Checkpoint

104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall has ended his own life by assisted suicide in Switzerland, because he wasn't legally able to do so in his home country. Jacob Greaves reports. Video, Audio

Euthanasia advocate Susan Austen has been fined for importing a drug which New Zealand woman Annemarie Treadwell used to kill herself. Video, Audio

For 15 years, Smiths City staff were expected to attend a 15 minute morning meeting they weren't paid for. The company has now been given three months to pay up. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio

The Earthquake Commission's assets are now as low as $287 million, and will soon reach the $200m mark that triggers the Crown guarantee to top up the Natural Disaster Fund. Read more Video, Audio

A female jogger running alongside the Northern Motorway in St Mary's Bay, Auckland, was dragged into bushes, strangled and indecently assaulted early this morning. Detective Inspector Scott Beard… Read more Video, Audio

Seven people, including four children, have been found dead in a murder-suicide at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia. Police say it's the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996. Video, Audio

Watch Friday's full programme here. Video

Diehard fans will have two options - keep watching the current series at their own pace or watch a condensed two hour special. Read more Audio

Counties Manukau DHB says pregnant women won't be affected if it is forced to remediate or rebuild the quake-prone Galbraith Building. Video, Audio

Kiwirail COO Todd Moyle explains why Auckland CBD's only train station might not be back up and running till Saturday. Video, Audio

An explosion in Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is likely to be the first of a series of larger explosions that could throw rocks and ash from the crater, threatening a nearby town where 43,000… Read more Video, Audio