Checkpoint for Monday 27 March 2017
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NZ man decides not to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie
6:28 PM.People living in Bowen in Queensland are being told to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie, but one man is standing strong. Kiwi Graham Wilson tells Checkpoint why he's staying put. Audio
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International artists descend on Napier for worldwide art festival
6:25 PM.More than 50 murals have been painted on walls in Napier over the last two years as part of an international festival which highlights the plight of the ocean, and the creatures that live in it Video, Audio
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80-year-old pleads for council to fix flooding stormwater drain
6:14 PM.An 80-year-old Auckland woman and her daughter are pleading with the council to fix a stormwater drain so her house doesn't continue to flood after every heavy downpour. Video, Audio
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Date set for NZ-China FTA upgrade talks, China denies steel dumping in NZ
6:11 PM.Talks will begin next month, meanwhile the countries today signed an agreement to allow chilled meat from 10 New Zealand processors into China. Audio
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Defence Force acknowledges for first time Afghan raid may have killed civilians
6:07 PM.After initially denying any civilians were killed, Lieutenant General Tim Keating says rounds from an Apache gunship hit a building which could have housed civilians. Audio
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Aaron Smith breaks silence around airport toilet tryst
5:56 PM.All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith says he should have taken more time away from rugby after he was seen entering a disabled toilet with a woman who was not his partner at Christchurch Airport. Audio
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Wellington considering fining slow property developers
5:52 PM.Wellington mayor Justin Lester is considering penalising developers who don't build quick enough by way of financial penalties or targeted rates. Audio
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Still hope woman missing at Piha is alive
5:49 PM.Kim Bambus, 21, was last seen on Friday morning when she told friends she was going for a run in Piha in West Auckland. A survival specialist says there's still hope that she's alive. Audio
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Deal with China brings new cancer treatment to NZ
5:46 PM.New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio
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Residents forced to don masks due to health risks from quarry dust
5:37 PM.Dust around a gravel quarry on the edge of Christchurch contains levels of crystalline silica 20 times higher than the safe limit. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 27 March 2017
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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China and NZ set date for FTA upgrade talks
5:28 PM.After years of lobbying China has finally agreed to allow New Zealand's chilled meat products into the country, while also agreeing to start talks on an upgrade to the free trade agreement with NZ. Audio
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Government spending emergency housing grant budget twice as fast as expected
5:21 PM.Associate Minister for Social Housing, Alfred Ngaro, says the government is working on solutions to emergency accommodation, including purchasing motels. But only one motel has been purchased so far.
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Motels paid more than $100,000 a month in emergency housing grants
5:17 PM.In the last three months of last year, five motels in South Auckland were paid more than $1 million to house the country's homeless. Video, Audio
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Hit & Run author adamant civilians, not insurgents killed
5:11 PM.Hit & Run authors say six civilians were killed in Afghanistan on the same night the Defence Force says nine insurgents were killed. Could it be possible two raids occurred simultaneously? Video, Audio
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Defence Force concedes civilians may have been killed in NZ lead raid
5:07 PM.The New Zealand Defence Force now admits some civilians may have been killed in a New Zealand led SAS raid in Afghanistan, but insist Hit & Run authors have key details wrong. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday March 27, 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full show here. Video
