Mary Wilson
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 14 February 2011
A driver gets community service for killing three cyclists. Investigations into Rugby World Cup ticket scalping and a warning to the Egyptian military"the revolution is not over yet". Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 11 February 2011
Anger grows in Egypt as president Mubarak refuses to go. House sales hit an all time low in January and Dick Tayler resigns in protest over the All Whites win at the Halberg Awards. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 10 February 2011
Auckland's vote to fund the Maori Board is declared invalid. Farm workers from Fiji are ripped off in an immigration scam and company records are seized in a huge drug raid. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 9 February 2011
Hone Harawira fronts up to face the music. Accusations the new Foreshore and Seabed law is being rushed through before the Maori Party implodes and an emergency landing at Blenheim airport. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 8 February 2011
A defiant Hone Harawira fronts up at Parliament. The search for Scott Guy's killer takes an unusual turn and a young New Zealander dies from suspected food poisoning in Thailand. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 7 February 2011
Hone Harawira is suspended from the Maori Party's caucus. The minimum wage hits 13 dollars an hour and the nightmare of flat hunting in Auckland. Audio
Tourism Holdings issues dire earnings downgrade
Shares in Tourism holdings have fallen by a fifth today after the company warned its books will fall into the red. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for 4 Febuary 2011
Bloody clashes in Cairo as protestors try to overthrow the President, Western reporters targetted in Cairo, Police are not charging pharmacist over death of intruder, Radio New Zealand Business… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 February 2011
The clean up begins after Australia's biggest storm in living memory. Another leap in unemployment figures and street battles in Cairo rage through the night. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 2 February 2011
The Prime Minister John Key has announced this year's general election will be on November the 26th and has again ruled out working with Winston Peters if New Zealand First gets into parliament. The… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 23 December 2010
MPs get a pay rise. Some Pike River contractors will now get paid and predictions of more economic gloom. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 22 December 2010
Former Feltex directors win nearly a million dollars in court costs from the crown. Strong winds fan fires across Canterbury and have aliens made contact ? - the UFO files are released. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories
A chance for private insurers to compete with ACC;Nick Smith on changes to ACC;Mark Hotchin is told to manage his budget;Investor talks about Five Star Finance collapse;Dunne demanding to know whether… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 16 December 2010
Breakthrough in the Mallory Manning murder enquiry; the Christmas Island tragedy; Air NZ and Virgin Blue look to cosy up on the Tasman; compulsory super a possibility and; Finance Minister warns of… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 14 December 2010
More government money is needed to recover Pike River mine workers. Pansy Wong quits parliament and a British company gets the multi million dollar job of running the prison at Mt Eden. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 13 December 2010
A major rescue operation in the southern ocean for 22 fishermen feared dead. The Police Commissioner recommends police should have greater access to firearms and the Pike River Coal Mine is put into… Audio
ANZAC poppy production to move to australia
The RSA decision to move the production of the ANZAC poppy to Australia, using parts imported from China, is expected to save a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Audio
Santa turns 50 in Auckland's CBD
The country's biggest -and arguably creepiest - Santa has made it to 50. Audio
Government gives out $90 million to hi-tech businesses
The Government is giving more than 90 million dollars to technology businesses over the next three years. Audio