All episodes
Thursday, 25 January 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday, 25 January 2018
- 5:08 Government unveils changes to employment law
- 5:14 Ohakea resident wants answers over water contamination
- 5:17 Christchurch's water supply will be chlorinated
- 5:22 Calls for heads to roll over US gymnastics sexual assaults
- 5:27 Queenstown bans freedom campers from reserves
- 5:35 Evening business for 25 January 2018
- 5:40 Checkpoint weather: Thursday January 25
- 5:42 David Parker defends new TPP agreement
- 5:45 Summer scorch: Canterbury town hits 33 degrees
- 5:45 Wanaka locals embracing warmer weather
- 5:51 St Stephen's Maori to reopen after 20 years
- 5:55 Pogo mojo raises thousands for sister's charity
- 6:08 90-day trial period to go for some, but not all businesses
- 6:15 Transport accident watchdog calls for fire alarms on boats
- 6:18 Ratana teenagers hold private Q+A with Prime Minister
- 6:21 Families struggling with back-to-school costs
- 6:25 Black Caps chase Twenty20 series victory in Auckland
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 24th January 2018
- 5:09 Invercargill heading for hottest January on record
- 5:17 Hotter weather will change New Zealand forever
- 5:22 PM gifted baby’s name during Ratana visit
- 5:27 Crash destroyed hopes and dreams
- 5:33 Evening business for Wednesday 24th Jan
- 5:37 Checkpoint weather: Wednesday 24 January
- 5:38 Novopay chases teachers over historic over-payments
- 5:43 Govt needs National's support to sign TPP
- 5:46 South Island councils look at chlorinating water supply
- 5:50 Who will replace Neil Diamond at Mission Estate concert?
- 6:08 School scraps fees and donations to relieve pressure
- 6:12 Heat causes national fan shortage
- 6:17 Student leaders gather ahead of Polyfest
- 6:23 Dog breeder biting back at TradeMe animal ban
- 6:26 How to get to sleep when its too darn hot
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Tuesday 23 January 2018
- 5:10 Mental health inquiry details announced
- 5:12 Mental health inquiry a long time coming - sector responds
- 5:21 Waikato DHB spent $106,000 to hire Nigel Murray
- 5:28 Chch acts to safeguard water from contamination
- 5:33 Evening business for Tuesday January 23
- 5:38 Checkpoint weather forecast for 23 January 2018
- 5:40 NZ space industry reaching for the stars
- 5:43 Ratana marks beginning of political year
- 5:47 Former Shortland Street star sexually groomed young actors
- 5:51 Drains investigated after flooding in Albany
- 5:54 Freedom camping bylaw's backfired - New Plymouth residents
- 6:09 Mental health sector desperate for more resources, funding
- 6:14 Health Minister: ‘We’re not going to sit on our laurels’
- 6:21 Rates rebel Penny Bright vows to fight Auckland Council
- 6:23 130 hectare blaze still burning at Tiwai Point
Monday, 22 January 2018
- 12:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 22nd January 2018
- 5:09 Building site now a crime scene
- 5:11 35 people rescued from Auckland’s West Coast over two days
- 5:15 Calls for govt to fund more gastric bypass surgeries
- 5:18 Push for more women to vote in US mid-terms
- 5:22 Surprising message among US govt shut down
- 5:24 No compromise reached amid US govt shutdown
- 5:26 Rural medical training programme aims to help fix doctor shortage
- 5:34 Evening business for 22 January 2018
- 5:40 Checkpoint weather forecast for 22 January 2018
- 5:41 Fatal Dunedin fire could have suspicious cause
- 5:44 New Dunedin Hospital site being considered
- 6:08 Labour Party caucus at retreat in southern Wairarapa
- 6:14 Auckland Council goes after Penny Bright’s home
- 6:20 Mystery pollution implicated in rare bird deaths
- 6:26 Virtual reality proving a hit on Wellington's Courtenay Place
Friday, 15 December 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 15 December 2017
- 5:08 NZ Ballet asks for independent investigation
- 5:23 478 days later, does Sky World have a WoF?
- 5:36 Evening Business for 15 December 2017
- 5:39 Kaikōura to Picton SH1 reopened
- 5:43 Five years imprisonment for babysitter who killed one-year-old
- 5:47 'Green fairies' vow to continue supplying medicinal cannabis despite arrests
- 5:51 NZ's longest emergency motel tenant gets keys to HNZ home
- 6:08 Govt lacks plan to cope with climate change - report
- 6:11 Pursued by police, car hits North Shore property
- 6:14 300 people visit Auckland City Mission in just one morning
- 6:16 Hangry scenes in Parliament during debate on child poverty bill
- 6:19 From Matauranga to Infinity at Dunedin's new science centre
Thursday, 14 December 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell,Thursday 14 December 2017
- 5:08 Labour-led government throws open books for first time
- 5:13 300,000 families tipped to get an extra $75 a week
- 5:18 Killer cop Ben McLean pleads guilty to murdering wife
- 5:21 Matata resident: 'They will have to physically remove me'
- 5:28 Don Brash invited to play after objecting to use of Te Reo
- 5:35 Evening Business for 14 December 2017
- 5:39 Auckland Council votes on America's Cup village
- 5:44 SIS unlawfully accessed Customs data for 19 years
- 5:47 CTV families determined to fight for prosecution
- 5:53 Downside to NZ's sunshine capital is drought
- 6:08 Families Package 'will lift children out of poverty'
- 6:16 National says new families package robs public of tax cut
- 6:18 Five Southern Police investigated for questionable behaviour
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 13th December 2017
- 5:08 Indian student with NZ child denied entry back into the country
- 5:14 Immigration NZ punishing over stayers 'regardless of humanitarian pain'
- 5:20 Public sector CEOs named and shamed over pay
- 5:30 Democrat defeats Moore in Alabama race, blow to Trump
- 5:33 Police track down youth who stoned cat to death
- 5:35 Evening business for 13 December 2017
- 5:39 KidsCan denied meeting with Govt before funding change
- 5:46 Waitara leaseholders fear being forced out of their homes
- 5:48 Ardern says Australia being overly sensitive about Manus offer
- 5:55 Student blogging programme may be key to beating 'summer slump'
- 6:12 CYFs was blind to warning signs over danger Moko was in
- 6:19 David Seymour's euthanasia bill added to include referendum
- 6:21 Indian and Chinese leaders want action on crime
- 6:24 Govt funding for food in schools programme to end
- 6:28 RNZB board committed to ensuring ballet is supportive workplace
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 12th December 2017
- 5:08 KidsCan may lose govt funding: 'Children will go hungry'
- 5:10 Teachers leaving Auckland for greener pastures
- 5:14 National Standards 'didn't lift achievement' - education professor
- 5:19 Parents split on removal of National Standards
- 5:22 MPI disappointed cow disease spead to North Island
- 5:35 Evening business for 12 December 2017
- 5:40 Butter lovers may have to swallow high prices for some time
- 5:48 Dunedin City Council votes in favour of $20 million footbridge
- 5:50 Ross Taylor matches record for most test centuries
- 6:08 Govt ditches national standards from next year
- 6:14 Beaches, lakes, rivers closed due to toxic algae, wastewater
- 6:17 Public campaign to legalise euthanasia off to rocky start
- 6:22 Christchurch's 46 days without rain officially ends
- 6:24 Council tells homeowners to protect themselves from ocean
Monday, 11 December 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 11th December 2017
- 5:08 KFC rosters manipulated to withhold days in lieu - former managers
- 5:19 Easter Trading "a trial" - employers on notice: Dunedin's mayor
- 5:22 PM asks for briefing on RNZ Ballet crisis
- 5:32 Evening business for Mon 11 Dec
- 5:34 Briscoes boss: Unfair he can only land helicopter 3x weekly
- 5:40 DHB refuses media access to patients attending urology clinic
- 5:43 'We shouldn't be propping up the Anglicans'
- 5:52 Teenage girl bowls 3 for 39 in senior men’s cricket match
- 6:08 Truckies concerned at widening speed gap where two lanes merge
- 6:12 Medsafe moves to ban surgical mesh in gynaecological operations
- 6:15 Adrian Orr appointed as Reserve Bank governor
- 6:18 Christchurch escapes water restrictions, for now
Friday, 8 December 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday 8 December 2017
- 5:08 HNZ policy on meth contamination to change - Housing Minister
- 5:13 Christchurch bakes in 33 degrees, roads melt in unprecedented heat
- 5:21 Laurel Hubbard: I have to block out the criticism
- 5:32 What Lake Taupo residents and tourists know about algae bloom
- 5:36 Evening business for 8 December 2017
- 5:41 Kaikoura locals get first glimpse of soon-to-open SH1
- 5:45 Former music teacher convicted of sexual abuse
- 5:51 98-year-old Sydney man can finally marry partner of 39 years
- 6:08 Communities could sue Defence Force over toxic firefighting foam
- 6:13 There could be another Auckland train strike before Christmas
- 6:15 New study puts climate change projections in doubt
- 6:20 Dunedin Hospital rebuild head sacked
- 6:24 Ballet being taught in prisons to reduce population
- 5:28 Public health warning over swimming at Lake Taupo
Thursday, 7 December 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 7th December 2017
- 5:08 Govt spent $44,000 for homeless man to live in motel for 58 weeks
- 5:21 Extraordinary video of LA fires goes viral
- 5:27 Investigation launched into two Air NZ Boeing planes
- 5:35 Evening business for 7 December 2017
- 5:42 Dunedin rates could rise by 6.9% to fund ambitious 10-year plan
- 5:51 Christchurch could be forced to chlorinate its water
- 5:53 Thousands of children living in severe poverty, reveals report
- 5:56 Freedom Camping bylaw riles locals
- 6:08 Previous govt accused of being in denial over housing crisis
- 6:12 Auckland rail strike could affect 30,000 commuters
- 6:17 Wellingtonians face water restrictions amid early summer heat
- 6:22 Environment Ministry warns of potential water contamination
- 6:23 Trevor Ian Gibbs revealed as teacher accused of sexual abuse
- 6:23 Australia expected to pass bill on marriage equality
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Wednesday 6th December 2017
- 5:08 Unsafe drinking water making New Zealanders sick
- 5:11 Water report paints damning picture of ministry - Minister
- 5:17 Petrol companies profiting at expense of customers
- 5:22 CTV families seeking legal advice over decision not to prosecute
- 5:27 Teachers, principals blame standards for reading drop
- 5:34 Evening Business for 6 December 2017
- 5:38 Malcolm Rewa to be re-tried for Susan Burdett's murder
- 5:39 GPs not surprised by critical report on Health Ministry
- 5:46 IOC bans Russia from competing in Winter Olympics
- 5:50 Sediment in water supply leaving Napier residents with hefty plumbing bills
- 5:54 Tekapo landmark could be shut off to public due to bad behaviour
- 6:09 Water NZ CEO John Pfahlert responds to water inquiry
- 6:15 Record water consumption in Auckland as December heats up
- 6:17 Alan Reay must be prosecuted, CTV victims and their families say
- 6:21 Why is there so much variation in petrol prices around NZ?
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 5th December 2017
- 5:08 Thousands of students to benefit from govt's zero-fee policy
- 5:12 Napier residents demand answers - 'Why weren't we warned?'
- 5:16 Auckland Council votes to close 13 Waitakere Ranges tracks
- 5:22 Dairy robbery victim’s jaw surgery postponed twice
- 5:25 David Tua delivers Christmas gifts to Ōtara children
- 5:36 Evening business for Tues 5 December 2017
- 5:38 Waiheke Island renters kicked out to make room for tourists
- 5:43 Where refugees go when they arrive in New Zealand
- 5:52 Man tells court he was sexually abused by teacher for five year
- 5:56 'People are chomping at the bit to get back in here'
- 6:08 Disappointment as council keeps Waitakere Ranges open
- 6:11 Clutha told to conserve water as reservoirs run low
- 6:14 Excitement at potential reopening of Dunedin's Hillside train w
- 6:24 Tom Walsh & Eliza McCartney headline acts for Athletics series
- 6:27 Facebook hits back at Snapchat with its own app for kids
Monday, 4 December 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 4th December 2017
- 5:08 Director-General of Health resigns
- 5:15 Napier told to conserve water with reservoirs critical
- 5:18 Farmers worried early summer highs could spell drought
- 5:21 Aged care sector warns of looming crisis
- 5:25 Community work right challenge for young beneficiaries - Harawira
- 5:35 Evening business for Mon 4 Dec
- 5:40 Urgent need to increase addiction services - Health Minister
- 5:54 Plans unveiled for luxury NZ train
- 6:08 Chai Chuah 'wasn't right for the job' - NZMA president
- 6:13 Otago rivers drop below minimum flow, stopping irrigation
- 6:16 Unemployed told "no more sitting on the couch"
- 6:20 Kaikohe residents say 'Work for the Dole' won't work
- 6:23 NZ Post workers face redundancy as closures loom
- 6:26 Māori upset at New Plymouth landmark being put up for sale
Friday, 1 December 2017
- 12:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 1st December 2017
- 5:08 'Mo-hell' - WINZ paying for families to stay at motel from hell
- 5:14 Nigel Murray's $14m app project under investigation
- 5:18 DHBs' plans left waiting after being 'neglected'
- 5:25 Cancer patients would not know diagnosis if not for superclinic
- 5:29 'Fruit Bowl of the South' smashes Spring heat records
- 5:35 Fonterra ordered to pay $183m over botulism scare
- 5:39 Evening business for Fri 1 Dec
- 5:44 Ministers told to scrap programmes
- 5:49 Contraceptive pill shortage could see women turned away
- 5:55 Sixty year old symbol of friendship poisoned in Taranaki
- 6:08 Nigel Murray likened to Al Capone
- 6:14 Myrtle rust spreads to Wellington
- 6:17 Rahui on Waitakere Ranges the 'right thing to do'
- 6:21 Kiwi Ferns determined to bring home the cup
Thursday, 30 November 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 30th November 2017
- 5:08 No charges to be laid over CTV building collapse - police
- 5:10 'There’s no justice in this world….it’s not right' - CTV survivor
- 5:14 Father of CTV victim pleased at no prosecution over collapse
- 5:18 CTV victims' husband disappointed at police decision
- 5:21 CTV collapse should have gone to trial - Nigel Hampton
- 5:25 Neither Audit NZ or Waikato DHB have spoken to Nigel Murray
- 5:27 Phil Goff wants to raise rates by 6.2 percent
- 5:34 Evening Business for 30 November 2017
- 5:40 War criminal Slobodan Praljak dies after taking poison in court
- 5:44 Figures reveal Wellington region traffic slows
- 5:48 Jimmy's Pies back to selling 20,000 a day
- 5:53 Biker kid cruises ahead of competition
- 6:08 CTV victims’ family wanted a trial into building’s collapse
- 6:13 ‘We shouldn’t have been in there’ - CTV collapse survivor
- 6:16 Canterbury TV chairman had no concerns over CTV building safety
- 6:18 Businesses consider passing on Auckland fuel tax to customers
- 6:21 Mounting frustration among slip affected businesses in Birkenhead
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 28th November 2017
- 5:08 Wendy's illegally refused staff public holiday entitlements
- 5:15 Govt tightens rules around offshore buyers eyeing farmland
- 5:20 Indians bearing brunt of immigration crackdown, advisors say
- 5:24 Reserve Bank will ease lending restrictions
- 5:35 Evening business for 29 November 2017
- 5:38 Civil Defence Minister visits Roxburgh
- 5:41 Sports clubs say new development will be their end
- 5:44 Proposal to sell half of New Plymouth golf course angers locals
- 5:49 Auckland sprawl forces nurseries to close
- 5:54 Govt accuses Nats of leaving it with a $20b bill
- 6:08 Bob Simcock's resignation was 'right decision' - Sue Moroney
- 6:19 Green Party assess bios after Golriz Ghahraman's omission
- 6:22 Principals want review of truancy services
- 6:25 Cherry crops take a hit in Central Otago deluge
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 28th November 2017
- 5:08 Waikato DHB chair Bob Simcock resignation 'too late'
- 5:13 'My son died...will they listen now?'
- 5:21 Eight years to get into drug rehabilitation
- 5:23 Prince Harry says Diana would have loved Meghan Markle
- 5:30 The New Zealanders who may be invited to Prince Harry's wedding
- 5:37 Evening business for 28 Nov
- 5:43 Mother who made children sick jailed for seven years
- 5:47 Dusty Roxburgh preparing for another deluge
- 5:49 Education software scammers sentenced on 11 charges
- 5:51 Owner furious as Kiwibank ditches Post Shop after robberies
- 5:54 High levels of meth found in Whangarei wastewater
- 5:57 Parents will be able to share paid parental leave
- 6:08 Sally Webb steps up after Bob Simcock resigns from Waikato DHB
- 6:19 Govt accused of trying to hide something
- 6:22 Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle over a roast chicken
- 6:27 Prince Harry and fiancēe likely to visit NZ next year - royal editor
Monday, 27 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 27th November 2017
- 5:08 Roxburgh cleans up after worst flash flood in memory
- 5:11 Mt Agung ash and rock eruptions close Bali airport
- 5:15 Black Ferns win World Rugby Team of the Year
- 5:22 Woman who left mother to die was 'stressed'
- 5:29 Horowhenua Council votes no confidence in mayor
- 5:35 Evening business for 27 November 2017
- 5:42 Govt needs to ban pokies in poor areas - Lance O'Sullivan
- 5:49 Sex workers stand their ground on Christchurch's Manchester St
- 6:08 Roxburgh homes, schools inundated with mud and water
- 6:15 'I've seen this coming for a while' - Michael Feyen
- 6:24 Black Ferns make history at World Rugby Awards
Friday, 24 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 24th November 2017
- 5:08 Former Waikato DHB CEO travelled internationally on sick leave
- 5:16 Manus Island refugees forcibly removed from detention centre
- 5:20 Teamate unhappy with inclusion of transgender athlete
- 5:26 Drowned skipper had history of lifejacket non-compliance
- 5:29 Tongan league fans shed tears of joy ahead of semi-final
- 5:35 Evening business for 24 November 2017
- 5:42 Samoa rugby match fees compared to slavery
- 5:47 Bullying in the spotlight at medical conference
- 5:50 Amputees call for inquiry into Govt artificial limb service
- 5:55 International media go gaga after PM joins NZ Secret Santa
- 6:06 Ngai Tahu descends on Tuahiwi Marae for biennial celebrations
- 6:25 Tongan family's 'ticking bomb' finally over
Thursday, 23 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 23rd November 2017
- 5:08 Pike River ruling 'a monumental win'
- 5:15 Akld Council picks compromise America's Cup village option
- 5:19 A thank you message from Nigel Murray (sort of)
- 5:24 Nigel Murray 'abused his position' - former Waikato DHB CEO
- 5:36 Evening business for Thurs 23 Nov
- 5:38 Government reveals tax working group plans
- 5:41 Government wants to be able to punish uncooperative charities
- 5:46 Tank explosion breaches on par with Pike River - Worksafe
- 5:50 Policemen cleared of kidnapping teenager
- 5:56 Cromwell hits hottest spring temperature on record
- 6:08 Pike lawyer Nigel Hampton on Supreme Court judgement
- 6:14 Pike Minister says those responsible got off scot-free
- 6:20 Ministry botches first round of new funding system
- 6:23 All Whites coach steps down
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 22nd November 2017
- 5:08 Malcolm Rewa retrial would be legal first
- 5:16 Will Robert Mugabe's successor be any different?
- 5:25 Murray spent 140k on travel at Canadian health authority
- 5:33 Evening business for Weds 22 Nov
- 5:37 Student allowance boost to cost $94 million in first year
- 5:39 Councillor faces disciplinary hearing over sexually explicit message
- 5:43 All Blacks at risk of contracting mumps
- 5:47 Council luxury travel spend could go to Auditor-General
- 5:53 Two Destiny Church charities to be deregistered
- 6:08 Expat Zimbabweans celebrate after Mugabe finally resigns
- 6:12 Councillor faces disciplinary hearing over offensive tweet
- 6:18 No Malone in NZ Commonwealth Games team
- 6:22 GPS tracks the secret life of a New Plymouth cat
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Monday 20th November 2017
- 5:08 Christchurch sports facility budget blows out by $75m
- 5:12 Waikato DHB was warned about overspending CEO
- 5:20 Auckland Council spends $500,000 on 63 flights
- 5:22 Another year, another issue with NCEA maths exams
- 5:27 Tamati Coffey uninvited from awards gala after winning election
- 5:35 Evening business for 21 November 2017
- 5:40 ACC fasttracks dying man's claim
- 5:48 Queen & Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage
- 5:52 Homeless in spotlight after tram stopped & driver abused
- 5:54 Stoush breaks out over "for rent" sign in New Plymouth
- 5:56 Picton book borrowers become book movers
- 6:08 Six-figure salaries balloon at Transport Agency
- 6:14 Cooling market could dampen increased Akld house valuations
- 6:16 Team NZ reveals design for 2021 America’s Cup
- 6:18 Police warn public not to approach wanted man
- 6:26 Dive in and try.... underwater rugby
Monday, 20 November 2017
- 5:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Monday 20th November 2017
- 5:08 Waikato DHB chairman won't resign over CEO's overspending
- 5:18 120,000 people rush to check Auckland's new property values
- 5:22 March 2019 possiblity for Pike River mine re-entry
- 5:26 Kiwis are out - where to next for NZ rugby league?
- 5:34 Evening Business for 20 November 2017
- 5:38 Robert Mugabe tells nation he won’t stand down
- 5:43 Queenstown public not worried by $2 bus teething problems
- 5:47 Police hunting 26-year-old over Wellington taxi shooting
- 5:50 Severe rental shortage in Wellington
- 5:57 Otago town struggling under rabbit plague
- 6:08 Auckland's million dollar reveal
- 6:11 Southern DHB holds megaclinic to clear clinical backlog
- 6:15 Large fire in Akld CBD building forces evacuations
- 6:21 Pacific league fans celebrate as Kiwi fans mourn
Friday, 17 November 2017
- 5:00 RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 17th November 2017
- 5:08 Manus Is refugees gambled, engaged in prostitution - former guard
- 5:14 How does Immigration NZ screen refugees?
- 5:21 Manus Is refugees treatment cruel, inhuman - Amnesty International
- 5:24 'We're going to save money by not charging parents'
- 5:33 Evening business for Fri 17 Nov
- 5:36 Family sickened after eating wild boar
- 5:47 Sunscreens yanked from shelves after failing to meet SPF
- 5:50 Prime Minister no longer shops at SaveMart
- 5:56 Christchurch turns red for Tonga
- 6:08 Leave Australia out of it, Simon Bridges tells PM
- 6:13 Company used 'scare tactics to prey on parents'
- 6:16 Small towns' big hopes pinned on huge water bottling plant
- 6:21 Council defends planned water fluoridation
- 6:24 Are poor managers driving employees to quit?
