Checkpoint for Thursday 8 February 2018
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Julie Anne Genter launches bid to be Greens co-leader
6:26 PM.With nominations due to close tomorrow, Ms Genter and fellow MP Marama Davidson are so far the only two to put their names forward for the position, vacated by Metiria Turei just before last year's… Read more Video, Audio
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Kauri dieback measure criticised as fiddling around the edge
6:24 PM.Council teams have been injecting phosphite into diseased trees near Piha in an attempt to save them, but critics say if it really wanted to save kauri from extinction, it would keep people out of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Anticipation building for annual Halberg Awards
6:19 PM.The annual celebration of New Zealand's sporting elite is on tonight, with the 55th Halberg Awards being held in Auckland. RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson and world champion Lisa Carrington join us… Read more Video, Audio
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Education Ministry paying for school with no staff or students
6:08 PM.Tuturumuri School has no staff and no students, but the Ministry of Education is still paying for it, including $19,000 already this year. Katrina Casey from the Ministry tells John Campbell a school… Read more Video, Audio
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Hunting Rangitoto Island's black cat
5:52 PM.Checkpoint visited Rangitoto Island today to search for a feline pest, alongside the Department of Conservation, in a desperate attempt to keep the island pest free. Read more Video, Audio
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Residents oppose Wellington freedom camping expansion
5:50 PM.Residents sick of seeing toilets being emptied into Wellington's harbour don't want more space made available to freedom campers on the capital's waterfront. Audio
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Students mistakenly failed after NCEA marking error
5:45 PM.The Qualifications Authority says its markers mistakenly assigned no marks to 265 digital exam scripts because of a problem with the design of the computer interface used by its markers. Audio
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Lewis Road drinks contain three times advertised sugar
5:38 PM.Health experts want better labelling on products after boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery's Breakfast Drinks were found to have three times more sugar than their labels stated. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint weather: Thursday February 8 2018
5:37 PM.Metservice Meterologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 8 February 2018
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Potential MPs invited to National meeting
5:30 PM.National MPs have spent the day hunkered down at their annual retreat - and for the first time ever, the party's also invited the candidates next in line to enter Parliament. Video, Audio
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Mother wins court battle to be paid 40-hour week for son's care
5:26 PM.The Court of Appeal has ordered the Ministry of Health pay Diane Moody for a 40-hour week for caring for her disabled son - much more than the 17 hours it was paying her for. But, Diane's not the only… Read more Video, Audio
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'It's about being paid for five days, but working four'
5:20 PM.For the staff of Perpetual Guardian, every week is about to be a four day week. But the staff's pay won't be changing. Video, Audio
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Families of special needs children feel forced out of Wairarapa
5:13 PM.Families with disabled children are moving out of the Wairarapa because there is no special school or unit, no school wants one, and the Ministry of Education has no plans for one. Read more Video, Audio
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Item of interest discovered in Amber-Rose murder investigation
5:09 PM.Officers investigating the death of teenager Amber-Rose Rush have found an item of interest in the Blackhead area of Dunedin. Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has the latest. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Thursday 8th February 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
