Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 14 December 2012
At least three people are dead in Samoa's worst storm in 20 years, Catholic school pupils attend prayer group alongside a convicted pedophile, Maori Party leadership transition to start next year and… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 13 December 2012
The Justice Minister releases both reports on David Bain's bid for compensation, Bain's lawyer responds and Ports of Auckland fine uncommon - unions and lawyer. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 12 December 2012
Justice Binnie blasts Judith Collins for being unfair. More Afghan interpreters can to come to New Zealand and North Korea defies international warnings, launching a long range missile. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 11 December 2012
The Government claims factual errors in the Bain compensation report. The Maori Council loses its High Court challenge over water rights and Brendan Horan is back in the house and swiping at Winston… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 10 December 2012
Two CTV survivors call for heads to roll after today's Royal Commission report on the collapse. A landmark quake insurance claim goes to the High Court and the reknowned astronomer and broadcaster Sir… Audio
Three Aucklanders die in severe storm with tornedo style winds
Three people have been killed and 250 people evacuated after a severe storm and tornadoes swept across west Auckland this afternoon ripping into houses and a big construction site in Hobsonville where… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 6 December 2012
Three people are killed as a major storm rips through Auckland. Kim Dotcom prepares to sue the police and the Government's spy agency. CTV inquest hearings expert witness says changes needed to Usar. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 5 December 2012
Garden centre managers guilty of selling dope-growing gear. Two more privacy blunders at the Corrections Department and Greens and Maori Party accuse Peters of being too quick to sack Horan. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 4 December 2012
New Zealand First sacks Brendan Horan from its caucus and the oil company Petrobras gives up on New Zealand. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 3 December 2012
Police are accused of stopping a man rescuing his wife from the CTV building. A deadly attack on a Radio New Zealand journalist is labelled deliberate and unprovoked and te Justice Minister seeks more… Audio
Evening Business for 30 November 2012
An economist says the house building market is continuing to recover gradually, despite slipping last month. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 30 November 2012
Demand pushes Fonterra higher at sharemarket launch;Households could face power increases;Super-brothel given planning approval;Man behind a bogus bid to buy Sky City Casino is found guilty;Legal… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 29 November 2012
Officials at odds over arsenic contaminated land in Thames; Labour criticises MFAT chief for taking pay increase; DHBs accused of thwarting efforts to improve sharing info; NZ tops world sharemarkets… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 28 November 2012
Thousands of Hobbit fans line the red carpet for a glimpse of the stars. The double-murderer, Mark Lundy, goes to the Privacy Council and a mystery donor comes forward to save Lyttelton's Timeball… Audio
Body identified in Tongan wrecked yacht and drug case
The body found on a wrecked yacht stashed with cocaine in Tonga has been identified as that of a Slovakian man. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 27 November 2012
The Prime Minister rules out more incentives for big budget Hollywood movies. The Christchurch Girls High trustee chair resigns and a NZ First MP is sent home to sort out a dispute over a family will.
…Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 26 November 2012
The police investigate how an Auckland family poisoned themselves. Details emerge of the killing of a Taliban leader blamed for targeting New Zealanders and Jetstar bows to pressure but only… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 22 November 2012
The country's most dangerous roads are revealed, the wreckage of a helicopter, missing for almost 9 years, is found and DOC is convicted over the death of a Raoul Island volunteer. Audio
Mt Tongariro erupts again
Mt Tongariro has erupted again, sending more than a hundred school children on the alpine crossing fleeing and spewing an ash cloud three thousand metres above the national park. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 21 November 2012
Mt Tongariro erupts again. 360 serious mistakes harmed hopsital patients in the past year and Hobbit movie producers accused of harming Tolkien legacy. Audio