Checkpoint for Tuesday 5 April 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 5 April 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. It begins 5 minutes in. Video
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More than 180 jobs to go at Fisher and Paykel
5:07 PM.More than 180 jobs will be lost after Fisher and Paykel announced it is closing its East Tamaki Factory. Video, Audio
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Former PM announces UN candidacy
5:11 PM.Helen Clark has announced her intention to run for the top job at the United Nations, after almost 7 years as the Administrator of its Development Programme. Audio
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Ongoing speculation about Clark's chances at UN bid
5:18 PM.What are Helen Clark's chances at the UN's top job? Security Council Executive Director Ian Martin joins Checkpoint. Audio
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NZ detainee dies in Australian detention centre
5:22 PM.There are reports that a New Zealand man who died in an Australian detention centre overnight was viciously attacked by other detainees. Audio
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Fisher & Paykel CEO discusses loss of 180 jobs
5:22 PM.Fisher & Paykel Appliances' CEO, Stuart Broadhurst discusses the company's plans to close its East Tamaki factory. Audio
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Evening Business for 5 April 2016
5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Government grilled over tax haven claims
5:38 PM.Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister to strengthen the rules surrounding the country's controversial foreign trusts. Audio
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Iceland PM under pressure to resign
5:41 PM.143 politicians around the world have been implicated following the release of the Panama papers. Iceland's PM is consequently facing pressure to resign. Audio
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Charging for water will incentivise better use
5:45 PM.Academics and environmental groups say putting a charge or tax on water use would force the resource to be better used and improve conservation outcomes. Kate Gudsell reports. Audio
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Can the TPP make it through Congress?
5:49 PM.Despite having been signed by a number of trade ministers around the world, there is still no certainty as to whether the TPP will be ratified by US Congress. Congressman Matt Salmon joins Checkpoint.
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Trump's wife steps up to the podium
5:55 PM.Donald Trump's wife Melania has made a brief and rare campaign speech for her husband in Milwaukee ahead of the Wisconsin primary tomorrow. Audio
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CTU, MBIE meet over pay botchup
5:57 PM.The Labour Inspectorate held a meeting today with the Council of Trade Unions to talk about the 24-thousand workers that have been shortchanged on their holiday pay since 2012. Video, Audio
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Helen Clark becomes 8th candidate for top UN job
6:09 PM.The former Prime Minister, Helen Clark, has become the eighth candidate in the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations. Audio
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Crown to acknowledge it's role in the decline in te reo Maori
6:12 PM.The Maori Development Minister, Te Ururoa Flavell, will make an amendment to the Maori Language Bill tonight, but says the change is not an attempt to address all historic grievances around te reo… Read more Audio
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Reports of hands and feet photo scam growing
6:15 PM.Netsafe has received around a dozen complaints about an online scam that cons people into taking photos of their hands and feet for an art project, in exchange for money they never see. Audio
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Reports of altercation before NZ detainee death
6:18 PM.There are reports that a New Zealand man who died in an Australian detention centre overnight was viciously attacked by other detainees. Audio
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New way forward for Ngapuhi treaty settlement
6:25 PM.A new report is pushing for the Northland based Iwi to change the way it's negotiating. Audio
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Today In Parliament for 5 April 2016
6:50 PM.The big question in Question Time arose from the allegation in leaked documents called the Panama Papers that New Zealand is a tax haven. Prime Minister John Key says tax havens are secret and New… Read more Audio
