All episodes
Friday, 19 July 2019
- 5:09 Six injured in Christchurch house explosion
- 5:12 House reduced to rubble following massive explosion
- 5:21 ‘It’s amazing no one was killed’ - police on Christchurch explosion
- 5:25 Driver jailed for road rampage that targeted Asian family
- 5:28 Australia not backing down from deportation policy
- 5:31 Govt ministers silent on disabled teen’s need for accessible HNZ home
- 5:37 Evening business for 19 July 2019
- 5:42 90 people hand over guns at Otago buyback event
- 5:46 Govt spends record amount on emergency housing
- 5:53 Instagram gets mixed reaction to decision to scrap "likes"
- 6:08 Christchurch homes rocked by explosion
- 6:12 Several houses damaged by Christchurch house explosion
- 6:15 Man admits stealing guns from police station
- 6:19 Ryan Fox cards lowest ever back nine at British Open
- 6:22 Three charged over false fees-free declarations
- 6:25 Agriculture minister promises overhaul of Biosecurity Act
Thursday, 18 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 18th July, 2019
- 5:09 The state house hurting a severely disabled teen
- 5:23 Mosque shooting survivor meets Trump at White House
- 5:27 Five uncapped players in All Blacks team for Argentina
- 5:34 Evening Business for Thursday 18th July
- 5:40 PM to Australia: ‘NZ is open for business’
- 5:43 Electric blanket fire a timely reminder – Fire Service
- 5:48 Silver Ferns ‘very in tune’ with World Cup opponents
- 5:52 Dunedinites fight to claim back steepest street title
- 6:10 Health Ministry sitting on measles advice for more than a year
- 6:14 Black Caps players return home
- 6:18 Coastal erosion forces Timaru sports clubs to move
- 6:22 El Chapo’s lawyers to appeal sentencing
- 6:25 Eyebrows raised over plan to rename Basin Reserve
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 17th July, 2019
- 5:08 Teachers to take legal action against Novopay delays
- 5:12 Matatā residents not leaving without a fight
- 5:17 Christchurch craft store accused of racial profiling
- 5:23 Govt considers broad range of drone regulations
- 5:27 US, Aus Jewish communities donate $1m to mosque victims
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 17 July
- 5:40 Govt asks furniture industry to make products safer
- 5:46 Wanaka man defends $250 week rent for 7msq ‘cabin’
- 5:57 Possible name change for historic Basin Reserve
- 6:08 Exotic trees being planted instead of natives – Dame Anne Salmond
- 6:11 Proposed road strategy aimed at cutting deaths by 40%
- 6:18 Council to provide bottled water during scheduled power outage
- 6:24 Youth worker credited with reduction in violence at Northland high school
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday 16th July, 2019
- 5:08 Decision looms: Matatā residents to find out fate of their homes
- 5:18 Farmers should pay for emissions, receive credits – report
- 5:21 Dunedin street loses world’s steepest title
- 5:25 Wellington’s little blue penguins capture world’s attention
- 5:32 Evening business for Tuesday 16 July
- 5:38 Deportees call for government to back words with actions
- 5:52 Mother and son describe violent dairy stabbing
- 6:08 ETS proposal for farmers ‘won’t make a difference’ – Forest and Bird
- 6:12 Matatā residents meet with council over possible buy-out
Monday, 15 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, July 15th, 2019
- 5:09 Questions loom over one of Cricket’s greatest matches
- 5:14 Cricket devotees endure sleepless night for epic game
- 5:17 Should the Black Caps have won the World Cup?
- 5:25 Govt invests in 100% recyclable plastic food packaging range
- 5:28 John Banks hints at another Auckland mayoral bid
- 5:33 Evening business for Monday 15 July
- 5:39 Man on trial for violent Grey Lynn dairy robbery
- 5:48 700 teachers sign up to te reo pilot programme
- 5:52 Little hiding penguins released back to safety
- 6:08 Confusion, shock over Cricket World Cup Super Over
- 6:16 Plans underway for Black Caps’ celebration
- 6:16 Three on trial over drug addict’s death
- 6:22 Colossal cactus sparks interest from buyers all over the world
Friday, 12 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday 12th July 2019
- 5:09 Jenny Salesa ‘skeptical’ about Big Tobacco’s claims
- 5:13 NZ and England to fight for Cricket World Cup history
- 5:16 New Zealanders rush to UK for 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
- 5:17 Businesses evacuated as bomb squad blows up chemical
- 5:21 Police hope hundreds will turn up to first gun buy-back event
- 5:25 'Shocked, disgusted, angry': Video features white men with faux moko
- 5:32 Evening business for Friday 12 July
- 5:36 Beauden Barrett signs with the Blues
- 5:38 Auckland man jailed for murdering his mother
- 5:42 Woman says she was kicked out of Vodafone for speaking Samoan
- 6:09 Eoin Morgan: NZ will be hardest side to beat
- 6:10 ‘Dark horse’ NZ back in the game….but can we win it?
- 6:12 Victim fights back with message of love
- 6:16 Aus deportation policy not raised in foreign ministers' meeting
- 6:21 Christchurch’s Antonio Hall engulfed in flames
- 6:21 All welcome at Ian Jones’ Friday night dinners
Thursday, 11 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 11th July, 2019
- 5:09 Black Caps boilover: India beaten, NZ into World Cup final
- 5:14 Highly addictive vaping device coming to NZ
- 5:22 Minister fronts people queuing outside Work and Income office
- 5:28 Former gang boss wants to be new Far North mayor
- 5:35 Evening Business for Thursday 11th July
- 5:39 New Christchurch City CEO paid more than last one
- 5:43 Meng Foon NZ’s new Race Relations Commissioner
- 5:47 IPCA report finds officer used ‘gross abuse of power’
- 5:51 Vandalism or activism? James Cook statue spray-painted
- 5:54 Fitness crucial for Silver Ferns World Cup squad - coach
- 6:08 Delight, surprise as Black Caps make it into World Cup final
- 6:13 NZ should be worried about Juul vaping device – US professor
- 6:25 Investment in Middlemore Hospital long over-due – doctors
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
- 5:09 Big Tobacco ‘subsidising’ e-cigarettes for Māori
- 5:22 Proposed medicinal cannabis regulations released
- 5:25 EQC inquiry deadline pushed back due to ‘volume of information’
- 5:34 Evening business for 10 July 2019
- 5:38 Parents of NZ heart kids ‘petrified’ system can’t cope
- 5:48 Family found after 18 hours lost in bush
- 5:53 Better weather clears path for Black Caps v India
- 5:56 DOC closes 10 walking tracks in BOP due to Kauri dieback fears
- 6:08 Cannabis proposal strikes right balance - Health Minister
- 6:11 Golfers oppose plans to down-size Auckland course
- 6:18 Christchurch unlikely to be chlorine-free before September
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday 9th July, 2019
- 5:09 Three generations in state care: A mother’s harrowing story
- 5:23 One in four police stations must improve firearms security – report
- 5:27 Government reveals road map to cleaner, cheaper vehicles
- 5:34 Evening business for Tuesday 9 July
- 5:38 Is the logging price downturn a sign of bigger things?
- 5:48 Otara man jailed for life for machete murder on church grounds
- 5:55 Titirangi’s roaming chickens face deportation
- 6:08 Audit reveals gun storage failings at NZ police stations
- 6:12 A life of abuse: Woman says everyone knew, but no one helped
- 6:26 Black Caps the outsiders ahead of must-win game
Monday, 8 July 2019
- 5:09 Queues outside MSD ‘inhumane’ - AAAP
- 5:11 Long queues outside MSD ‘shocking’ but not the norm - minister
- 5:21 Commerce Commission launches legal action against Moola
- 5:26 Govt gives firmest indication yet that cancer agency off table
- 5:34 Evening business for 8 July 2019
- 5:38 Govt to pay DHBs' capital charge to replace old infrastructure
- 5:43 Crusaders fans celebrate third successive Super Rugby title
- 5:49 Massive urban pest eradication effort launched
- 5:54 Woman gifts 100 ball gowns as ‘thank you’ to son’s high school
- 6:08 DHB asks govt for help with obese patients
- 6:14 Education Minister refuses 'crisis' meeting with ECE groups
- 6:22 Landfills by rivers a bigger problem than ones near sea - Mayor
Friday, 5 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, July 5th, 2019
- 5:08 Fears more panels could fall off high risk high rise
- 5:12 Auckland mayor calls for answers after panel falls off building
- 5:15 Man’s body found in social housing flat five days after he died
- 5:18 California jolted by 6.4 earthquake
- 5:20 One new school, 228 classrooms for Akl as population booms
- 5:23 Crusaders favoured to win in final test match
- 5:31 Evening business for Friday 5 July
- 5:44 Bus drivers going 5.5 hours without a break – union
- 5:48 Agriculture sector looks to technology to meet emission targets
- 5:51 Big idea, big hearts: Students cook for the homeless
- 6:08 Parents fight sudden closure of Wellington school
- 6:16 CEO on a mission to get tradies talking about mental health
- 6:18 Cantabrians optimistic of a win in Super Rugby final
- 6:27 Trucks trample on Taranaki woman's hotel dream
Thursday, 4 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 4th July, 2019
- 5:09 Shareholders vote to sell Westland Milk
- 5:13 Westland Milk chairman: ‘It’s a very good day’
- 5:20 People queue from 2am outside Work and Income for help
- 5:32 Evening Business for 4 July 2019
- 5:35 Police show how guns will be crushed under buy-back scheme
- 5:41 Black Caps riding their luck at Cricket World Cup
- 5:45 Council parking fine plan opens a can of berms
- 5:46 Grieving husband urges DHB to act over lack of neurosurgeons
- 5:56 Air NZ removes newspapers from Koru lounges
- 6:08 Westland Milk farmers had no choice but to sell – shareholder
- 6:16 MSD’s relationship definition needs to change – new report
- 6:23 Family pleads for pounamu’s return
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
- 5:09 Commuter chaos in Wellington after train derails
- 5:11 GWRC: Lessons to be learnt from train chaos
- 5:18 Christchurch couple loses on-sold case against insurer IAG
- 5:23 800,000 litres of waste pour into Lake Taupo
- 5:28 Some feral geese saved, but others will have to be culled
- 5:35 Evening business for Wednesday 3 July
- 5:42 Health experts call for action to curb anti-vax messages
- 5:52 Black Caps prepare to battle England in Cricket World Cup
- 5:56 Initiatives launched to keep boys playing netball
- 6:08 Train issues force 20,000 Wgtn commuters to find alternative transport
- 6:11 Trains resume on limited service in Wellington
- 6:21 Taupo pipe burst could take months to be permanently fixed
- 6:25 Silver Ferns headed to World Cup
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, 2nd July 2019
- 5:08 Forestry contractor calls for minister’s resignation over visa delays
- 5:19 Are robotic fruit pickers the way of the future?
- 5:22 Changes proposed for sexual violence court cases
- 5:33 Evening Business for Tuesday 2nd July
- 5:40 Lord of the Rings series to be filmed in Auckland
- 5:47 Principals deliver warning letters to Education Ministry
- 5:50 Five northern centres experience driest first half year on record
- 6:08 Shane Jones: Govt ‘caught between two poles’
- 6:14 Govt reforms aimed at protecting victims of sexual violence
- 6:17 Drunk driver sentenced for killing taxi driver
- 6:21 All Blacks squad to be announced, two months ahead of RWC
- 6:26 Cut-price fuel company opens in Capital
Monday, 1 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, July 1st, 2019
- 5:08 UK’s drug-buying agency CEO: Why we like to say ‘yes’
- 5:21 Expectant mums scared to give birth in Southland
- 5:35 Investigation clears Crusaders players
- 5:52 Evening business for Monday 1 July
- 5:52 Kids turning up to early childhood centres ‘daily without food’
- 6:07 DHB breaking its own protocol for recording patient observations
- 6:14 Recycling businesses given boost to fight war on plastic
- 6:21 New pilot offers cash incentives for safe motorcyclists
- 6:25 Online shopping leads to rise in letterbox thefts
Friday, 28 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 28th, 2019
- 5:09 Police search for girl who says she was abused in state care
- 5:14 Newly released video shows people shot during NZ-led raid
- 5:16 Coroner, family call for road-side drug testing
- 5:22 Is it time for Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt to go?
- 5:26 Warren Gatland to coach the Chiefs
- 5:31 Evening business for Friday 28th June
- 5:35 Family desperate to leave freezing HNZ home
- 5:42 Housing reshuffle offers glimmer of hope for sector - industry players
- 5:45 Beheader jailed for at least 17 years
- 5:48 Honey company fined for adding chemicals to product
- 5:55 International businessman gifts reserve, bike park to NZ
- 6:08 Men linked to Comancheros found guilty of murder
- 6:14 Tim Shadbolt’s performance as mayor slipping – councillor
- 6:21 Can the Hurricanes blow away a Crusaders three-peat?
- 6:24 Meet Geoff, the oldest Walking School Bus volunteer in Auckland
Thursday, 27 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 27th June, 2019
- 5:08 Housing portfolio divvied up in PM’s Cabinet shuffle
- 5:12 Housing portfolio ‘bigger than one person’
- 5:16 Victim Support distributes more money to mosque shooting victims
- 5:22 Departing Treasury boss criticised on last day at work
- 5:33 Evening business for Thursday 27 June
- 5:36 NZ First’s support for euthanasia bill conditional on referendum
- 5:48 Kris Faafoi: Important to get ‘right mix’ of housing
- 5:53 ‘Senior citizen’ monkey gets special treatment
- 6:07 Housing portfolio gets a makeover in Cabinet reshuffle
- 6:09 David Cunliffe on Cabinet reshuffle, PM's leadership & housing
- 6:18 Home's garage in danger of slipping into giant mud pool
- 6:21 Steven Ferguson selected as Team NZ grinder
- 6:25 Citizen scientists undertake first survey of Taranaki penguin
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 26th June, 2019
- 5:09 Primary, intermediate principals reject pay offer
- 5:13 ‘There are going to be teachers paid more than principals’
- 5:22 End of Life Choice bill faces toughest hurdle yet
- 5:25 'Huge mud crater' opens up in woman's backyard
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 26 June
- 5:44 Middlemore Hospital staff increasingly escorted to cars over safety fears
- 5:47 Facebook to give French hate speech suspects' info to courts
- 5:49 Victim Support to distribute a further $2.5m
- 5:57 Treaty of Waitangi document sold for $31,000 to private collector
- 6:08 Government tells principals it won’t increase pay offer
- 6:14 MPs: Why we’ve changed our minds on euthanasia bill
- 6:27 No pain relief available for mother during fast labour in Lumsden
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, 25th June 2019
- 5:09 PM downplays reshuffle while National announces its own
- 5:13 David Farrar on National caucus reshuffle, departures
- 5:18 Councillor calls for e-scooter ban following rider’s death
- 5:24 ANZ: We do not support Maria Folau’s views
- 5:28 Attaché sentenced over secret toilet recordings
- 5:36 Evening business for Tuesday 25th June
- 5:40 Royal Commission will hold mirror up to NZ – inquiry chair
- 5:45 Christchurch council approves $3m for multicultural hub
- 5:54 Dogs on a mission aided by environmentally-friendly transport
- 6:08 Auckland Council waits for police investigation following death
- 6:15 Mosque attack widow fears family will be forced to leave NZ
- 6:25 Dunedin City Council declares climate emergency
Monday, 24 June 2019
- 5:09 At-risk patient 'should have been on constant observation'
- 5:22 Akld Uni staff need training on managing students - lecturer
- 5:27 Takapuna Grammar rejects claims over anti-vax project
- 5:34 Evening business for 24 June 2019
- 5:42 23 MPs still undecided on euthanasia vote
- 5:56 NZ designer invited to showcase streetwear to the world
- 6:09 CAA ‘toxic, inhospitable and crumbling’ - former employees
- 6:12 Govt considers tougher regimes for bank execs, among changes
- 6:15 Period poverty campaign call for free sanitary items in school
- 6:18 Parishoners divided over plans for NZ's oldest stone church
- 6:26 Revealed: The dulcet tones of....grey seals
Friday, 21 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 21st, 2019
- 5:09 Southern DHB playing ‘Russian roulette’ with lives – midwife
- 5:17 Southern DHB CEO: Maternity services ‘improved’ and ‘enhanced’
- 5:23 Consultation on buyback scheme waste of time – gun shop owner
- 5:26 Hawke’s Bay groper sentenced for serial offending
- 5:34 Evening Business for Friday 21st June
- 5:39 Willie Jackson: Why I’ll vote in favour of euthanasia bill
- 5:48 Sports chat: NZ Football on the hunt for a new coach
- 5:54 Multiple protests outside Oranga Tamariki offices
- 6:08 Sanford staff plan to fight Bluff job cuts
- 6:11 Gun buy-back scheme ‘total demonisation’ of innocent parties
- 6:19 Royal Commission of Inquiry staff member referred to police
- 6:22 Applications close for help after devastating West Coast storm
- 6:25 Priscilla costumes make splash in New Plymouth
Thursday, 20 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 20th June, 2019
- 5:08 Gun owners feel ripped off by govt’s buy-back scheme
- 5:14 Ammunition supplier warns of ‘revolution’ over gun buy-back scheme
- 5:26 New revelations won't obstruct Operation Burnham Inquiry
- 5:33 Evening Business for Thursday 20th June
- 5:37 Up to 30 jobs may go at Sanford's Bluff fish-processing plant
- 5:40 Black Caps on winning streak
- 5:44 Winston Peters endorses Boris Johnson for UK PM
- 5:46 Long road to recovery for those injured in Christchurch mosque attacks
- 5:56 School’s First XV back female team mate banned from playing
- 6:08 National MP on why the gun buy-back scheme is flawed
- 6:17 Christopher Luxon keeping political options open
- 6:20 Shane Jones: Christopher Luxon ‘now my political foe’
- 6:24 Festivals, events planned to celebrate Matariki
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 19th June, 2019
- 5:09 Two killed after car, train collide in Bay of Plenty
- 5:15 Ombudsman to investigate Oranga Tamariki uplifts
- 5:23 KiwiRail to investigate multiple system failures
- 5:27 Girl banned from playing in school’s first XV team
- 5:33 Evening business for Wednesday 19 June
- 5:44 Stats NZ to track people's movements, hour by hour
- 5:47 Family of six who lived in one-bedroom unit move into HNZ home
- 5:56 Plaman Resource’s plan to mine Foulden Maar appears scuppered
- 6:07 Man sentenced over 'all too human momentary failure'
- 6:13 Ombudsman launches third investigation into Oranga Tamariki
- 6:17 High decile schools disadvantaged by donation policy
- 6:20 Murder-accused denies he knew of plot to kill
- 6:23 Man eats expired food for a year, lives to tell his story
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
- 5:09 Willie Jackson: Uplifting babies a last resort
- 5:13 Man jailed for 21 months for sharing footage of mosque attacks
- 5:17 More than 400 injured and sick animals sent to meat works
- 5:21 Adults fight over nine-year-old’s placement in league team
- 5:31 Evening business for Tuesday, 18 June
- 5:36 Clarity needed from ANZ on CEO’s departure – Grant Robertson
- 5:43 96% of international drivers fail NZ driving 'test'
- 5:48 Afghan villagers walk away from Operation Burnham inquiry
- 5:55 Pop culture time-capsule mystery solved
- 6:08 'Got the wrong guy. I'm innocent'
- 6:13 Road users gutted at safety improvements delay on SH58
- 6:19 Father, coach defends decision to keep 9yo in under-9’s team
Monday, 17 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 17th June 2019
- 5:08 ANZ CEO leaves due to 'blind spot' on recording expenses – John Key
- 5:22 Investigators examine wreckage of mid-air plane crash
- 5:28 Forestry company pleads guilty to discharging contaminants in storm
- 5:33 Evening business for Monday, 17 June
- 5:35 Cats not fishing nets biggest threat to dolphins, according to new plan
- 5:42 Support for import ban on unsafe cars
- 5:47 Creditors would have to offer farmers mediation under proposed law
- 5:53 Remembering the Murchison quake whilst preparing for the next big one
- 6:08 Advocacy group inundated with messages about Oranga Tamariki
- 6:13 Oranga Tamariki working closely with iwi – Jacinda Ardern
- 6:19 Pay offer 'gutting' for principals of small schools
- 6:23 Auckland panel beaters damaged by fire
- 6:25 Sea of red as Tonga fans gather in support of league team