Jim Mora
Panel Says
What the Panelists Kevin Milne and Niki Bezzant have been thinking about. Audio
Jetstar
Will JetStar succeed where other regional flight operators failed? Aviation commentator Peter Clark tells us what he thinks. Audio
Charleston
We talk to Susan Baldacci in the US about the latest shooting tragedy. This time at a church in Charleston. Audio
The Panel with Kevin Milne and Niki Bezzant (Part 2)
Topics - Reading books for your emotional well-being. Colin Craig's days as Conservative Party leader may be under threat after a recent television appearance by him in a sauna. We talk to the GM of… Audio
The Panel with Kevin Milne and Niki Bezzant (Part 1)
Topics - We talk to Susan Baldacci in the US about the latest shooting tragedy. This time at a church in Charleston. Will JetStar succeed where other regional flight operators failed? Aviation… Audio
Power cut to hundreds of properties in Mackenzie District
Hundreds of properties in the South Island's Mackenzie Country are without power this evening. Heavy snowfall today has knocked out Alpine Energy's Geraldine network. Audio
Cyclist aggrieved at being fined
A cyclist has been fined $150 for holding up traffic on a narrow stretch of Dyers Pass Road above Christchurch in the Port Hills. Audio
Evening Business for 18 June 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Severe weather causing disruptions in the South Island
Severe weather has closed roads, schools and disrupted flights and caused flooding in Otago and Southland. Reuben Mama was on a bus trip between Christchurch and Wanaka, which stopped in Tekapo and… Audio
Port company pleads guilty, widow hoping no one else is killed
The woman who's husband was crushed to death at Lyttelton Port is desperately hoping it's a safer place to work now and no one else is killed. Audio
Jetstar choosing four towns to start regional flights
Jetstar is holding out the prospect of up to a 40 percent drop in regional airfares when it begins flying out of at least four towns later this year. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 18 June 2015
Jetstar choosing four towns to start regional flights;Port company pleads guilty; widow hoping no one else is killed;Severe weather causing disruptions in the South Island;Closing arguments in dairy… Audio
Ecstasy safer than alcohol
An emergency department doctor says the drug ecstasy is safer than alcohol. He wants to see its main ingredient MDMA legalised. Audio
The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Bernard Hickey (Part 2)
200th anniversary of Waterloo;Panel says;water;Ecstasy safer than alcohol. Audio
Private club repeats turban trouble
A real estate agent wasn't allowed into the Manurewa Cosmopolitan club because he was wearing a turban. The Sikh man is complaining to the Human Rights Commission. Audio
Saudi sheep deal
The Panel discusses Maori TV cancelling the screening of a debate about Whanau Ora. Political columnist John Armstrong joins in to talk about the Saudi sheep deal and the spend up at the Ministry of… Audio