Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 19 September 2011
A law change to allow illegally gathered evidence to be used in dozens of cases. Charges laid against a comedian who impersonated an airline pilot and New Zealand soldiers come under attack again in… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 16 September 2011
Illegal filming and trespass by Police ruled over Urewera raids; Meningitis-C vaccine for Northland; Newborns' blood samples to be kept forever; Chemical blaze in Canberra and; the latest from the… Audio
Police seek smaller crowd size for expanded fan zone
The police are questioning whether the public will be safe enough under the plans to expand the rugby cup fan zone in downtown Auckland. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 15 September 2011
Police seek smaller crowd size for expanded fan zone; Reserve Bank warns of risk of sharp slow down in world economy; No opportunity to stage rescue; John Kirwan not fussed about All Blacks injury… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 14 September 2011
Compensation for fans who didn't make it to Eden Park on time. An apology from the police at the Pike River inquiry and Western forces subdue heavily armed Taliban gunmen in Kabul. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 13 September 2011
The government uses the Rugby World Cup Empowering Act, to take control of Auckland's Waterfront. Waka paddlers at rugby world cup festivities on Auckland's waterfront say they were bashed and kicked… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 12 September 2011
We hear the 111 call made an hour after the Pike River explosion and no answers yet for fans who didn't make it to Eden Park on time. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 9 September 2011
Party Central is already packed out as thousands pour into central Auckland or head for Eden Park. The image of a possible body inside the Pike River mine has been shown at the Royal Commission… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 8 September 2011
A Colombian drug smuggler dies in Auckland with the stash inside her. Two billion dollars needed to strengthen the country's brick and stone buildings and more than 300 people have been arrested in a… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 7 September 2011
The police commissioner does not rule out an apology to Tuhoe. The mother of a Hutt Valley High student who had his leg grated raw in an attack four years ago says she's astounded it's taken so long… Audio
Charges against 13 people arrested in police raids dropped
After almost four years of legal arguments, 13 of the people arrested in police raids in the Ureweras and elsewhere in 2007 found out today they will not be prosecuted. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 6 September 2011
Charges against 13 people arrested in police raids dropped; Reaction from one of the defendants; Safety of school buses under scrutiny; Forestry company seeking answers about crash; Pike River GM… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 5 September 2011
19 injured as a logging truck collides with a school bus. Harrowing evidence from one of the survivors of the Pike River distaster and almost 10-thousand homes on the Christchurch Port Hills have been… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 2 September 2011
Two Nathan Finance directors go to jail; Nathans investor welcomes prison sentences for directors; FMA happy with the sentences; Former Defence head hits back at Hager claims; Italy's rugby team… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 1 September 2011
Book claims NZ base in Bamiyan is home to CIA; the Prime Minister dismisses CIA and other claims; Canterbury University staff fear up to 350 job losses; Police find new lead in hunt for escaped… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 31 August 2011
More than 800 medals are stolen from the War Memorial Museum in Waiouru. Shares in State Owned Enterprises will be capped at 10 percent and gaps in the government's insurance cover will leave many… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 30 August 2011
A massive blowout in the cost of the Canterbury quakes. Searching for oil and gas to help power the economy and the powerful National Health Board has quashed a controversial plan to partly privatise… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 29 August 2011
Full military honours for Corporal Doug Grant farewelled today at Linton military camp. More questions about the safety of the CTV building and the first team to arrive in New Zealand for the Rugby… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 26 August 2011
Suicide rates high but no solutions; Trade Me says it's time to trade Trade Me in a partial float; Green Party links NZ Super Fund to investments in cluster bomb manufacturers; NZ Aid to the Horn of… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 25 August 2011
Nia coroner wants compulsory checks on children; Corner dairies to be barred from selling alcohol; Ministry orders rebel schools to comply with national standards; New powers for teachers; Retailers… Audio