John Campbell
The hot buffet lunch Auckland Councillors get for free
Auckland Council spends around $150,000 a year catering lunches for its meetings. We sent Zac Fleming down to Auckland's Town Hall to take a look. Video, Audio
Evening business for Thurs 1 June
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Dairy owners get millions to combat robberies
The Government's unveiled a $1.8 million fund to help stop robberies at up to 600 dairies, superettes and other local stores Video, Audio
Family launch legal battle over Asbestos related death
An Auckland family is vowing to carry on their battle for justice for a woman believed to have been one of New Zealand's youngest victims of a rare asbestos-related cancer. Video, Audio
Search continues for missing man Michael McGrath
Let's head to Christchurch, and the search for Michael McGrath, who's been missing for more than a week. Video, Audio
Christchurch sitting on mental health 'time bomb'
Dr Sue Bagshaw, the head of a youth health clinic Christchurch, fears the high rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among children will skyrocket due to the earthquake. Audio
Auckland passes controversial 'bed tax'
Councillors voted 11 to eight in favour of the targeted rate on accommodation providers, in a victory for mayor Phil Goff who proposed it as a new source of income for the council. Audio
Lions arrive in NZ ahead of 1st match on Saturday
After a 12 year wait, the British and Irish Lions have returned. Sports reporter Matt Chatterton joins Checkpoint from the Lion's press conference in Auckland. Video, Audio
Scammer tries to trick the police
A scammer is doing the rounds in New Zealand, calling people and asking them if they can fix their computer. But they made a wrong call when they dialled Sergeant Tristan Murray's number. Video, Audio
Bonamia parasite threatening Bluff oyster industry again
The infectious organism is not harmful to people, but could devastate the region's flat oyster industry as it did in the early 1990s and the early 2000s. Audio
Defence Force to be first smokefree military by 2020
The country's biggest employer plans to stub out smoking completely in three years - six years before the Government's smokefree target. Audio
Native birds at risk of extinction without tourist tax
In a new report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, says 80 percent of native bird species are in trouble. Video, Audio
Lions tickets sent to wrong house
Eight tickets to the Lions vs Hurricanes match in Wellington on June 27 arrived in the wrong letterbox in a small rural North Island town. Video, Audio
Victoria University hall gets second liquor ban after riot
At least two doors were torn off their hinges, chairs were thrown through walls, toilets damaged and lamps destroyed at Joan Stevens Hall on The Terrace on Saturday night. Audio
Record year for HIV diagnoses
New figures from the AIDS Epidemiology Group show a record number New Zealanders, 224, were diagnosed with HIV last year. Audio
Govt won't meet target without Healthy Homes Bill - doctor
Professor Innes Asher told a select committee today that Andrew Little's healthy homes bill is the only way the government will be able to reach its goal of keeping more kids out of hospital. Audio
Young Maori get help to get drivers licence and passports
The Government will help pay for young Maori get their drivers licences in an effort to get them into work and keep them out of jail. Audio
Evening business for 31 May 2017
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Team NZ beat Artemis again
Team New Zealand's broken Swedish hearts two days in a row beating Artemis at the America's Cup in Bermuda, in another race involving a penalty. Video, Audio
Pohutukawa at risk of dying off
The iconic native tree could be one of the worst affected plants, or even die off completely, as the myrtle rust outbreak spreads. Audio
