Mary Wilson
Rena 'just holding together'
The container ship grounded off the coast of Tauranga is only just holding together. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 14 October 2011
Rena 'just holding together'; Latest from the salvage company; Radio NZ reporter in Tauranga; Motiti Islander says damage from Rena is shocking; An angry meeting in Papamoa; ABs and Aussie name teams… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 13 October 2011
The owner of the stricken container ship apologises for the oil spill. Salvage inspectors are winched on board the ship and hundreds more birds die on the Bay of Plenty beaches . Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 12 October 2011
Big cracks in both sides of the stranded ship Rena increase the chances it will break up. A major expansion of the exclusion zone around the ship and the United States says it's foiled a major… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 11 October 2011
The oil spills worsens - the Rena is evacuated and the recovery operation halted. Earthquake Commission levies triple as Government struggles with a record deficit and pressure is mounting on the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 10 October 2011
Oil washes up at the Mount and the cleanup won't start until tomorrow at the earliest. Colin Slade is out of the world cup and a serial prison escapee is on the run again. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 30 September 2011
New Zealand's credit rating is downgraded by two major international agencies. Why key Christchurch buildings like Pyne Gould Guinness collapsed in the quake and the Prime Minister maintains this… Audio
SAS soldier killed insurgent before he was shot
The SAS soldier shot in Afghanistan yesterday, at a compound suspected of housing terrorist bomb makers, killed one of the people inside before he was hit. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 29 September 2011
Defence Force rejects suggestions of family dispute, Police reveal DNA sample in Mellory Manning case, Armed offenders squad return to scene of gang shooting, Man charged in aerial bomb plot on… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 28 September 2011
Another New Zealand soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The rugby union threatens a World Cup Boycott in 2015 and Pike River Coal says it has made a significant step forward in its plan to… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 27 September 2011
The compensation deal for rugby fans held up on the World Cup's opening night. The deadly flesh-eating disease, necrotising faciitis, is on the rise and about two thousand Warriors rugby league fans… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 26 September 2011
A win for Labour and Act win on the surveillance Bill. Turmoil on the financial markets starts to hit New Zealand's exports and Auckland University students lock themselves in, in protest. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 23 September 2011
The head of Pike River Coal breaksdown at the Royal Commission of Inquiry and Terry Serepisos hands over control of the Phoenix football team. Audio
Pike River families talk about meeting with the Prime Minister
The Royal Commission into the Pike River disaster has heard heartbreaking evidence from the families of the 29 men who died. Audio
Business booming for flag company
A Dunedin flag company is flying high thanks to Rugby World Cup fans. Audio
How dairy farmers will spend their pay rise
The dairy giant Fonterra is confident that today's record payout to farmers will flow through into the country's economy. Audio
Families speak at Pike River Royal Commission
Families of the men who were killed in the Pike River mine have told the Royal Commission investigating the tragedy they were given false hope the men were alive after the first blast. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 22 September 2011
Families speak at Pike River Royal Commission, A big pay rise for dairy farmers and Economy slows sharply in June quarter. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 21 September 2011
Evidence the Pike River miners could have been recovered after the first explosion. A P cook is sent to jail for life and defeating taggers trying to graffatti trains. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 20 September 2011
Pike River Coal rules out a plan to re-enter the mine. A warning the country is on the verge of a measles epidemic and a lucky escape for multisport veteran Steve Gurney. Audio