Timothy Brown
NZ man heading to Wales to claim back Dunedin’s steepest street title
Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff thinks the city's Baldwin Street was robbed of the world's steepest title - and now he plans to travel halfway across the world in an attempt to claim it back. Audio
Bernie Monk on next step for entry to Pike River mine
It's been a long wait for the families of the 29 men killed when Pike River Mine exploded in 2010. But work is now underway to prepare for the next step in the process -- that is recovery workers… Audio
Work begins to break through first barrier in Pike River Mine
The Pike River Recovery Agency has begun clearing out the remnants of a concrete barrier built 30 metres into the mine's drift. As Timothy Brown reports, it's the latest step in accessing a second… Video, Audio
Coroner’s inquest into toddler’s death wraps up
The mother of a two-year-old girl whose death is the subject of a coroner's inquest says she now faces the guilt of not fighting doctors and of not knowing what she couldn't possibly have known - that… Video, Audio
Christchurch Adventure Park gets $5m bailout days before bust
A five million dollar bail out of Christchurch's embattled Adventure Park came just days before the attraction faced going into potential receivership, documents have revealed. Audio
90 people hand over guns at Otago buyback event
Almost 100 people have handed in firearms at the first buyback in the southern district, where 10 percent of the population are firearms owners. Audio
Police called out over breath testing practices
A Dunedin lawyer says some police officers in the city are flouting the law and breath-testing people in their homes to catch them out.
Marie Taylor-Cyphers says in some cases this happens up to two… Audio
Dunedin street loses world’s steepest title
Residents of Dunedin's Baldwin Street are grappling with the loss of their title of world's steepest street, after Guinness World Records gave the title to Ffordd Pen Llech in the Welsh town of… Video, Audio
Businesses evacuated as bomb squad blows up chemical
The Defence Force's bomb squad blew up a dangerous and unstable chemical this morning after it was found deteriorating at a Dunedin laboratory. Audio
Govt gives firmest indication yet that cancer agency off table
The first look at the Government's plan to tackle what many have described as inadequate cancer care will be available soon, but it appears a national cancer agency - a Labour campaign promise - is… Audio
Grieving husband urges DHB to act over lack of neurosurgeons
The husband of a woman who died from multiple brain aneurysms is urging the Southern DHB to give immediate attention to the shortage of neurosurgeons in Dunedin. Audio
Community steps in to help safety at Dunedin mosque
Good Samaritans have stepped up to install security doors, a top of the line CCTV system, and fix electrical issues at Dunedin's Al Huda Mosque, in the heart of the city's student quarter.
There were… Video, Audio
Plaman Resource’s plan to mine Foulden Maar appears scuppered
A geological treasure trove described as New Zealand's Pompeii has been granted a stay of execution after the company behind a controversial plan to mine the site went into receivership.
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Christchurch stadium costs don't add up, economists say
Questions are being asked about the viability of Christchurch's proposed covered stadium as new figures reveal it could cost $450m in its first 25 years - $1.5m a month. As our reporter Timothy Brown… Audio
Crusaders investigated for alleged homophobic comments
Prominent lawyer Steph Dyhrberg is to investigate claims of homophobic and sexist behaviour made against several Crusaders' players during a recent tour of South Africa. Players are alleged to have… Audio
Council backs iwi to hand-pick candidates
Otago Regional Council is backing a controversial measure which will allow Ngai Tahu to hand-pick two candidates to sit on the council's policy committee. Video, Audio
Community fights to protect geological treasure trove
It's shaping up as something of a David versus Goliath battle, as some members of the small Otago town Middlemarch prepare to fight an international mining company. Audio
Moa footprints carefully extracted from Otago river
Reporter Tim Brown joins Checkpoint from Otago, where several ancient moa footprints have been extracted from a riverbed. Audio
'Holy grail of moa footprints' discovered in Otago
Moa footprints are being carefully extracted from a rural Otago river, where they were discovered by chance in March. The footprints are believed to be a couple million years old, and the first… Video, Audio
Protest planned after footage emerges of school assault
Pupils at a Southland school and their parents are organising a protest next week after a second video circulated on social media today showing assaults that appear to involve children from the… Audio
