Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 25 February 2013
The incredible wheelchair rescue from a speeding train. Labour re-gigs its party lineup and the PM blames previous board and management of Solid Energy. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 22 February 2013
Hundreds of jobs to go at Telecom. Solid Energy abandons plans for a multi-billion dollar lignite industry in Southland and Cantabrians commemorate the devastating February earthquake. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 21 February 2013
Solid Energy is in urgent talks with its bankers. The Prime Minister is forced to back down over a Sky City convention centre claim and a large scrub fire in Wellington is being treated as suspicious.
…Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 19 February 2013
Sky City got preferential treatment to build the controversial convention centre. The search for forty Tongans in NZ whose criminal records were erased and three nephews of Hone Harawira are accused… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 18 February 2013
A reprieve for some schools in Christchurch. Tourist hot-spots are targeted by a pistol-wielding robber and a small New Zealand military team will stay in Afghanistan for longer. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 15 February 2013
Phillip Cottrell's killer is jailed for at least 8 and half years. A man admits killing his former girlfriend ten years ago, but still won't say where her body is and the wealthy businessman and the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 14 February 2013
One of the heaviest sentences yet for a child killer. 100 jobs axed at New Zealand Post and Tame Iti wins his freedom. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 13 February 2013
A caregiver who dragged a patient inflicting welts and carpet burns. The chief ombudsman labels the government's charter schools as unconstitutional and President Obama promises to create "good… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 12 February 2013
Abuse victims describe Pope Benedict's legacy as one of shame. Outrage over an MP's call for Muslim men to be banned from western airlines and a coronor warning about coca-cola. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 11 February 2013
The surge in house values spreads. More than 200 Mainzeal staff are made redundant. and NZ may use Australian detention centres if boatpeople arrive en masse. Audio
Police confirm last sighting of Shalvin Prasad
The police revealed earlier this week, Shalvin Prasad withdrew a large sum of money from his account, and they are looking at the possibility he was bribed or blackmailed. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 8 February 2013
Police separate families at Kapiti killing trial, Report says Wellington Airport earning millions more than reasonable, Mainzeal subcontractors get in to recover equipment and Nearly one thousand… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 7 February 2013
Dozens of building sites are at a standstill as Mainzeal goes into receivership. Charges are laid over the fatal Parituku Rock tragedy and Lucy Lawless is sentenced to community service. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 5 February 2013
Police crack an international paedophile ring. A kuia stoush at Waitangi and the week-long seige in an Alabama bunker is over. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 4 February 2013
A man brain damaged in a police chase blames himself. The country's top coal boss quits suddenly and the Prime Minister heads towards a water rights faceoff at Waitangi. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 30 January 2013
The Auditor General roundly condemns the Defence Force restructuring. David Bain files legal action against the Justice Minister and building consents bounce back at the end of 2012. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 29 January 2013
It's revealed the driver in a fatal Kenyan crash was a former Bethlehem college student. Australia's flood crisis worsens and PM attacks opposition in his Statement to Parliament. Audio
West Coast winner grabs 15-million
A West Coast Lotto winner has come forward to claim the first Powerball prize of the year, and is now 15-point-seven million dollars richer. Audio
The latest on Queensland floods
Three people are dead as floodwaters continue to rise across Queensland, with rescue helicopters trying to reach people trapped on roofs in Bundaberg. Audio