All episodes
Friday, 31 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbel for 31 August, 2018
- 5:09 Govt injects $16.9b into road safety and regional improvements
- 5:15 Swamp house landlord given 10 days to fix house
- 5:19 Meka Whaitiri difficult to work with - sources
- 5:22 Shock in Taranaki at suggested closure of Stratford Racing Club
- 5:27 Mad Butcher pays tribute to Simon Mannering from hospital bed
- 5:34 Evening business for Friday 31 August
- 5:37 Chelsea Manning will likely be able to speak in NZ
- 5:44 Call for ban pokie ban in vulnerable communities
- 5:50 When is a power pole too old and in need of replacement
- 5:55 Teenage twins take stage against domestic violence
- 6:08 Govt's UDA could override Auckland Council's Unitary Plan
- 6:13 Hato Petera, the school with one student, to close
- 6:17 House hunters get creative in search for a home
- 6:20 Prisoner's death caused by lung disease - forensic pathologist
- 6:22 Corrections Minister urges employers to hire ex-prisoners
- 6:26 Tom Walsh's monster 22.6m throw smashes 30-year-old record
Thursday, 30 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 30th August 2018
- 5:09 Meka Whaitiri stands down amid ‘staffing matter’
- 5:14 No evidence of Tauranga paedophile ring - police
- 5:18 Noeline Taurua named as new Silver Ferns coach
- 5:21 Rural residents back Shane Jones’ call to keep banks open
- 5:25 Landlord's 'swamp house' may be deemed unliveable
- 5:34 Evening business for 30 August 2018
- 5:41 Exploited, abused Filipino worker speaks out
- 5:47 Port of Tauranga operating for 27 years without RMA consent
- 5:53 Prisoner said he’d been assaulted before he died
- 6:08 Cows forced to give birth in muddy fields - SAFE
- 6:11 Corrections officer accused of kicking prisoner after attack
- 6:17 NZ doesn't have access to world's best medicines, doctor says
- 6:25 Emergency response teams to be on 24/7 stand by
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for 29 August, 2018
- 5:09 Family paying $520 a week for ‘third world swamp house’
- 5:16 Auckland Council bungles 430 resource consents
- 5:20 NZ must ‘speak out loudly’ for children kept on Nauru - psychiatrist
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 29 August
- 5:38 Five miners sought to assist with Pike River re-entry
- 5:44 Porirua street sinks by one metre in just one month
- 5:50 Chelsea Manning shouldn't be allowed in NZ - National
- 5:54 Scams hit Canterbury residents and businesses
- 6:08 Housing Minister warns landlords: 'Lift your game or get out'
- 6:15 Prison officer on trial defends decision to turn camera away
- 6:18 Lisa Carrington dominates world champs - again & again & again
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Tuesday 28th August, 2018
- 5:09 Pike River Mine to be treated as ‘crime scene’
- 5:17 Advisory council set up to address low business confidence
- 5:25 Minister proposing harsher synthetic drug laws
- 5:32 Evening Business for 28 August 2018
- 5:37 Tax breaks for All Blacks mooted to keep players in NZ
- 5:42 Where NZ Rugby gets its money, and where it spends it
- 5:47 Revived Andromeda Theatre complex to be built in weeks
- 5:51 Life after being declared M. Bovis free
- 6:08 Air NZ CEO to head govt's business advisory council
- 6:15 Prison officer caught on camera kicking prisoner in the head
- 6:22 Food worth thousands stolen from Otago restaurant
- 6:24 Two firefighters given citation for saving life
- 6:29 Photos of UFO over Canterbury go viral
Monday, 27 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 27th August 2018
- 5:09 Man opens fire during online gaming competition
- 5:13 Simon Bridges maintains leaker could be Parliamentary staffer
- 5:17 Church’s rates bill rises from $218 to $11,500
- 5:22 Toxic foam results rising a year after testing began
- 5:27 Govt reveals changes to revamp 'out of date' tenancy laws
- 5:35 Evening business for Mon 27 Aug
- 5:38 Marahau still on the mend six months after weather havoc
- 5:44 Maraenui - The Napier suburb drowning in synthetics
- 5:55 Young NZ techies urged to get a head-start in space careers
- 6:08 Mongrel Mob members converge in Whanganui for funeral
- 6:12 Paremoremo prison guards’ trial starts in Auckland
- 6:17 Gareth Hutchens - Liberals will get ‘smashed’ at election
- 6:23 Auckland churches slapped with rates rises up to 7000%
Friday, 24 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 25 August, 2018
- 5:10 Prime Minister removes Clare Curran from Cabinet
- 5:20 Clare Curran taking demotion ‘on the chin’
- 5:24 Scott Morrison wins vote to become Australia's new PM
- 5:29 Inquiry into Bridges’ expenses leak called off
- 5:36 Evening business for 24 August 2018
- 5:38 Suicide deaths at all time high
- 5:42 Dunedin power pole on lean needed replacing in 2015
- 5:46 Siblings jailed for supplying methamphetamine
- 5:49 Farming in a fishbowl: The impact of open tracks and tourism
- 5:53 All Blacks hoping to retain winning streak for 16th year
- 6:08 PM had ‘no choice’ to demote Clare Curran
- 6:12 Malcolm Turnbull plans to quit Parliament 'not before too long'
- 6:16 Parents concerned parolees may be kept on prison site
- 6:19 Govt announces $82m for school upgrades
- 6:23 Athletes converge on Wanaka for Winter Games
Thursday, 23 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 23rd August 2018
- 5:14 NZ's largest feedlot: 'We take great care of our animals'
- 5:29 Govt gives Auckland DHB $305m for urgent infrastructure work
- 5:35 Air NZ lifts profit by $390m
- 5:37 Evening business for Thurs 23 August
- 5:46 Free weekend carparking scrapped in Wellington CBD
- 5:49 Former rugby coach on trial for sexual abuse
- 5:54 Move over Pisa, Wellington has its own leaning tower
- 5:56 Desperate times see Netball NZ change eligibility rules
- 6:08 Who will be Australia's new Prime Minister?
- 6:13 Controversial feedlot farm infected with M Bovis
- 6:16 Grass vs grain-fed beef - can we tell the difference?
- 6:22 Govt to fully fund Auckland's walking and cycling Skypath link
- 6:25 Owen Franks gears up for 100th test
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Wednesday 22 August, 2018
- 5:09 Jon Sopel: Guilty verdict, plea could open can of worms for Trump
- 5:16 Whanganui community reeling over fatal gang shooting
- 5:23 Government to cap wheel clamping fines
- 5:26 Silberhorn deer velvet trial wraps up in Dunedin
- 5:32 Evening business for 22 August 2018
- 5:36 Govt planning ‘rigorous analysis’ of use of contractor model
- 5:41 Freightways defends independent contract model
- 6:11 School rugby coach accused of sexual abuse spanning 30 years
- 6:15 Justice conference gives cautious hope to victims
- 6:19 Suspected former Nazi guard deported from US
- 6:22 Hazardous power pole near Dunedin school waiting to be removed
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Tuesday 21 August, 2018
- 5:13 Taranaki braces for more bad weather, possible tornadoes
- 5:17 Govt strips public sector bosses of performance bonuses
- 5:20 Maori King says he's sad people are undermining his office
- 5:24 ‘Incredibly moving’ ceremony welcomes home soldiers' remains
- 5:31 Evening business for 21 August 2018
- 5:35 Special education staff strike on Northland streets
- 5:39 'I struggle to see how they are legal' - Environment Minister responds to feedlot farms
- 5:46 ‘There is no closure with EQC’ - minister
- 6:09 What's next for Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull?
- 6:14 'It's a wait and see situation' - Winston Peters
- 6:15 North Island towns fight ‘destruction by legislation’
- 6:20 Māori must lead the change in the criminal justice system - minister
- 6:24 Govt stumps up $12 million for uninsured Christchurch homeowners
- 6:27 Resident ‘absolutely petrified’ as tornado whips through New Plymouth
Monday, 20 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 20th August 2018
- 5:09 Politicians' pay frozen for a year
- 5:15 SAFE calls for end to feedlots
- 5:18 EQC claimant: 'Nothing could make up for what we've lost'
- 5:24 EQC CEO Sid Miller talks to John Campbell
- 5:38 Evening business for 20 August 2018
- 5:46 Silberhorn director diluted deer velvet based on 'nose bleed'
- 5:51 PNG: Picking up the pieces six months on from earthquake
- 6:08 Calls for ban on grain-fed beef feedlots
- 6:12 Ryan Crotty's rugby future in doubt after sixth concussion
- 6:15 Govt gives recycling company millions to build new plant
- 6:19 Tornado damages houses in New Plymouth
- 6:24 Kapiti Coast to Auckland flight back up and running
Friday, 17 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 17 August, 2018
- 5:09 Aretha Franklin dies aged 76: World mourns, reminisces and sings
- 5:18 Tree goes up in flames after lightning strikes
- 5:21 Controversy surrounds King Tuhetia's koroneihana
- 5:25 Rangi McLean supports Māori king coronation media ban
- 5:33 Evening business for 17 August 2018
- 5:37 Learning support specialists to strike over pay and workload
- 5:40 Deer velvet, the chocolate substitute and the conspiracy
- 5:44 People with pancreatic cancer head to Australia for treatment
- 5:47 Katy Perry ticketholders gutted at price slash
- 5:51 Hockey NZ to look into structure after career ending allegation
- 5:56 Three legged cat rescued after hours stuck in police car
- 6:12 Mourners gather at Aretha Franklin's former church to pay respects
- 6:15 Aretha Franklin 'empowered a generation of women'
- 6:17 Aretha Franklin inspiring the next generation of soul singers
- 6:21 Aretha Franklin's biographer on the singer's transformation
- 6:24 Rick Bryant on Aretha Franklin
- 6:26 Auckland sings along to Aretha Franklin
Thursday, 16 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 16 August, 2018
- 5:09 MPs spend more than $2m in just three months
- 5:14 Foreign buyers banned, but critics warn it will have little impact
- 5:16 Media banned from Māori King's coronation celebrations
- 5:18 Calls for heads to roll following Italy bridge collapse
- 5:23 Dozens killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack
- 5:28 Delay for earthworks at Christchurch's Metro sports facility
- 5:34 Evening business for 16 August 2018
- 5:40 Protesters dressed as cows oppose Mackenzie Basin farm
- 5:44 Recycler considering legal action over mounting rubbish
- 5:47 First US transgender governor nominee picked
- 5:49 Police comms staff feel they can't take sick leave
- 5:52 Wellington cafe offering inmates jobs as baristas
- 5:55 NZ First MPs signed contract over waka jumping punishment
- 6:08 Concerns about bridge’s structure ‘fell on deaf ears’
- 6:12 MPs own homes in Wellington, but claim accommodation allowance anyway
- 6:18 Steven Adams back in NZ but not playing for Tall Blacks
- 6:22 Youth hubs face closure despite popularity
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Wednesday 15 August, 2018
- 5:09 Teachers on strike: 'It's a crisis'
- 5:19 Queen’s Counsel to lead inquiry into Bridges’ expenses leak
- 5:21 Search for survivors continuing through night in Genoa
- 5:24 Ngaruawahia responds to Māori King advisor's misspending allegations
- 5:28 Retired netball veterans recalled to Silver Ferns
- 5:34 Evening business for 15 August 2018
- 5:39 Alliance meatworks hiring 100 overseas workers
- 5:46 Steady head gets nod to take over Black Caps
- 5:51 Plans for joint convention centre and movie museum scrapped
- 6:08 Govt had been doing ‘band aid’ work on Italy bridge – locals
- 6:08 Teachers rally for better pay and conditions
- 6:18 NZ First accuses National of racism over Haumaha question
- 6:21 Last ditch effort to overturn freedom camping rules
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 14th August 2018
- 5:09 Kids going hungry while Māori king's advisor lives it up – Tuku Morgan
- 5:15 Striking Go Bus drivers earn $17.68 an hour
- 5:24 Four Brazil nuts or one liquorice allsort for 68 cents
- 5:26 National demands inquiry into Simon Bridges' expenses leak
- 5:29 Chch man told insurance will go up by $10,000 a year
- 5:36 Evening business for 14 August 2018
- 5:40 Police investigate claims into Wally Haumaha
- 5:48 Case between Silberhorn and Commerce Commission continues
- 5:55 Should supermarkets allow BYO plastic containers at the deli?
- 6:08 Parents take day off for teachers strike
- 6:11 Māori look for solution to building on communal land
- 6:23 Man denied treatment for MS because he couldn't walk 500m
Monday, 13 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 13th August 2018
- 5:09 Silberhorn named in Commerce Commission case
- 5:13 Freightways looks to improve 'contractor revenue' for drivers
- 5:17 NZ Post tells independent contractors to purchase new scanners
- 5:24 Fight to save Lumsden Maternity Centre could head to court
- 5:34 Evening business for 13 August 2018
- 5:40 Roundup on EPA reassessment list after US court ruling
- 5:44 Bereaved families could face huge bills -- funeral director
- 5:49 'Paradise' without a physiotherapist for one year
- 6:08 MetService warns of 'bumpy' 48 hours ahead
- 6:12 Waikato bus drivers striking over pay and ageing fleet
- 6:17 Man accused of one-punch fatal attack was angry, court told
- 6:21 Man steals plane from Seattle airport
- 6:25 Act calls for end to Māori seats and fewer politicians
Friday, 10 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 10th August, 2018
- 5:09 Children killed in Saudi-led attack on school bus in Yemen
- 5:10 International community must help Yemen end war - Unicef
- 5:17 Single-use plastic bags to be banned by July, 2019
- 5:21 Community outraged over closure of Lumsden Maternity Centre
- 5:22 Taranaki post-mortems head out of region
- 5:27 Mum and son combo hits the field in historic moment
- 5:33 Fonterra shareholders say twin hit to earnings 'unacceptable'
- 5:37 Fonterra makes moves to cut gas emissions by 30% by 2030
- 5:40 Evening Business for 10 August 2018
- 5:43 Rescue of Aus man on Mt Aspiring cost more than $100,000
- 5:46 Rowing NZ High Performance boss resigns after cultural review
- 5:50 Auckland teen breaks 123 weightlifting records
- 6:12 Maternity centre’s closure might drive midwives out of town
- 6:18 Lombok earthquake: NZ man and pregnant wife living in makeshift camp
Thursday, 9 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 9th August, 2018
- 5:08 Wally Haumaha accused of bullying female colleagues
- 5:15 Govt to pay employers to get young people off the dole
- 5:19 Lombok quake: Apocalyptic scenes as tourists flee
- 5:23 Man who argued insanity found guilty of murder
- 5:27 Foreign students paying for jobs that don't exist
- 5:32 Evening Business for 9 August 2018
- 5:42 Kiwi firefighters arrive in California to help fight wildfires
- 5:48 Trump accuses Russians of using nerve agent Novichok
- 5:51 Chch council concerned it might lose control over water services
- 5:55 Auckland school kids win long pants battle
- 6:08 Students protest inclusion of Don Brash in debate
- 6:12 Toxic chemicals found in eels after Shell admits contamination
- 6:16 6.2 earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok
- 6:22 Businesses struggling to keep up with demand for avocados
- 6:24 Bouncing Bacon: NZ sheep video viewed 2.4 million times
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Wednesday 8 August, 2018
- 5:09 Govt makes changes to student visa regime
- 5:11 Students ‘totally broken’ after NZQA withholds results
- 5:17 Govt trying to eliminate 'low quality' education providers
- 5:19 Thousands left homeless, without income after Lombok earthquake
- 5:22 Landlords asking for bank statements fuel concerns over discrimination
- 5:25 New bungy slingshot is adventure tourism on steroids
- 5:32 Evening business for Wednesday 8 August
- 5:35 Principals support union's claim for housing allowance
- 5:39 DHBs struggling to meet colonoscopy wait-time targets
- 5:45 Business confidence surveys - what do they actually reflect?
- 5:55 Chch city leaders call for CBD to be tidied up
- 6:08 School bus driver dies following crash
- 6:08 Trump vows to punish countries trading with Iran
- 6:12 Govt won't reveal how much Peters' legal pursuit will cost
- 6:15 Protesters descend on Tegel's HQ to oppose mega chicken farm
- 6:18 Council moves to relieve 'cheek to cheek' moments on new bus service
- 6:22 Insane or drug deal gone wrong? Jurors to decide
- 6:28 Bus driver dies after Taranaki school bus crashes
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Tuesday 7 August, 2018
- 5:09 Nurses settle with DHBs, but vow the fight isn't over yet
- 5:13 ‘Survival of the richest’: Rich access drugs Pharmac won’t fund
- 5:23 Lombok earthquake response 'an absolute joke'
- 5:29 Massey University cancels Don Brash speaking engagement
- 5:34 Evening business for Tuesday 7 August
- 5:38 Judith Collins not sorry for spreading fake news
- 5:40 Whale euthanised on Northland beach after rescue attempts fail
- 5:43 Auckland Council investigating cow attack
- 5:52 Joseph Parker planning comeback after two losses
- 6:08 NZ behind in funding modern medicine – Aus oncologist
- 6:19 Wellington's old trolley buses are making a comeback
- 6:21 Getting rid of Christchurch's chlorine a 'challenging target'
- 6:26 Men arrested in US after children found living in squalor
Monday, 6 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 6th August 2018
- 5:09 Tourists wait for hours to fly out of Lombok
- 5:14 PM back at Parliament after six weeks on maternity leave
- 5:18 Hundreds try to help stranded whale return to ocean
- 5:20 Cow and calf to be killed after attacking woman and man
- 5:22 Crown seeking $1.5 million fine for under-reporting catches
- 5:26 'Pandemonium' as people try to flee Lombok, surrounding islands
- 5:34 Evening business for 6 August 2018
- 5:37 Looming housing crisis for over 65s - Retirement Commissioner
- 5:42 Crusaders fans brave bad weather at victory parade
- 5:48 Kiwi teen crowned world's Powerpoint champion
- 5:57 Seven killed in California wild fires
- 6:12 15 New Zealanders registered as being on Lombok
- 6:16 MBIE reviews procurement guidelines
- 6:23 Hastings students create low-cost flood warning device
Friday, 3 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 3rd August 2018
- 5:09 Climber rescued from Mt Aspiring
- 5:13 Courier drivers told to fork out for own replacement uniforms
- 5:18 Far-right duo won't speak in NZ after venue cancelled event
- 5:22 Multi millionaire businessman admits sexually abusing children
- 5:26 Ruapehu crash 'accident waiting to happen' - former driver
- 5:33 Evening business for Fri 3 Aug
- 5:36 Apple hits $1 trillion valuation
- 5:37 All major supermarkets in NZ to ban single use plastic bags
- 5:43 Super Rugby Final - Can the Crusaders be beaten?
- 5:47 Recruitment drive for Aucklanders to move to Timaru
- 5:54 Rally against racism in Aotea Square
- 5:56 Iwi Chairs Forum questions Crown about lack of progress
- 6:08 Australian soldier on Mt Aspiring rescued and taken to hospital
- 6:13 Charity says army training saved soldier trapped on Mt Aspiring
- 6:14 Man sentenced to more than 3 years for part in cocaine deal
- 6:17 Power outage affects thousands of Wellingtonians
- 6:20 Leonardo DiCaprio invests in NZ shoe company Allbirds
Thursday, 2 August 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 2nd August 2018
- 5:09 Jacinda Ardern on returning from maternity leave
- 5:23 Former bus driver left Ruapehu Alpine Lifts over safety concerns
- 5:28 Settlement signed despite protest
- 5:34 Evening Business for 2 August 2018
- 5:38 Questions remain over why firm was liquidated
- 5:44 At-risk children wait months for court-ordered reports
- 5:49 Nurses feared for their lives as gun shots rang out
- 6:08 Would-be home owner has lost complete trust in apt development
- 6:11 The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives first interviews
- 6:21 NZ police monitoring developments around 3D firearms
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Wednesday 1 August, 2018
- 5:09 Ebert Construction goes into receivership
- 5:14 Kingi stands down from Haumaha inquiry after LinkedIn furore
- 5:17 All passengers survive plane crash in Mexico
- 5:19 Ruapehu council to investigate bus safety issues
- 5:25 Bella Vista residents to sue Tauranga City Council
- 5:34 Evening business for 1 August 2018
- 5:34 Teachers back move to full-day strike
- 5:41 Vindication for sacked Kohanga Reo trustee
- 5:47 Tattoo gun smuggled into prison, used on Mongrel Mob members
- 5:50 OIO approves sale of Mount White Station lease
- 6:10 Workers say they're owed thousands by Ebert Construction
- 6:23 Pasifika students excel at 'aunty and uncle' school
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Tuesday 31 July, 2018
- 5:09 Mt Ruapehu shuttle buses ‘not fit for purpose’
- 5:19 Thousands flee as wildfires ravage California
- 5:25 Cannabis referendum may be binding
- 5:27 Andreas Heraf resigns as Football Ferns coach
- 5:33 Evening business for 31 July 2018
- 5:36 National calls for Pauline Kingi to step down from role
- 5:43 Murder-accused pleads not guilty by reason of insanity
- 5:48 Weetbix vs Weetabix: Battle of cereals hits court
- 5:53 Traffic at standstill on SH1 near Hamilton
- 5:56 ‘501’ NZ detainees to share experiences as part of art fair
- 6:08 Whakapapa shuttle bus driven despite broken handbrake
- 6:15 Catching a bus up and down Mt Ruapehu
- 6:19 Fuel tax puts some off driving
Monday, 30 July 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 30th July 2018
- 5:09 Bus that crashed had failed fitness certificate 9 times
- 5:12 Ruapehu bus passenger shocked by broken seats, handle
- 5:15 Courier driver case to be tested in court
- 5:23 MSD accepts loans not income, will not appeal
- 5:28 Lawyer calls for review of beneficiary debts
- 5:34 Evening business for Mon 30 July
- 5:37 Man found guilty of murdering partner
- 5:42 Jacinda Ardern back as PM on Thurs morning
- 5:45 Calls for Tegel to be prosecuted after 'putrid, rotting' birds
- 5:55 Auckland Transport won't reduce parking fines despite saving on costs
- 6:08 Malcolm Rewa can't get a fair trial, lawyer argues
- 6:13 Courier drivers not the only ones struggling
- 6:21 Work starts restoring fire ravaged Port Hills
- 6:26 New group looks to help young people living with dementia
