Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 1 November 2013
NZ Post cuts up to 2,000 jobs, Ross Sea marine reserve fails for a third time, Lombard investor says Sir Douglas retaining his knighthood devalues the honour, Syria's equipment to make chemical… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 31 October 2013
The balloon pilot in the fatal flight over Carterton probably smoked cannabis just 25 minutes before take off. The mother who left her baby alone in the bath is found not guilty of his manslaughter… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 30 October 2013
DOC backs the Fiordland monorail. Reports of patients living in agony or having to mortgage their homes to get hip or knee replacements and more child sex abuse charges against a northland tutor. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 24 October 2013
Slack maintanance identified at Kiwirail. A plane crashes setting off a new bush fire in New South Wales and a law change under urgency to fix up a police mistake. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 23 October 2013
Mail deliveries are being cut and a thousand posties could lose their jobs. Reparation for the families and survivors of the Paritutu Rock disaster and more firestorm conditions in NSW. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 22 October 2013
Two young teenage girls are held in police cells for days. John Banks, challenges a court ruling to stand trial for electoral fraud and the water is back on in Raetihi. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 21 October 2013
Len Brown makes his first public appearance since the Chuang scandal broke. A navy commodore is sacked for not disclosing an affair and New South Wales bushfire disaster is expected to get even worse… Audio
Springwood teacher tells of being trapped for hours
As the fires swept through parts of Springwood yesterday a thousand terrified high school students and their teachers were trapped for hours in one school, unable to leave as the flames blocked the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 18th October 2013
Top navy officer found guilty;Local Government NZ advises Auckland Council on sex scandal;Meridian share float closes;How elderly couple died still not known;Wildfires in Australia destroy hundreds of… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 17 October 2013
Police are balsted for illegally shutting down a party in Wellington four years ago. The US deadlock is settled and the Len Brown affair triggers mayoral spending inquiry. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 16 October 2013
John Banks resigns as a Government Minister and is ordered to stand trial for electoral fraud. Eleanor Catton wins the Booker Prize and Len Brown goes back to work. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 15 October 2013
Auckland's mayor Len Brown admits he had a two-year affair. Ministers will grill the Kohanga Reo National Trust Board this evening about credit card spending and the extraordinary rescue of a man… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 14 October 2013
Gale force winds cut power, bringing down trees, and scaffolding in Wellington. A director pleads guilty to fraud amounting to more than a 100 million dollars and a senior navy officer is accused of… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 10 October 2013
The Government's decision to merge Phillipstown school in Christchurch is declared illegal. The Mighty River Power share buy-back and what's in a name? - two for the North and South Islands. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 9 October 2013
A double murderer narrowly misses life imprisonment without parole. Christchurch overtakes Auckland as the most expensive place to rent and don't forget to save 400 thousand dollars for your… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 8 October 2013
Work begins get Mark Lundy released on bail. Baby Serenity's killer is jailed for at leaset 13 and a half years and the battle over Wellington's Harcourts building. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 7 October 2013
An Auckland police officer is stabbed in the face. Hundreds of young children must have their hearing re-tested and police release their scientific analysis of Robin Bain's fingerprints. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 4 October 2013
Solid Energy reports an after tax loss of more than 335 million dollars. Auckland turns it on for Team New Zealand. and a dramatic car chase through Washington after an attempt to ram the White House… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 October 2013
The infant formula market to China has been virtually wiped out. Raetihi's water supply is shut down because of diesel in a Tongariro National Park stream and Auckland teenager Lorde becomes American… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 30 September 2013
Super-sizing Tsunamis. A heroes welcome for Team New Zealand and call for barrier arms after West Auckland collision. Audio