samoa into handing over more than 60 children. Audio
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Job Summit post-analysis - Andrew Cassidy
6:06 PM.Twenty recommendations have come out of the Prime Minister's job summit in Auckland. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for 27 Febuary 2009
6:00 PM.Jobs Summit; The Warehouse fined; banks to feel pain. Audio
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Diet and excercise key to avoiding cancer
5:57 PM.It may be common sense but a good diet and regular excercise will reduce the risk of getting many cancers by up to a third. Audio
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Job Summit post-analysis
5:48 PM.Primie Minister John Key gives his take on today's Job Summit. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Govenor keen to see banks share pain
5:38 PM.The Reserve Bank Governor has said today's summit is an opportunity for banks to hear from frustrated businesses. Audio
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Sports News
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Job Summit reaction
5:29 PM.The national secretary of the engineering printing and manufacturers union Andrew Little. Audio
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Job Summit live (Part 2)
5:28 PM.Brent Edwards is live from the Job Summit in Manukau. Audio
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Business Update
5:24 PM.The latest from the financial sector. Audio
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Warehouse fined over misleading customers
5:19 PM.The Warehouse pleaded guilty to multiple breaches of the Act and fined 209,600 dollars in the Auckland District Court today. Audio
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Job Summit live
5:16 PM.Political editor Brent Edwards has spent the day at the Job Summit and joins us with the latest. Audio
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The latest from the national Job Summit
5:06 PM.The Job Summit in Manukau City is recommending some workplaces switch to 9 day fortnights for their workers to help save jobs. Audio