Navigation for Checkpoint
Checkpoint for Tuesday 12 August 2014
-
Australian scientists make waves
6:55 PM.Australian scientists are making waves, quite literally, with research that could one day collect objects floating at sea or even clean-up oil spills. Audio
-
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 August 2014
6:47 PM.Greenpeace says it was taken aback by the actions of an elderly kaumatua who turned the tables on oil company representatives at a meeting in Kaitaia; An alliance between the commercial arms of Ngai… Read more Audio
-
Planet Key is banned
6:42 PM.The satirical election song Planet Key has been taken off the airwaves for breaching the Broadcasting Act Audio
-
Auckland Council calls for rule change on pokies grants
6:36 PM.Auckland Council says the city's richest suburbs benefit most from pokie machines, despite the poorest suburbs spending the most on them. Audio
-
Russia sends convoy into Ukraine
6:33 PM.A Russian convoy with 280 heavy trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine has departed from near Moscow. Audio
-
NZ film director pays tribute to Robin Williams
6:24 PM.New Zealand film maker Vincent Ward has paid tribute to actor Robin Williams who was found dead at his home near San Francisco earlier today. Audio
-
Former U.S airforce chief of staff - more air strikes needed
6:16 PM.A former U.S airforce chief of staff says America should massively ramp up its air strikes against Islamic State forces in northern Iraq. Audio
-
Lawyer on ACC's ineffective complaints process
6:11 PM.ACC has failed to fix the way it handles complaints despite multiple reviews over six years, and it is now launching another one. Audio
-
Sports News for 12 August 2014
6:07 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
-
Enviro - Southland says hazardous material will
5:55 PM.Two large piles of hazardous aluminium waste illegally dumped on private land in Southland will stay there until tests prove they're safe to move. Audio
-
Te Hira Paenga took part at Helensville debate
5:51 PM.The Maori party candidate for Te Tai Tokerau, Te Hira Paenga, took part in the political debate in Auckland last night. Four-hundred people crammed into the Kumeu Baptist Church, and 200 others were… Read more Audio
-
NZ woman shot and injured in PNG
5:48 PM.A Waihi Beach woman has been shot in the leg after gunfire erupted outside her bedroom in the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby. Audio
-
Man drowned after boat capsize
5:44 PM.A coroner has found a man who drowned after a boat capsized in the Hauraki Gulf in 2011 was wearing a lifejacket that was not fit for use. Audio
-
July real estate market in winter mode
5:38 PM.The real estate market is firmly in winter mode - house prices and the number of houses sold both fell in July, down 13 percent on sales from July last year. Audio
-
Today's market update
5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar fell today against the currencies of all the country's major trading partners. Audio
-
National Party to spend $350m on Auckland schools
5:29 PM.The National Party is promising to spend 350 million dollars on new schools and classrooms in Auckland if it is re-elected. Audio
-
SCF Defence takes swipe at fraud office case
5:26 PM.The defence team for three former South Canterbury Finance directors began its address by criticising the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the company's collapse in 2010 as inept. Audio
-
Remembering Robin Williams
5:21 PM.The death of funnyman, mad-cap impersonator and oscar-winning actor Robin Williams has triggered an outpouring of tributes in the United States and beyond. Audio
-
Oamaru school on last warning to clean up its act
5:13 PM.A high school in Oamaru marred by bullying and division, faces having its board sacked and a commissioner installed. Audio
-
ACC complaints system ineffective and inefficient
5:08 PM.ACC has failed to fix the way it handles complaints despite multiple reviews over six years. Audio
-
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 12 August 2014
5:00 PM.ACC fails to fix the way it handles complaints. Bullying and division at Oamaru's Waitaki Boys' High School and - Robin Williams is found dead. Audio