Checkpoint

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

After a winless and often frustrating 21 months, 21-year-old Ko won the Mediheal Championship in San Francisco in a sudden-death playoff against Australia's Minjee Lee. Video, Audio

Methamphetamine has become so endemic in New Zealand there are now reports of primary-age children taking the drug to school. Video, Audio

The heaviest rainfall in more than 50 years struck the region, north of Rotorua, yesterday, causing torrents of flood water more than a metre deep to rush through streets, flooding properties and… Read more Video, Audio

Petrol companies need to be more transparent in how they set the price of fuel, because no one but those in the industry understand how petrol prices can differ so much between stations, Mark… Read more Video, Audio

91 Unleaded petrol costs $2.17 a litre at BP in Paraparaumu, yet $1.99 40km north at the BP station in Levin. We asked drivers what they thought of the difference. Video, Audio

Watch Monday's full programme here. Video

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the Government is weighing up the levy, saying it could be used to help offset the cost of electric vehicles and mitigate New Zealand's emissions. Video, Audio

A three bedroom house built by eight prison inmates as part of a trade training scheme was lifted over the prison walls in Rimutaka. Read more Video, Audio

A petition presented to Canterbury Regional Council calls for unused consents for two water bottling plants to be revoked.( Video, Audio

Cameron Thomas has returned to prison after being sentenced for the manslaughter of a friend killed in a high speed car crash in Cambridge. Read more Video, Audio

The six member inquiry heard from Police, DHBs, judges, mental health patients and community groups at its launch in Palmerston North. Read more Video, Audio