Mary Wilson
Evening Business for 23 September 2014
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 23 September 2014
Cunliffe speaks out after marathon caucus meeting; Number of young people in court drops 17% in a single year; Tully charged with a second attempted murder; and Australia's senior I.S. member was a… Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar is little changed from its early morning rise to 81.6 US cents following Saturday's general election. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 22 September 2014
Coalition talks in the Capital as Labour licks it wounds. A doctor who ignored a woman's plea for pain relief during surgery is censured and - Aaron Cruden - what was he thinking? Audio
The Mana Party's Annette Sykes
The Mana Party co-vice president, Annette Sykes comments on whether it was a mistake to team up with the Internet Party. Audio
National's political mandate
Political Editor Brent Edwards discusses what the National Party will do with its electoral mandate. Audio
National's Steven Joyce
The National party MP and campaign strategy chair, Steven Joyce talks about coalition deals, and the lifeline that ACT was given. Audio
Electoral results analysis
Political Editor Brent Edwards talks about the electoral fallout. Audio
National wins another three years in unprecedented victory
National swept to a third term with the numbers to govern alone for the first time under MMP, though John Key says he will be talking to other parties. Audio
Gary Knight interview
A lawyer for the Clarke family outlines the options now a High Court judge has sent the battle over where James Takamore is buried to the Solicitor-General. Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar hit a seven-and-half-month low of 80.73 US cents overnight, before recovering in late afternoon trading. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 18 September 2014
Anti-terror raids in Sydney to stop a plot to carry out random public beheadings. Tensions run high in Fiji over vote counting and National and Labour reject Green's spy plan. Audio
Today's market update
The New Zealand dollar gained half-a-US-cent overnight, but then resumed its downward slide. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 17 September 2014
New Zealanders may be under mass surveillance but not by the GCSB. Fijians turn out in force to vote in today's historic election and - accelerating some speed limits while putting the brakes on… Audio
Questions for John Key
Checkpoint has been seeking answers today from John Key to a series of questions about mass surveillance, after he revealed the GCSB built a test probe, and that it may have been tested, but the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 16 September 2014
More questions for John Key about spying on New Zealanders. Eminem's publisher sues the National Party over its campaign ad and researchers aim for world's first rheumatic fever vaccine. Audio
Today's market update
New Zealand shares were mostly weaker today. The benchmark Top 50 Index fell 13 points to 5211. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 15 September 2014
John Key denies the latest Dotcom revelation. A catholic priest in Blenheim has been removed from his post after being charged with indecent assault and a beauty therapist who burned a customer so… Audio
'Jaws' villain Richard Kiel dies at 74
The towering American actor, Richard Kiel - best known for playing the steel-toothed villain Jaws in two James Bond films, has died aged seventy-four. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 10 September 2014
A promise to protect public servants from political backlash. Media agree not to publish details about Slater's personal life and a Far North man is charged with drugging, indecently assaulting and… Audio