Checkpoint

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

The killing of Grizz, an aviation security dog at Auckland Airport last March, was entirely avoidable according to a report released today. Zac Fleming has the details. Video, Audio

The State Services Commission has launched an investigation into insurer Southern Response hiring a security contractor. The company says it did so in response to threatening behaviour from customers… Read more Video, Audio

A former works manager for Fletcher EQR says assessors didn't check behind walls or under floors to examine the true extent of damage caused by the Christchurch earthquakes because there wasn't enough… Read more Video, Audio

Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video

The Wellington City Council says begging has become a problem in the capital, and wants to spend one million dollars over the next ten years to fund day activities for them. Video, Audio

Fifteen staff have lost their jobs and 33 international students in Hawke's Bay face an uncertain future after their education provider put itself into voluntary liquidation. Video, Audio

The Government wants to scrap all 11 charter schools but has given them the option of applying to become designated character state schools. Video, Audio

Dame Annette King, the new chair of the Earthquake Commission, says it's early days but financial compensation for people in homes that weren't repaired properly is something that may be looked at. Video, Audio

A Dunedin man, who credits his dog with helping him recover from paralysis, says it's a miracle that he's been reunited with her, five weeks after the Labrador-Huntaway cross disappeared in wake of a… Read more Video, Audio