Checkpoint for Monday 7 March 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 7th March 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full episode here. It starts 5 minutes in. Video
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Fonterra's payment changes 'bullying', says MP
5:09 PM.As Fonterra moves to pay contractors less and make them wait longer for payment, National Party MP Chester Burrows says it is bullying and hurting those on the ground. Video, Audio
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Fonterra contractors 'struggling' due to payment changes
5:15 PM.South Taranaki district councillor and dairy farmer Phil Nixon says that Fonterra contractors are struggling, thanks to the company paying less and asking contractors to wait longer. Audio
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Dunedin student speaks out about Six60 concert
5:18 PM.A Dunedin student injured at the Six60 concert on Friday night has spoken out about her experience of the evening and the rugby team-mate still in hospital. Audio
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Affco workers in Rangiuru laid off
5:24 PM.Around 100 union members working at AFFCO in Rangiuru have been laid off, some with unblemished 35 to 45 years of service. Shed Secretary Bertie Ratu joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Why has the flag debate become so heated?
5:30 PM.Choosing a new flag was never going to an easy task but did anyone expect the process to get so heated and political? Audio
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Evening business for 7 March 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Landcorp denies dairy prices influenced decision on Taupo farm
5:39 PM.New Zealand's largest farmer Landcorp is denying that low dairy prices were a factor in its decision to slash the size of a large-scale dairy farm conversion in the central North Island. Audio
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Meeting held in Dunedin to discuss record floods' impact
5:42 PM.A meeting is being held in South Dunedin tonight to set up a Protection Group following last year's flooding which affected hundreds of homes. Audio
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Eleventh highest pole vault ever at Dunedin's NAC
5:45 PM.The athletics world is on notice after 19-year-old Eliza McCartney performed an extraordinary, record-breaking pole vault at the National Athletics Championship at the weekend. Audio
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Treasured taiaha for sale on Trade Me
5:50 PM.A treasured taiaha advertised as belonging to the second Maori monarch, King Tawhiao, is up for sale in a Trade Me auction. Mihi Forbes reports. Video, Audio
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Classic boats shine at Nelson Lakes
5:54 PM.This year marks the 17th year of the annual Antique and Classic Boat Show, held at Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park. Tracy Neal reports. Video, Audio
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Protestors interrupt first public TPP workshop
6:09 PM.As the first of 16 public workshops on the Trans Pacific Partnership took place in Auckland today, 200 people turned up to listen, question, pop balloons and clown around. Carla Penman reports. Audio
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Otago Polytech head says too many people on balconiy
6:14 PM.Police have decided not to run a criminal investigation into the impromptu courtyard concert in Dunedin, which left four people injured. Audio
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Man now tetraplegic after blood tests weren't followed up
6:17 PM.A doctor whose 21-year-old patient became a tetraplegic after he failed to follow up on his blood test results has escaped punishment. Audio
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Average woman will retire with $80,000 less than average man
6:20 PM.Research from ANZ bank shows 25-year-old women will, on average, retire with $82,000 than a man of the same age. Ana Marie Lockyer joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Statement from AFFCO
6:24 PM.AFFCO declined an interview with us, but has supplied a statement. Audio
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Cameron Brown wins Taupo Ironman for 12th time
6:24 PM.At the weekend's Taupo ironman, Cameron Brown broke not only his own record, but the oldest winner of any Ironman race in the world - and the first to win the same race 12 times. Audio
