Checkpoint for Thursday 8 December 2016
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 8th December 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
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Bill English has PM job in the bag
5:07 PM.Bill English is set to be New Zealand's next Prime Minister after more than half of National's MPs publicly declared their support for him. Chris Bramwell reports. Video, Audio
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Bill English set to become NZ's next PM
5:10 PM.Deputy Prime Minister Bill English is set to be promoted to Prime Minister after Judith Collins and Jonathan Coleman withdrew from the race. He joins Checkpoint from Wellington. Video, Audio
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Bill English the only one left in race for PM
5:17 PM.Three MPs put their names forward to lead National and New Zealand after John Key resigned earlier this week, but Bill English is only one left. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has the latest. Video, Audio
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Power restored to Far North after towers damaged
5:21 PM.Power is back on in the Far North after three transmission towers went out of action this morning. Transpower suspects the towers were vandalised. Lois Williams reports. Audio
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Lydia Ko's dumped coach concerned about golfer's future
5:25 PM.New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has dumped her coach David Leadbetter. Mr Leadbetter told Checkpoint the 19-year-old's father should stop interferring in her career. Audio
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News from the business sector, including a market report.
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Napier police officers found not guilty of assault
5:36 PM.Four Napier police officers will remain on full duties, after being cleared of assaulting a man during an arrrest. Edward Gay reports. Audio
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Quake-damaged Lancaster Park set to face the wrecking ball
5:42 PM.Christchurch's quake-damaged stadium Lancaster Park will most likely be demolished after the city's mayor Lianne Dalziel said it would be uneconomic to repair it, at a cost of $250m. Video, Audio
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Former Telford horse students say closing it a tragedy
5:45 PM.Former students of the South Island's only residential horse-training course say shutting it down will stop others getting into the industry. Audio
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Tiny settlement of Rakautara marooned after quake
5:49 PM.People living in Rakautara, north of Kaikōura, have been cut off since the 7.8 quake struck last month. And authorities have told them it could be months before slips are cleared. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Checkpoint plays Nats in the Hat to find NZ's next deputy PM
5:57 PM.Checkpoint heads to Auckland streets to ask who should serve as Bill English' deputy, in a completely unscientific game of (mostly) Nats in a Hat. Video, Audio
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Competition for deputy role alive, English says
6:07 PM.Bill English's early victory in the leadership battle leaves just the deputy's job up for grabs when the National Party caucus meets on Monday. He says the battle is very much alive. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura cuts government surplus as half year books revealed
6:10 PM.The government's projected bumper surplus has been cut back significantly by the cost of the Kaikoura earthquakes. Audio
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Shearer to leave Parliament for UN job in South Sudan
6:14 PM.Labour MP David Shearer looks likely to leave Parliament to take up a top United Nations job in South Sudan - leaving the Mt Albert seat empty. Audio
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Auckland mayor sets up taskforce to fix city's housing woes
6:17 PM.Auckland mayor Phil Goff has set up a taskforce to come up with ways to address the city's housing crisis, in the council's latest attempt to stem the shelter shortage. Video, Audio
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Wellington's inner-city residents want financial help to streng
6:22 PM.People living in inner-city Wellington want more help from the government, if it is going to tighten the rules for earthquake-prone buildings. Video, Audio
