Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 29 March 2012
The Lombard Finance directors escape a jail sentence. The ACC Minister threatens defamation action and a man is charged with kidnapping and murdering Mellory Manning. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 28 March 2012
The Privacy Commisioner will now investigate how Bronwyn Pullar's name was leaked to the media. New revelations most ambassadors are unhappy about Foreign Affairs cuts. and Civil Action against… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 27 March 2012
John Key apologises to the President of Finland. Locked out wharfies in Auckland will get a weeks wages from the Port and Government money to target mothers and babies instead of healthy eating and… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 26 March 2012
The teapot taping is labelled reckless and deliberate but Police won't lay charges. ATM scammers strike in Auckland and why Finland is so upset with Gerry Brownlee. Audio
Study shows nurses drinking too much
A new study shows almost 14 percent of nurses and midwives are drinking too much and the longer the hours they work the more they drink. Audio
Southland tracks rocket on way to space station
A rocket carrying supplies including toothbrushes and underpants to the International Space Station is due to split apart over New Zealand in half an hour. Audio
Beware the price of cheap beer
The Commerce Commission has warned the supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises over discounts on beer which are not the bargain they appear to be. Audio
Coroner recommends fences between HNZ homes
A Coroner has told Housing New Zealand to build fences between its houses following the death of a toddler, who was accidently hit by a car on a driveway. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 23 March 2012
Coroner recommends fences between HNZ homes, Fear the idead of a riverside park has influenced zoning decisions, Port workers in limbo, union launches legal challenge and Tickets to the Flight of the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 22 March 2012
Port's company defends its actions; Union responds after workers blocked from returning; PM resists calls for wider inquiry into Pullar ACC case; two prisons to close; and funerals for Easy Rider… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 21 March 2012
Nick Smith admits errors of judgement and resigns from Cabinet. Counting the cost of the Te Urewera raids case and the Minister of Foreign Affairs attacks his own Ministry over cutbacks. Audio
Raids jury agrees on 12 charges, stuck on crucial one
The Te Urewera jury has agreed on a verdict on 12 of the 13 charges faced by four people who the Crown accuses of planning to carry out guerrilla warfare. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 20 March 2012
The Te Urewera Jury decides on all but one of the charges against the four accused. Nick Smith says sorry but Labour calls for a full inquiry and Taranaki bears the brunt of today's storm. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 15 March 2012
Police shoot a knife wielding attacker terrorising Christchurch commuters. An urgent investigation into breast cancer screening in Otago and Southland and John Key's new super Ministry of Business… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 14 March 2012
A crucial meeting right now to save the beleaguered Otago Rugby Union. Rocketing house prices in towns near Christchurch and a former All Black who hit his son with a belt escapes punishment. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 13 March 2012
ACC admits accidently leaking personal information about six thousand claimants. Tame Iti is likened to Nelson Mandela in court and the two brightest planets in the night sky will look like they're… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 12 March 2012
ACC is forced to compensate a woman who had sex with a man who had HIV. Last ditch talks but still no break through in the Auckland Port's dispute and evidence that 'sheer luck' saved a Queenstown… Audio
Evening Business for 9 March 2012
The listed retailer, Briscoe Group, has reported a record profit despite a difficult retail environment. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 9 March 2012
Pike River mine being sold to Solid Energy;Families shed tears of relief about the sale;Similar sized ship cuts close to reef less than a month before Rena grounding;Are NZ and Australia planning to… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 8 March 2012
The Rena headed straight for the Astrolabe reef despite Radar warnings. Why Defence rehired officers who had just been made redundant? and a solar light show in tonight's sky. Audio