Rowan Quinn
Budget blunder unacceptable - Health Minister
Some district health boards will have to return money to the Ministry of Health after a Budget funding blunder resulted in $39 million being wrongly allocated. Audio
GP sees homeless families every week
A GP working for a Whangarei Maori health service, Kyle Eggleton, says he is seeing homeless families every week, including a family of 15 living in a lounge. Video, Audio
Criminal investigation launched into London blaze
Scotland Yard has launched a criminal investigation into the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower which claimed at least 17 lives and left an unknown number of people presumed dead. Video, Audio
Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017
Checkpoint with Rowan Quinn for Friday 16 June 2017. Video
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Australia to pay Manus Island detainees $73 million
Kurdish journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani responds to yesterday's announcement that the Australian government would pay $73 million to Manus Island detainees. Video, Audio
Unicef advocate on damning report on status of NZ children
A scathing report by Unicef is highly critical of the status of children in New Zealand. Unicef New Zealand's Child Rights Advocate Dr Prudence Stone joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Community struggling in aftermath of Grenfell Tower fire
Abdurahman Sayed from Al Manaar Mosque near the Grenfell Tower fire says many of his worshippers lived in the building and are still missing. Video, Audio
CNN's Phil Black joins us from London
CNN's Phil Black is near the Grenfell Tower and joins us now live. Video, Audio
French pilot crosses English Channel in flying car
A French pilot has successfully crossed the English Channel in a flying car that looks part dune buggy, part paraglider. Video, Audio
Tauranga iwi blockade port in protest against treaty deal
Tauranga iwi are furious after the Crown agreed to give the Hauraki Collective some control in Tauranga as part of their Treaty settlement. Video, Audio
Three found guilty in multi-million dollar pokie fraud
Michael O'Brien, Paul Max and Kevin Coffey were paid millions of dollars after fraudulently obtaining gaming licenses. Video, Audio
Apology after grandmother's accusations of racial abuse
A woman who says she was racially abused by a coach at Christchurch's Shirley rugby club has received an apology. Video, Audio
Winston Peters lashes out at Race Relations Commissioner
Winston Peters says he was racially abused at Ratana Pa in January, but Dame Susan Devoy's office didn't want to know about it. Video, Audio
Mental health nurse cleared Marceau killer after 20 minutes
A forensic nurse told a Coroner's inquest into Christie Marceau's death that she only had 20 minutes to meet with Akshay Chand. Audio
Evening business for Thurs 15 June
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Mouldy food served at early childhood centres, teacher says
An Auckland teacher says some early childhood centres are serving mouldy bread, ignoring halal rules, and providing cake three times a day. Audio
NZ has highest youth suicide rate in developed world - UNICEF
New Zealand's youth suicide rate is double America's, five times the British and eight times worse than the best performing countries, Italy and Portugal. Audio
Cladding from London fire used in New Zealand
The aluminium composite material used on the Grenfell Tower has been used extensively throughout New Zealand, but experts say there is a low risk of a similar disaster here. Audio
London fire neighbourhood 'looks like refugee camp'
Omar Salha witnessed the fire at the Grenfell Tower in London and in the aftermath has helped with humanitarian relief and donations. He says he's concerned about the residents who are now homeless. Video, Audio
Grenfell Tower residents describe how they escaped
At least 12 people are dead, 68 in hospital, and a large number - possibly hundreds remain unaccounted for after the Grenfell Tower in West London went up in flames. Video, Audio
