Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 27 August 2010

Police speak with families of those killed by police pursuit; Hubbards say they feel under attack by statutory managers; Government giving in to ACT - Labour; backflip on costings by Tony Abbott; wildlife parks welcome tougher smuggling penalties; Aucklanders younger, greener and more ethnically diverse; plane hijacker sentenced to 9 years jail; and a fifth medicine recall involving pharmacists this year.