All episodes
Monday, 20 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 20th May 2019
- 5:09 Media to be kept away from Pike River re-entry
- 5:12 Grey District mayor won't be at Pike River re-entry
- 5:16 Aviation watchdog 'completely rotten'
- 5:20 Retiree influx strains region's GP practices
- 5:24 New Zealanders dumping record amounts of waste
- 5:33 Evening business news for Monday 20 May 2019
- 5:43 Measles 'immunity gap' putting NZers at risk
- 5:50 Mandatory safety standards could be on cards for quad bikes
- 6:08 'Low-key' Pike River re-entry planned for tomorrow
- 6:11 Aus election result could bring political stability
- 6:18 Bridges says US is 'pre-eminent' superpower
- 6:22 'It impacts on Maori far more than other inmates'
- 6:25 Domestic abusers use pets to control victims
Friday, 17 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, May 17h, 2019
- 5:09 Two patients die in Auckland mental health unit within one week
- 5:17 Parents beg Pharmac to fund drugs as son’s muscles waste away
- 5:26 Beneficiary says MSD investigation drove her to attempt suicide
- 5:40 Evening Business for Friday 17th May
- 5:42 Social housing complex tenants feel bullied by operator
- 5:49 Carmel Sepuloni raises Compass tenants' concerns with Housing Minister
- 5:53 Israel Folau sacked by Rugby Australia
- 6:08 St John paramedics say they’re not taking breaks due to understaffing
- 6:12 Company owner fined $64,000 over fatal helicopter crash
- 6:15 National MP in talks about establishing new Christian Party
- 6:19 Oranga Tamariki accused of dropping boy at gang pad
- 6:22 Man petitions Parliament for faster home modifications for disabled
- 6:26 Casey Kopua to play last game for Magic
Thursday, 16 May 2019
- 5:08 Wellington's $6.4b transport plan announced despite treasury warnings
- 5:13 Beneficiary investigated by MSD: 'It's all too much to handle'
- 5:21 MSD defends fraud investigations, saying it never broke the law
- 5:22 AAAP calls for MSD's CEO, deputy CEO to resign
- 5:27 International leaders sign Christchurch Call pledge
- 5:34 Evening business for 16 May 2019
- 5:40 Victim Support hasn’t consulted victims, families - lawyer
- 5:43 Katrina Epiha sentenced to life for murder
- 5:47 ECan, Nelson City Council declare climate emergency
- 5:51 Israel Folau's fate on hold for another day....
- 5:55 Family of 10 left with nothing after fire guts their home
- 6:08 Commissioner blasts MSD for breaching beneficiaries’ privacy
- 6:14 Māori represent 43% of Auckland’s rough sleepers - report
- 6:19 US Ambassador on why US didn't sign the Christchurch Call
- 6:24 Family continues fight for asbestos cancer sufferer
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 15th May, 2019
- 5:09 Facebook imposes new live-streaming restrictions
- 5:15 Facebook’s changes unveiled on eve of technology summit
- 5:19 Govt asks public for feedback on roadside drug testing
- 5:22 How NZ could randomly test drug drivers
- 5:30 Govt called on to make measles vaccination compulsory
- 5:35 Evening business for Wednesday 15 May
- 5:38 Pharmac delays decision on funding life-prolonging drugs
- 5:44 Sir Hekenukumai Busby laid to rest
- 5:52 Council backs iwi to hand-pick candidates
- 5:56 Cemetery plaques stolen, sold to scrap metal dealer
- 6:08 NZ needs to 'strike the right balance' with drug-driving testing
- 6:15 Hamilton paramedics worried about dangerous conditions
- 6:21 Calls for better mental health support for whānau
- 6:25 Auckland ranked 7th best city in world to cycle
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
- 5:09 Police investigate threatening letter sent to EQC
- 5:13 $200m from fees-free policy diverted following low demand
- 5:17 Simon Bridges: Fees-free policy ‘a waste of New Zealanders’ money’
- 5:24 All eyes on PM ahead of Christchurch Call in Paris
- 5:28 Vodafone bought for $3.4 billion
- 5:35 Evening business for 14 May 2019
- 5:38 Cancer patient relieved after finally settling with EQC
- 5:48 Firearms organisation concerned about police raids
- 5:52 Unlikely Felicity Huffman will go to jail - Maria Cramer
- 6:08 Anonymous letter threatened to harm EQC staff
- 6:15 Businesses ‘dying a slow death’ due to CRL construction
- 6:21 Antonio Guterres pays tribute to mosque shooting victims
- 6:25 Waitomo petrol station raises competition in Upper Hutt
Monday, 13 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 13th May, 2019
- 5:08 Exams, literacy & numeracy test part of major overhaul of NCEA
- 5:10 Teachers' expectations 'unrealistic' - Tracey Martin
- 5:20 How an essential oil company courted an Auckland school
- 5:25 UN Secretary General: Tax pollution, not people
- 5:33 Evening Business for 13 May 2019
- 5:41 283 mosque shooting victims to receive payments
- 5:45 Community fights to protect geological treasure trove
- 5:49 Success of Provincial Growth Fund once again under scrutiny
- 6:08 Parents react to NCEA changes
- 6:11 Parents prepare for mega teachers' strike
- 6:16 Auckland mayor backs free public transport for kids
- 6:18 Govt urged to act faster on drug-driving testing
- 6:21 NZ Women’s Sevens team beat Australia 21-17
Friday, 10 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, May 10th, 2019
- 5:08 Driver wasted on synthetics in crash that killed seven
- 5:12 Victim Support says it's been 'fully transparent', but has it?
- 5:28 'Holy grail of moa footprints' discovered in Otago
- 5:31 Moa footprints carefully extracted from Otago river
- 5:36 Evening business for Friday 10 May
- 5:40 Man who fell from moving car was mental health client
- 5:40 Police launch non-urgent number 105
- 5:43 Sweet shop owners jailed for exploiting migrant workers
- 5:47 UFC champ Robert Whittaker connecting with Māori roots
- 5:52 Children’s Commissioner: Whole of NZ infected with racism
- 6:08 Money brings relief for mosque shooting victims
- 6:13 Government releases plan to tackle plastics recycling
- 6:17 Mental health patient dies after falling from moving van
- 6:22 Bic Runga remembers ‘rare’ and ‘amazing’ friend Malcolm Black
Thursday, 9 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday, May 9th, 2019
- 5:08 Man dies after falling from moving vehicle
- 5:10 Soldier killed in training exercise was decorated Afghanistan veteran
- 5:14 Labour MP Kiri Allan's brother charged with murder
- 5:18 National: Housing Minister should resign over KiwiBuild
- 5:21 China critic says she’s still being harassed
- 5:25 Duke and Duchess of Sussex reveal baby’s name
- 5:32 Evening Business for Thursday 9th May
- 5:36 Government goes on full charm offensive in Taranaki
- 5:40 Police won't be charging Thompson and Clark
- 5:45 Woman sentenced for hit-and-run
- 5:54 Te Papa exhibition showcases unique NZ environment
- 6:08 KiwiBuild, deconstructed
- 6:15 Why pork prices are rising
- 6:20 Boys’ allegations against teacher don’t stand up – lawyer
- 6:23 Sprent Dabwido dies from cancer, age 46
- 6:26 Avocados selling for as much as $11 each
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
- 5:08 Nick Smith suspended from Parliament
- 5:11 Nick Smith: Speaker ‘way out of line’
- 5:16 Mortgage rates fall as OCR is slashed
- 5:19 Govt settles on 'split gas' approach to reduce emissions
- 5:24 Northland schools encouraged to exclude unvaccinated kids
- 5:29 High-tech cameras at mosque reassure worshippers, concern privacy experts
- 5:35 Evening Business for Wednesday 8th May
- 5:38 Russel Norman: Climate change targets 'just pieces of paper'
- 5:46 Woman sentenced for killing eight-month-old grandson
- 5:50 Protest planned after footage emerges of school assault
- 5:54 Man claims gunfire at shut-down shooting club preventing him from selling his house
- 6:08 Govt’s plan for climate change condemned as toothless
- 6:11 James Shaw: Climate change plan sets goal in legislation
- 6:20 Auckland Uni to establish group to tackle discrimination
- 6:27 Air NZ safety videos strike nerve
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
- 5:08 Cannabis referendum details revealed
- 5:12 Legalising cannabis: A grower’s perspective
- 5:33 Evening business for 7 May 2019
- 5:35 Mosque shooting victims need money ‘as soon as possible’
- 5:35 Congratulations flood in from around the word for Baby Sussex
- 5:46 Waikato DHB replaced with commissioner
- 5:50 Trackless trams urged for Wellington
- 5:54 Cancer sufferers and families deliver petitions to Parliament
- 5:57 Tiger Woods awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 6:09 Andrew Little: Legalising cannabis ‘a decision for 2.9m voters’
- 6:14 Checkpoint canvasses public opinion ahead of cannabis vote
- 6:20 Family of man killed in Panama just want to come home
- 6:24 Porirua project aims to create healthier homes
Monday, 6 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 6 May, 2019
- 5:07 Community fights plans for 4th prison within 4km
- 5:13 Cannabis referendum details to be released tomorrow
- 5:19 Donors upset at slow pace of funds distribution
- 5:23 Insurer owes $300m to quake claimants – lawyer
- 5:27 Is the word Pākehā racist?
- 5:33 Evening business for Monday 6 May
- 5:38 Faulty hardware delayed Pike River re-entry
- 5:50 Sri Lanka's tourism suffers following mass bombings
- 5:52 Milton family stuck with flood-prone house
- 6:11 Council misses its own deadline to be chlorine-free
- 6:18 Disabled sleeping rough on Northland's streets - homeless day centre
- 6:21 Fears NZ's 'people's beach' will be damaged by growing popularity
Friday, 3 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, May 5th, 2019
- 5:09 Welfare changes - More rhetoric than action?
- 5:12 Phil O’Reilly: Welfare recommendations ‘transformational’
- 5:21 Christchurch mosque attacks: 'Where is Victim Support?'
- 5:27 Old tubing likely cause of Pike River mine re-entry delay
- 5:33 Evening business for Friday 3 May
- 5:41 Woman in mental health care was close to death, family says
- 5:44 Paula Bennett hits back at MPs’ ‘racist attack’
- 5:51 Queenstown mayor tells locals: Back bed tax or pick up the bill
- 5:55 Shooting continues despite court ruling – meditation centre
- 5:58 Star Wars chewbacca actor dies
- 6:08 Govt rejects recommendation to raise benefits by up to 47%
- 6:17 Greens support limited changes to benefits: 'This is the start'
- 6:27 Posties win Employment case over overtime
Thursday, 2 May 2019
- 5:08 Pike River mine re-entry delayed
- 5:11 Pike River families hopeful despite delay
- 5:17 Social housing tenants feel like ‘second class citizens’
- 5:33 Evening business for 2 May 2019
- 5:37 Govt announces $95m teacher training boost
- 5:40 Lundy a victim of 'novel science', Supreme Court told
- 5:49 Govt called on to do more to combat 'killer robots'
- 5:53 Auckland Council quadruples e-scooter provider fees
- 6:09 Andrew Little: ‘Safety’ at forefront of Pike River delay
- 6:16 Pike River mine families disappointed by delay
- 6:18 Auckland councillors agree to pay $500m for CRL shortfall
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday, May 1 2019
- 5:08 Proposed drug laws ‘go too far’ – Police Association
- 5:13 Comanchero members plead not guilty
- 5:15 Toutai Kefu: I stand by Israel Folau '100 percent'
- 5:21 Heightened security at mosques as Ramadan begins
- 5:25 Chickens dying on so-called 'free-range' farm
- 5:28 Man appears in court after suspected bomb found at Christchurch property
- 5:34 Evening Business for Wednesday 1st May
- 5:39 Man-Up director: No independent proof it works, but welcomes audit
- 5:56 Do these footprints belong to the Yeti?
- 6:09 Average Auckland house price drops $100,000 over three years
- 6:12 Kiwibuild interviews not worth Housing Ministry CEO’s time – minister
- 6:16 Could the parent category visa make a return?
- 6:19 Firefighter denied residency despite strong local support
- 6:24 Teenager details teacher’s alleged sexual abuse
- 6:26 Sport: Tonga's Pita Taufatofua targets third Olympic sport
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
- 5:10 Large police presence in Phillipstown, Christchurch
- 5:10 Government rules out Man-Up programme in prisons
- 5:13 Women’s Refuge: Brian Tamaki’s words are verbally violent
- 5:20 Simon Bridges' leadership in spotlight
- 5:25 Family in ‘agony, anguish’ after seven killed in horror crash
- 5:30 Former teacher accused of sexual offences against 10 boys
- 5:35 Evening business for Tuesday 30 April
- 5:39 IPCA re-investigates allegations against detective Kevin Burke
- 5:50 Wanaka locals concerned about infrastructure amid airport plans
- 6:09 US police allege man planned to bomb white supremacist rally
- 6:13 Simon Bridges’ constituents on what they think of his leadership
- 6:17 2000 procedures postponed due to doctors’ strike
- 6:22 Stay away from Inu Now Facebook page, users warned
- 6:26 Picton couple say they saw the elusive black panther
Monday, 29 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, April 29th, 2019
- 5:09 40 percent of deportees from Australia re-offending once back in NZ
- 5:12 Striking doctors demand David Clark intervene
- 5:16 Tokoroa community mourns family killed in crash
- 5:25 Govt pumps money into addressing Stats NZ issues
- 5:32 Evening Business for 29 April 2019
- 5:41 Jane Patterson: There’s a sense Simon Bridges ‘is up against a brick wall’
- 5:48 Company funds free lunches for secondary school students
- 6:08 DHBs under 'significant pressure' during doctors' strike, planner says
- 6:16 3000 across Chch and Banks Peninsula without power
- 6:21 Neighbour remembers beautiful family killed in horror crash
Friday, 26 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday 26th April 2019
- 5:09 Man hunt after 11 guns stolen from Palmerston North police station
- 5:20 Prince William gives speech at Al Noor mosque
- 5:27 Auckland Islands helicopter crash: Survivors tell their tale
- 5:34 Evening Business for Friday 26th April
- 5:37 $1 million in lottery grants money to go towards Tasman fire relief
- 5:46 Samoa raises fresh concerns over cryptocurrency OneCoin
- 5:54 Council called out for failing to solve walkway impasse
- 6:08 Police left red-faced after 11 guns stolen from station
- 6:09 "Hate will fail to divide us" - Prince William delivers message of hope
- 6:15 Helicopter crash survivors reunite to share miracle story of survival
- 6:17 Sri Lanka terror attacks: Death toll revised down to around 250
- 6:21 Headmaster of prestigious Scots College accused of making 'sexist' remark
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
- 5:11 PM: No evidence Chch shootings linked to Sri Lanka attacks
- 5:11 Merrill Fernando: Sri Lanka at a ‘complete stand-still’
- 5:19 Ardern and Macron join forces against extremist content online
- 5:23 Helicopter crash survival story hailed as a ‘miracle’
- 5:26 Pike River Mine re-entry ‘first part of the journey’
- 5:33 Evening business for Wednesday 24 April
- 5:40 Wellington residents urge parking fee hike backdown
- 5:43 Widow wants apology after husband dies after fall
- 5:52 Coding club on a mission to help Pasifika kids find their inner geek
- 6:11 Sri Lankans question why attackers weren't stopped
- 6:24 Bronze wreaths stolen off Ngaruawahia's cenotaph
- 6:26 Beauty sector wants regulation to protect consumers
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
- 5:09 Men survive after helicopter crashes into the sea
- 5:15 Helicopter crash survivors treated at Invercargill hospital
- 5:23 Minginui – the town time forgot is growing
- 5:34 Evening business for Tuesday 23 April
- 5:37 Indian students granted new visas two years after deportation
- 5:40 Pathway to residency 'simply doesn't exist' - immigration lawyer
- 5:51 Disabled man waits 18 months for bathroom modifications
- 5:55 Waterspouts seen off Auckland's coast
- 6:08 Men swim to safety after helicopter crashes into the sea
- 6:17 Chch homeowner calls for Royal Commission into insurance sector
- 6:24 Exhibition celebrates art of collecting
Thursday, 18 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 18th April, 2019
- 5:08 Parents’ worst nightmare: ‘Our happy life has turned into hell’
- 5:19 Alfred Keating found guilty of hiding camera in embassy bathroom
- 5:23 Mosque shooting widow feels let down by ACC
- 5:33 Evening business for Thursday 18 April 2019
- 5:37 Without a CGT - will the Government have to borrow more?
- 5:40 Thousands of NZ’s species on the brink of extinction
- 5:46 Ukrainian family granted extension to their business visa
- 5:50 Dunedin cannabis festival moving to new venue
- 5:54 Wellington woman taking on the world’s best medieval fighters
- 6:08 Shane Jones welcomes Auditor General’s investigation
- 6:15 Questions raised over $55m bill for Yarrow Stadium
- 6:19 Barman back at work one day after being stabbed in robbery
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 17th April
- 5:09 NZ First torpedoes capital gains tax
- 5:11 Tax Working Group head Michael Cullen doesn't expect a CGT in his lifetime
- 5:23 City Rail Link budget balloons to $4.4 billion
- 5:25 Low vax rates alarm Northland DHB as winter approaches
- 5:32 Evening Business for Wednesday 17th April,
- 5:35 HNZ tenants booted out over meth tests to have debts wiped
- 5:47 Military attache's trial draws to a close with two opposing theories
- 5:51 Series of errors led to unsterilised equipment in Hawke’s Bay – report
- 5:55 Revamped Maniototo Hospital opened after years of fundraising
- 6:08 Capital gains tax ruled out as long as Ardern’s in charge
- 6:09 James Shaw: We can’t make changes without tax system reforms
- 6:11 New Zealanders respond to CGT decision
- 6:20 Phil Goff doesn't want ratepayers to carry CRL cost burden
- 6:23 'You are us' concert raising money for mosque attack victims
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
- 5:08 Waikato DHB chair: Appointment of commissioner ‘right move’
- 5:23 Winston Peters stands by criticism of ICRC
- 5:27 Shop owner unrepentant for selling Nazi memorabilia
- 5:33 Evening business for Tuesday 16 April
- 5:40 Keating’s defence accuses driver of planting camera
- 5:43 Govt considering 'national interest' test for foreign investment
- 5:50 Public paying to keep industrial waste off roads
- 6:10 Watching Notre-Dame burn an ‘unbelievable’ experience
- 6:19 Change the DHB system – Waikato DHB member
- 6:23 Focus turns to cause of Notre-Dame fire
Monday, 15 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday 15th April, 2019
- 5:09 Wasseim Alsati: A father’s despair, love and hope
- 5:27 The search for Louisa Akavi: ICRC breaks its silence
- 5:37 Evening business for Monday, April 15
- 5:40 Israel Folau sacked by Rugby Australia
- 5:47 Tiger Woods' win sends golf world into spin
- 6:08 Kiwi kidnapped in Syria last seen in 2018 - NY Times journo
- 6:15 Christchurch terror attack: The day NZ changed forever
Friday, 12 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, April 12, 2019
- 5:08 Junior doctors to strike for five days
- 5:15 Christchurch’s Justice Precinct’s lengthy list of defects
- 5:22 Man arrested over anti-Muslim tirade wants to meet with worshippers
- 5:29 Chorus' migrant workers still vulnerable to exploitation – E Tu
- 5:35 Evening business for Friday 12 April
- 5:39 Medical profession divided over voluntary euthanasia
- 5:45 West Coast's treasured Waiho Bridge to reopen
- 5:53 Franz Josef's sole child care centre to close
- 6:08 Junior doctors to strike over proposed changes to agreement
- 6:12 Waiho Bridge closure cost West Coast millions
- 6:24 Clutha farmers struggling with ongoing dry conditions
Thursday, 11 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday, April 11, 2019
- 5:09 Police swoop in on Comanchero gang members
- 5:13 Police search for man who yelled abuse outside Al Noor mosque
- 5:20 Akl uni students complain about ‘white supremacist’ students
- 5:25 Clock to start ticking on govt’s gun buy back scheme
- 5:33 Police ‘scrambling’ after letting man who shouted anti-Muslim abuse go
- 5:37 Evening business for Thursday 11 April
- 5:42 Calls for Israel Folau to be sacked over homophobic comments
- 5:47 Scientists unveil the first-ever photograph of a black hole
- 5:48 'Egg Boy' transferring $100,000 to mosque shooting victims
- 6:11 PM can't assure no foreign spies in Parliament
- 6:16 Mecca pilgrimage carried out for the Chch mosque victims
- 6:20 Six-hour Brexit debate ends after extension granted
- 6:24 Parents, nurses and PM celebrate PlunketLine's 25th birthday
- 12:08 Young mosque shooting victim has brain damage