Checkpoint for Tuesday 9 May 2017
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RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 9th May 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
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Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has been found not guilty
5:07 PM.Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has been found not guilty of a charge of careless driving at an incident at an anti-TPP protest last year. Video, Audio
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South Auckland shop owners frustrated by police response to robberies
5:15 PM.Armed robberies are so common in some parts of Auckland that just minutes after one shop owner talked to Checkpoint reporter Zac Fleming about it, he was robbed again. Read more Video, Audio
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Willie Jackson and Labour at odds over charter schools
5:20 PM.Labour candidate Willie Jackson runs a charter school, yet the party opposes them. So how can a candidate and a party be so divided on the topic? Jane Patterson reports. Audio
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Coleman says petition given by 'anti-govt protesters'
5:24 PM.Action Station has handed a 12,000 strong petition to Parliament calling for an urgent review of the mental health system, but the Health Minister has shut down the idea. Audio
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Hunt continues for Piha arsonist
5:25 PM.Police hunting for an arsonist in the seaside town of Piha, near Auckland, say the culprit is responsible for at least 15 fires over the past week. Audio
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Solid Energy CEO 'disappointed' no one accountable for Pike
5:29 PM.Solid Energy Chief Executive Tony King has spoken for the first time about the safety of the Pike River mine insisting it is still too dangerous for people to go back into it. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Tuesday 9 May
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Horowhenua mayor and CEO won't talk to each other
5:36 PM.They sit next to each other at council meetings, but Horowhenua's mayor Michael Feyen and his chief executive David Clapperton cannot speak to one another alone. Audio
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Invercargill's deputy mayor urged to come clean on ousting
5:39 PM.A secret meeting was held between Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt and councillors prior to the deputy mayor Darren Ludlow resigning. Audio
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Colin Craig reads letter to secretary during defamation trial
5:42 PM.Colin Craig has read a personal letter he wrote to his press secretary Rachel MacGregor in court, where he is suing blogger Cameron Slater for defamatory statements. Audio
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Maori MPs want prisons based on Maori values
5:46 PM.A proposal to set up a prison based on Maori values has found favour from Maori MPs on both sides of Parliament. Craig McCulloch reports. Audio
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Vanuatu locals gather at evac centres as Cyclone Donna passes
5:51 PM.Aid agencies are yet to guage the severity of damage caused by cyclone Donna in the northern islands of Vanuatu. New Caledonia is bracing itself as the cyclone barrels towards the island. Video, Audio
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Publican prepares for big night after regaining liquor license
5:55 PM.Cust publican Tommy Dick is promising a ripper of a night when his bar re-opens tonight after being dry for a month. Alcohol is back on the menu - and finger food is on the house. Video, Audio
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Chester Borrows found not guilty of careless driving charge
6:07 PM.MP for Whanganui, Chester Borrows, has been found not guilty of a charge of careless driving causing injury. Robin Martin reports. Video, Audio
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Solid Energy CEO on safety, accountability and video of Pike River
6:15 PM.Solid Energy CEO Tony King says its the right decision not to send personnel up the Pike River drift, and that he's disappointed no one has ever been prosecuted for the deaths of the Pike 29. Video, Audio
