All episodes
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
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday, April 10, 2019
- 5:09 More details about government's gun buyback scheme emerge
- 5:13 We ask MPs how they might vote on voluntary euthanasia bill
- 5:18 Sir Owen Glenn says PM should fly to Fiji over development stoush
- 5:24 Shooting club told to close, meditation centre neighbours celebrate
- 5:30 Evening business for Wednesday 10th April
- 5:36 Health select committee rejects pleas by cancer patients for inquiry
- 5:40 Scientific evidence presented in camera in toilet trial
- 5:46 Flowers, messages begin to be cleared from Botanic Gardens
- 5:49 Report lays bare impact of Wellington housing crisis
- 5:49 Runaway Kunekune pigs find new home
- 6:08 Euthanasia debate raises awareness over palliative care challenges
- 6:11 Fruit rots and workers suffer amid Hawke's Bay labour shortage
- 6:14 The reopening of the Waiho Bridge near Franz Josef delayed.
- 6:18 China facing biggest economic challenges ever - ANZ Bank chief economist Richard Yetsenga
- 6:25 Tearfund Ethical Fashion Report : Do customers care?
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
- 12:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
- 5:08 Select committee recommends changes to euthanasia legislation
- 5:13 Lawyers plan to challenge euthanasia legislation 'if we need to'
- 5:21 'It's very hard to ask for the money' - families of mosque victims struggling
- 5:25 National wants gun law broadened to include more groups
- 5:32 Evening Business for Tuesday 9th April
- 5:37 Men describe finding hidden camera in defence official’s trial
- 5:51 Flaxmere in midst of ‘alcohol holocaust’ – Hastings councillor
- 5:51 Man fined for freedom camping after sleeping in car after drinking
- 6:08 David Seymour considers changes to euthanasia bill
- 6:18 Some Auckland ANZAC services cancelled in wake of mosque attacks
- 6:20 Kapiti Councillor appeals conviction and sentence
- 6:24 26,000 sign petition to keep Crusaders’ name
Monday, 8 April 2019
- 12:00 Checkpoint for Monday 8th April, 2019
- 5:10 Primary school teachers reject government’s latest offer
- 5:13 'It's not just about the money' - primary school teacher
- 5:21 Sir William Young to head Chch mosque shooting inquiry
- 5:24 ACC rejects Auckland family's renovation plans to care for daughter
- 5:35 Evening Business News for Monday 8th April
- 5:38 Edward Osei Nketia hot property on both sides of the Tasman
- 5:43 Man caring for wife worries about paying bills
- 5:47 Tax lobby group spends $15,000 publicly backing CGT
- 5:55 Woman told to cover-up bikini at Auckland swimming pool
- 6:08 Teachers threaten more strikes after rejecting pay offer
- 6:18 PM outlines terms of reference for mosque attacks inquiry
- 6:22 Programme aimed at reducing risk among Māori launched
- 6:26 61-year-old woman gives birth for son & his partner
Friday, 5 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, April 05, 2019
- 5:10 Mosque shooting accused appears in court via video link
- 5:14 Families of mosque victims gather in court to see accused
- 5:17 Prayers return to Linwood mosque, three weeks after shooting
- 5:20 Homeless told there's no emergency accommodation available
- 5:25 James Casson apologises for mosque comments
- 5:26 Evening Business for Friday 5th March
- 5:37 Bezos' ex-wife cedes Amazon control in huge divorce deal
- 5:47 Kiwis don gumboots to raise awareness, money for mental health
- 5:48 18 people killed on NZ roads in just five days
- 5:51 Toxic material washing up after floodwaters spread rubbish
- 6:08 Mosque attack trial should be quick to reduce suffering - brother pleads
- 6:13 30 pray at Linwood mosque three weeks after shootings
- 6:17 Final Erebus memorial design unveiled
- 6:19 Claims complaints about New Plymouth shooting house ignored
- 6:23 85 quakes follow slow-slip event off East Coast
Thursday, 4 April 2019
- 12:00 Checkpoint for Thursday, April 5th, 2019
- 5:09 Accused mosque shooter faces 50 murder charges
- 5:10 PM labelled 'tyrant' as gun debate gets nasty
- 5:14 Tim Ashton: Gun law changes a long time coming
- 5:23 NZ journo says Fiji detention a "bizarre" experience
- 5:27 NZ involvement detailed in Operation Burnham Inquiry
- 5:33 Evening Business for Thursday 4th April
- 5:36 Sole crash survivor visits marae ahead of family’s burial
- 5:46 'Affordable' home buyers charged extra for driveways, landscaping
- 5:55 Drysdale selected for squad, but his dream is pinned on singles
- 6:08 Bill Hodge: 89 charges, but 'we can't have 89 trials'
- 6:11 Gun law reforms bulldozed through Parliament - ammunition dealer
- 6:19 RSA cancels plans to include Muslim prayer in ANZAC service
- 6:22 Huge clean up underway after landfill spills into river
- 6:27 South Taranaki mayoral candidate under fire for use of Naki branding
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday, April 3, 2019
- 5:09 Just one day for oral submissions on gun law changes
- 5:12 David Tipple: Gun owners also need ‘empathy’
- 5:20 Fraser Anning unrepentant for anti-Muslim comments
- 5:23 Crusaders’ name to remain – for now
- 5:26 Shane Jones says comments weren't made in ministerial capacity
- 5:32 Evening business for Wednesday 3 April
- 5:35 John Fellett on resignation and Simon Moutter's departure
- 5:39 AOS surrounds west Auckland home after reports of gunfire
- 5:43 Pharmac leaving cancer patients to die – drug agents
- 5:46 Black Caps reveal squad for Cricket World Cup
- 5:50 US faces avocado shortage if Trump closes Mexico border
- 5:51 Christchurch to get giant mural in memory of mosque victims
- 6:08 Govt called on to slow-down gun law change
- 6:16 Why March, 2019 was second equal warmest on record
- 6:20 Sport: Fiji 7s chasing more Hong Kong history
- 6:24 Transgender coach to lead NZ men’s team against Silver Ferns
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday 2nd April, 2019
- 5:08 MPs shown guns that may soon become illegal
- 5:11 David Seymour absent as gun-ban bill passes first reading
- 5:18 MSD worker allegedly ‘jokes’ about Muslim client holidaying in Chch
- 5:23 1000 bus runs a day at risk due to meal breaks – bus operators
- 5:27 Ephraim Beazley sentenced for killing ex-partner
- 5:35 Evening Business for 2 April 2019
- 5:39 Watch: Sir John Key opposes capital gains tax in wide ranging discussion
- 5:51 Family grieves for five members killed in car crash
- 5:54 Roaming dogs killing neighbourhood cats in Weymouth
- 6:08 NZ and China must trust one another – China PM
- 6:13 Police show MPs weapons that may soon be banned
- 6:18 Solomon Islands prepares for general election
- 6:24 Armageddon bans military-style clothing, replica guns
Monday, 1 April 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday 1st April, 2019
- 5:09 Nine people have lost their lives in one of the deadliest days
- 5:12 Nita Blake-Persen at the scene of this morning's Taupo crash
- 5:13 Two young children and woman killed after collision near Ashburton
- 5:15 Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing speaks about horrific day on NZ roads
- 5:19 Hamilton City Councillor plans to visit his local mosque to apologise for comments
- 5:32 Evening business for Monday 1 April
- 5:35 PM in Beijing to smooth tensions between NZ and its largest trading partner
- 5:38 Iraqi refugee family says Dunedin accommodation making them sick
- 5:42 Gun owners have until end of Sept to hand in guns that will be rendered illegal
- 5:47 West Coast residents still grappling with flooding aftermath
- 5:54 Children of Kawerau's established gang families seek futures in the Police
- 6:08 Our political editor Jane Patterson, is in Beijing and she joins us now
- 6:13 Nine people have died today in three separate car crashes
- 6:16 Hamilton City Councillor condemned over Mosque comments
- 6:22 Human Rights Commission wants religious groups protected
