Checkpoint

New Zealand's oldest person, Madeline Anderson, will turn 110 on Thursday. She talks to John Campbell from her home in Upper Hutt. Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has tabled two Mine Rescue reports as he continues to argue that re-entry into the Pike River mine is possible. Audio

Next year the Australian government will stop subsidising most New Zealand university students, charging them similar to other foreign students, at around $25,000 a year. Audio

Helicopter pilot Rick Lucas has cheated death for the second time after his chopper spun out of control and crashed into the Pauatahanui Inlet, just north of Wellington. Video, Audio

Brett Gliddon, the Transport Agency's Auckland highways manager, has denied the delay is solely due to issues with the sprinkler system. Video, Audio

The Cancer Society says the government is letting children down by ignoring a reccommendation to ban smoking in cars where children aged under 18 are passengers. Video, Audio

Bill English says newly released video was not kept secret, the men in the video are not deep inside the mine, and the mine is still not safe to reenter. Video, Audio

Victims' families say to remove any doubts of a cover up, the Government needs to release all of the footage gathered from the Pike River Mine since the 2010 disaster. Video, Audio

Almost 10 years to the day since Madeleine McCann disappeared from her holiday apartment in Portugal, her parents say they won't give up until they know what happened to her. Video, Audio