Checkpoint for Tuesday 2 February 2016
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Checkpoint wth John Campbell, 2nd February 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme. It begins 7 mins, 45 sec in. Video
Coming up
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John Key invited to Waitangi but confusion over invitation
5:10 PM.A Ngapuhi kuia has invited the Prime Minister to attend Waitangi commemorations at Te Tii Marae. Video, Audio
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Show-time for the signing of the controversial TPP
5:16 PM.Our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara has been at an official briefing about what's going to happen with the signing at SkyCity in Auckland and he joins us from nearby. Audio
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The ISDS elements of the TPP
5:19 PM.One of the most contentious, and contended, elements of the TPP, is the ISDS - the Investor State Dispute Settlement. In short, this grants an investor, a corporation for example, a mechanism to use… Read more Video, Audio
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US public law specialist says no appeal provisions in TPP
5:21 PM.So, are there formal appeal provisions that go over and above the ISDS forum? We went to an expert in American Public Law. Audio
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'Wrong' alternative NZ flag on Harbour Bridge to come down
5:25 PM.Turning to the much-criticised potential new flag flying on Auckland's Harbour Bridge. Video, Audio
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Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump in Iowa
5:29 PM.U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has beaten billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's Republican presidential nominating contest Audio
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Jane Patterson reports from Donald Trump's non-victory party
5:30 PM.RNZ's political editor, Jane Patterson, who's at what was meant to be Donald Trump's victory party, at the Sheraton Hotel, West Des Moines. Audio
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Business news with Nona Pelletier
5:36 PM.Turning to business news now with Nona Pelletier and our biggest construction company Fletcher Building is buying the roading and maintenance firm Higgins Group for 315 million dollars. Audio
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Kaeo people fume over state of water supply
5:40 PM.In the small Northland town of Kaeo, there's something in the water. Audio
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Bishop adamant no promises made on UN head on her watch
5:43 PM.Former New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, is at the heart of a new Australian political scrap. Audio
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Concerns about meals on wheels food
5:47 PM.This afternoon representatives from the Compass Group have met with staff from the Southern DHB to discuss concerns about the quality of the food it is providing to meals on wheels clients in Dunedin… Read more Audio
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Animal rights groups condemn trophy hunting club auctions
5:52 PM.An animal protection group says money raised by an American trophy hunting club auctioning off New Zealand hunts will be used to kill endangered and vulnerable species. Audio
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Women loses job during cancer treatment
5:55 PM.A woman whose job was given to someone else while she received cancer treatment has lost her case for unfair dismissal, and must pay 3-thousand dollars to her former company. Audio
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Worksafe says not productive to prosecute farmers
6:08 PM.Worksafe New Zealand says prosecuting farmers would not be a productive way of improving safety in the agricultural sector. Audio
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Security ramps up as TPP opponents prepare for signing
6:10 PM.The TPP signing is a couple of days away, and security preparations are now taking place at the venue, Sky City in Auckland. Audio
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Businesses braced for TPP protest disruption
6:17 PM.Businesses are bracing themselves for a different kind of trickle down effect from the Trans-Pacific Partnership - disruption in the heart of Auckland's CBD. Audio
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Alarm bells over voting in controversial Shelly Bay sale plan
6:20 PM.Some Taranaki Whanui iwi members are concerned that an iwi employee is handling votes on a controversial proposal to sell land at Shelly Bay in Wellington. Audio
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Hopes after school healthy cooking will go national
6:23 PM.Two Auckland women have launched a cooking programme in conjunction with one of the country's biggest after school care providers in a bid to help children learn to cook healthy food. Video, Audio
