All episodes
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, 2nd July 2019
- 5:08 Forestry contractor calls for minister’s resignation over visa delays
- 5:19 Are robotic fruit pickers the way of the future?
- 5:22 Changes proposed for sexual violence court cases
- 5:33 Evening Business for Tuesday 2nd July
- 5:40 Lord of the Rings series to be filmed in Auckland
- 5:47 Principals deliver warning letters to Education Ministry
- 5:50 Five northern centres experience driest first half year on record
- 6:08 Shane Jones: Govt ‘caught between two poles’
- 6:14 Govt reforms aimed at protecting victims of sexual violence
- 6:17 Drunk driver sentenced for killing taxi driver
- 6:21 All Blacks squad to be announced, two months ahead of RWC
- 6:26 Cut-price fuel company opens in Capital
Monday, 1 July 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, July 1st, 2019
- 5:08 UK’s drug-buying agency CEO: Why we like to say ‘yes’
- 5:21 Expectant mums scared to give birth in Southland
- 5:35 Investigation clears Crusaders players
- 5:52 Evening business for Monday 1 July
- 5:52 Kids turning up to early childhood centres ‘daily without food’
- 6:07 DHB breaking its own protocol for recording patient observations
- 6:14 Recycling businesses given boost to fight war on plastic
- 6:21 New pilot offers cash incentives for safe motorcyclists
- 6:25 Online shopping leads to rise in letterbox thefts
Friday, 28 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 28th, 2019
- 5:09 Police search for girl who says she was abused in state care
- 5:14 Newly released video shows people shot during NZ-led raid
- 5:16 Coroner, family call for road-side drug testing
- 5:22 Is it time for Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt to go?
- 5:26 Warren Gatland to coach the Chiefs
- 5:31 Evening business for Friday 28th June
- 5:35 Family desperate to leave freezing HNZ home
- 5:42 Housing reshuffle offers glimmer of hope for sector - industry players
- 5:45 Beheader jailed for at least 17 years
- 5:48 Honey company fined for adding chemicals to product
- 5:55 International businessman gifts reserve, bike park to NZ
- 6:08 Men linked to Comancheros found guilty of murder
- 6:14 Tim Shadbolt’s performance as mayor slipping – councillor
- 6:21 Can the Hurricanes blow away a Crusaders three-peat?
- 6:24 Meet Geoff, the oldest Walking School Bus volunteer in Auckland
Thursday, 27 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 27th June, 2019
- 5:08 Housing portfolio divvied up in PM’s Cabinet shuffle
- 5:12 Housing portfolio ‘bigger than one person’
- 5:16 Victim Support distributes more money to mosque shooting victims
- 5:22 Departing Treasury boss criticised on last day at work
- 5:33 Evening business for Thursday 27 June
- 5:36 NZ First’s support for euthanasia bill conditional on referendum
- 5:48 Kris Faafoi: Important to get ‘right mix’ of housing
- 5:53 ‘Senior citizen’ monkey gets special treatment
- 6:07 Housing portfolio gets a makeover in Cabinet reshuffle
- 6:09 David Cunliffe on Cabinet reshuffle, PM's leadership & housing
- 6:18 Home's garage in danger of slipping into giant mud pool
- 6:21 Steven Ferguson selected as Team NZ grinder
- 6:25 Citizen scientists undertake first survey of Taranaki penguin
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 26th June, 2019
- 5:09 Primary, intermediate principals reject pay offer
- 5:13 ‘There are going to be teachers paid more than principals’
- 5:22 End of Life Choice bill faces toughest hurdle yet
- 5:25 'Huge mud crater' opens up in woman's backyard
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 26 June
- 5:44 Middlemore Hospital staff increasingly escorted to cars over safety fears
- 5:47 Facebook to give French hate speech suspects' info to courts
- 5:49 Victim Support to distribute a further $2.5m
- 5:57 Treaty of Waitangi document sold for $31,000 to private collector
- 6:08 Government tells principals it won’t increase pay offer
- 6:14 MPs: Why we’ve changed our minds on euthanasia bill
- 6:27 No pain relief available for mother during fast labour in Lumsden
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, 25th June 2019
- 5:09 PM downplays reshuffle while National announces its own
- 5:13 David Farrar on National caucus reshuffle, departures
- 5:18 Councillor calls for e-scooter ban following rider’s death
- 5:24 ANZ: We do not support Maria Folau’s views
- 5:28 Attaché sentenced over secret toilet recordings
- 5:36 Evening business for Tuesday 25th June
- 5:40 Royal Commission will hold mirror up to NZ – inquiry chair
- 5:45 Christchurch council approves $3m for multicultural hub
- 5:54 Dogs on a mission aided by environmentally-friendly transport
- 6:08 Auckland Council waits for police investigation following death
- 6:15 Mosque attack widow fears family will be forced to leave NZ
- 6:25 Dunedin City Council declares climate emergency
Monday, 24 June 2019
- 5:09 At-risk patient 'should have been on constant observation'
- 5:22 Akld Uni staff need training on managing students - lecturer
- 5:27 Takapuna Grammar rejects claims over anti-vax project
- 5:34 Evening business for 24 June 2019
- 5:42 23 MPs still undecided on euthanasia vote
- 5:56 NZ designer invited to showcase streetwear to the world
- 6:09 CAA ‘toxic, inhospitable and crumbling’ - former employees
- 6:12 Govt considers tougher regimes for bank execs, among changes
- 6:15 Period poverty campaign call for free sanitary items in school
- 6:18 Parishoners divided over plans for NZ's oldest stone church
- 6:26 Revealed: The dulcet tones of....grey seals
Friday, 21 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 21st, 2019
- 5:09 Southern DHB playing ‘Russian roulette’ with lives – midwife
- 5:17 Southern DHB CEO: Maternity services ‘improved’ and ‘enhanced’
- 5:23 Consultation on buyback scheme waste of time – gun shop owner
- 5:26 Hawke’s Bay groper sentenced for serial offending
- 5:34 Evening Business for Friday 21st June
- 5:39 Willie Jackson: Why I’ll vote in favour of euthanasia bill
- 5:48 Sports chat: NZ Football on the hunt for a new coach
- 5:54 Multiple protests outside Oranga Tamariki offices
- 6:08 Sanford staff plan to fight Bluff job cuts
- 6:11 Gun buy-back scheme ‘total demonisation’ of innocent parties
- 6:19 Royal Commission of Inquiry staff member referred to police
- 6:22 Applications close for help after devastating West Coast storm
- 6:25 Priscilla costumes make splash in New Plymouth
Thursday, 20 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 20th June, 2019
- 5:08 Gun owners feel ripped off by govt’s buy-back scheme
- 5:14 Ammunition supplier warns of ‘revolution’ over gun buy-back scheme
- 5:26 New revelations won't obstruct Operation Burnham Inquiry
- 5:33 Evening Business for Thursday 20th June
- 5:37 Up to 30 jobs may go at Sanford's Bluff fish-processing plant
- 5:40 Black Caps on winning streak
- 5:44 Winston Peters endorses Boris Johnson for UK PM
- 5:46 Long road to recovery for those injured in Christchurch mosque attacks
- 5:56 School’s First XV back female team mate banned from playing
- 6:08 National MP on why the gun buy-back scheme is flawed
- 6:17 Christopher Luxon keeping political options open
- 6:20 Shane Jones: Christopher Luxon ‘now my political foe’
- 6:24 Festivals, events planned to celebrate Matariki
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 19th June, 2019
- 5:09 Two killed after car, train collide in Bay of Plenty
- 5:15 Ombudsman to investigate Oranga Tamariki uplifts
- 5:23 KiwiRail to investigate multiple system failures
- 5:27 Girl banned from playing in school’s first XV team
- 5:33 Evening business for Wednesday 19 June
- 5:44 Stats NZ to track people's movements, hour by hour
- 5:47 Family of six who lived in one-bedroom unit move into HNZ home
- 5:56 Plaman Resource’s plan to mine Foulden Maar appears scuppered
- 6:07 Man sentenced over 'all too human momentary failure'
- 6:13 Ombudsman launches third investigation into Oranga Tamariki
- 6:17 High decile schools disadvantaged by donation policy
- 6:20 Murder-accused denies he knew of plot to kill
- 6:23 Man eats expired food for a year, lives to tell his story
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
- 5:09 Willie Jackson: Uplifting babies a last resort
- 5:13 Man jailed for 21 months for sharing footage of mosque attacks
- 5:17 More than 400 injured and sick animals sent to meat works
- 5:21 Adults fight over nine-year-old’s placement in league team
- 5:31 Evening business for Tuesday, 18 June
- 5:36 Clarity needed from ANZ on CEO’s departure – Grant Robertson
- 5:43 96% of international drivers fail NZ driving 'test'
- 5:48 Afghan villagers walk away from Operation Burnham inquiry
- 5:55 Pop culture time-capsule mystery solved
- 6:08 'Got the wrong guy. I'm innocent'
- 6:13 Road users gutted at safety improvements delay on SH58
- 6:19 Father, coach defends decision to keep 9yo in under-9’s team
Monday, 17 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 17th June 2019
- 5:08 ANZ CEO leaves due to 'blind spot' on recording expenses – John Key
- 5:22 Investigators examine wreckage of mid-air plane crash
- 5:28 Forestry company pleads guilty to discharging contaminants in storm
- 5:33 Evening business for Monday, 17 June
- 5:35 Cats not fishing nets biggest threat to dolphins, according to new plan
- 5:42 Support for import ban on unsafe cars
- 5:47 Creditors would have to offer farmers mediation under proposed law
- 5:53 Remembering the Murchison quake whilst preparing for the next big one
- 6:08 Advocacy group inundated with messages about Oranga Tamariki
- 6:13 Oranga Tamariki working closely with iwi – Jacinda Ardern
- 6:19 Pay offer 'gutting' for principals of small schools
- 6:23 Auckland panel beaters damaged by fire
- 6:25 Sea of red as Tonga fans gather in support of league team
Friday, 14 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 14th, 2019
- 5:09 Mosque attack accused pleads not guilty to more than 90 charges
- 5:13 Mosque attack accused to go on trial in May, 2020
- 5:13 Child removed from foster home because she’s Pākehā, parents say
- 5:26 Unions to recommend new govt pay offer to teachers
- 5:32 Evening Business for 14 June 2019
- 5:36 Netball NZ to take action to support te reo during games after complaints
- 5:43 Cash will soon flow through Murupara again
- 5:48 Australians farewell former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
- 5:53 A tale about a 90-year-old, stag and caravan in the way
- 6:08 Southern DHB maternity services to be independently reviewed
- 6:19 Mosque attack accused to stand trial next May
- 6:23 Teachers optimistic about new govt offer
- 6:25 Warriors-Titans match marks milestone for Adam Blair
Thursday, 13 June 2019
- 5:08 Teachers' mega pay dispute nears resolution
- 5:11 Liquor store owners investigated for exploiting workers
- 5:18 Entire Defence Force Hercules C130s fleet grounded
- 5:22 Health Minister called to ‘step in’ over maternity concerns
- 5:28 100,000 rental properties likely to miss insulation deadline
- 5:34 Evening business for 13 June 2019
- 5:36 Proposed law change will allow actors to negotiate collectively
- 5:49 Emmanuel Macron plans to reform France's pensions, benefits
- 5:52 Chch council considers new transport plans after public pressure
- 6:08 Penalties no deterrent for exploitative employers – migrant workers’ advocate
- 6:15 Mosque victims want answers from Islamic groups over donated funds
- 6:26 Support needed for people at risk of getting lost – LandSAR
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 12th June, 2019
- 5:08 How hard is it to plant trees for a living? Lisa Owen finds out
- 5:35 Evening business for Wednesday 12 June
- 5:39 Police complaint made over missing marae funds
- 5:48 Fishing companies threatened legal action over seabed rules
- 5:52 Missing tramper died after fall - police
- 5:54 South Island communities preparing for Alpine Fault quake
- 6:08 Govt must relax visa rules to meet 1 billion trees target - contractor
- 6:17 'Chaos on the streets in Hong Kong'
- 6:24 Govt considering build-to-rent scheme on Crown land
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, 11th June 2019
- 5:08 Super Hercules among $20b Defence spending plan
- 5:12 Auckland Council declares climate emergency
- 5:16 Mum gives birth on midwife's office floor
- 5:22 Southern DHB: 24/7 maternity facilities in rural regions ‘not possible’
- 5:31 Evening Business for Tuesday 11th June
- 5:38 Mosque shooting witnesses want same support as injured
- 5:48 KiwiBuild a 'welfare scheme' for wealthy - National
- 6:08 Phil Goff: ‘We have an obligation to act’
- 6:13 Govt outlines timeline of events surrounding Hack-gate
- 6:16 Refugees staying longer at resettlement centre, lack of homes
- 6:19 Dotcom's lawyer makes submissions in extradition case
- 6:25 Football Ferns sensing expectation of the nation - coach
Monday, 10 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Monday, 10th June, 2019
- 5:08 NZ to pull troops from Iraq
- 5:14 Midwife ‘actively deceived’ woman in labour about pain relief
- 5:23 Mosque victims spend 19,500 hours in hospital, 3000 in ICU
- 5:27 Two new political polls, with two very different results
- 5:33 Evening Business for Monday 10th June
- 5:38 Hong Kong protesters say extradition bill will put legal independence at risk
- 5:41 Murupara: The town without any cash
- 5:44 Fletcher Living homes in central Christchurch struggle to find buyers
- 5:52 Dotcom extradfition appeal begins in Supreme Court
- 6:08 NZ to end its training mission in Iraq in mid-2020
- 6:11 AT wants to bring Waiheke, Devonport ferry routes under its wings
- 6:15 Hawke's Bay water infrastructure, transport links get funding boost
- 6:19 Police describe bloody scene of fatal Mangere shooting
- 6:23 ACLU condemns US detention of Cook Islands girl
Friday, 7 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, June 7th, 2019
- 5:08 Cook Islands girl detained in US set to be sent home
- 5:14 Three men charged with aggravated burglary following fatal shooting
- 5:17 Missing tramper’s family hold out hope he’ll be found alive
- 5:20 Queenstown, Wanaka locals vote in favour of bed tax
- 5:25 West Coast man unearths gold nugget worth $25,000
- 5:31 Evening business for Friday 7th June
- 5:34 Better pay offers essential to settling industrial stalemate - principals
- 5:39 $54m cash injection for NZ courts hoped to speed up justice
- 5:54 Mount Hutt opens for 2019 season
- 6:08 Dolphin announcement underwhelms
- 6:13 Homeless staying at Parnell motel abusive & ill-behaved, businesses say
- 6:22 Lawyer questions injured woman's memory
Thursday, 6 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Thursday 6th June, 2019
- 5:09 Dodgy landlord ordered to pay $180,000
- 5:15 Debbie Iskander allowed to continue to rent property – MBIE
- 5:21 Thousands waiting to be placed in state homes
- 5:29 Waikato settlement shocked by suspected shooting
- 5:35 Evening Business for 6 June 2019
- 5:38 Flu vaccine restricted due to nationwide shortage
- 5:42 More concerns raised about maternity care in Southland
- 5:53 Veterans, public remember D-Day, 75 years on
- 6:08 Teachers struggling with long hours, paperwork and workload
- 6:13 Woman shot twice in head gives evidence during trial
- 6:17 Linwood Park homes sit empty despite housing waitlist
- 6:20 New rules allow Fonterra to refuse milk from new suppliers
- 6:24 Ramadan comes to an emotional end in Christchurch
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 5th June, 2019
- 5:09 Tornado damages more than a dozen homes in Far North
- 5:13 Lightning, tornadoes, rain lash northern NZ
- 5:15 Working poor: The long, excruciating wait for a state house
- 5:27 11,000 people, households waiting for public housing
- 5:31 Evening business for Wednesday 5th June
- 5:36 Is the speed limit on some of our open roads too high?
- 5:48 Tew stepping down as New Zealand Rugby boss
- 5:55 Urban farmers living the good life in Taranaki
- 6:08 Town looks like 'mini-war zone' after tornado tears through
- 6:09 Christchurch homeless struggle as winter arrives
- 6:14 Nurses gave babies in Samoa deadly vaccines
- 6:18 Schools consider mobile phone ban to curb social media use
- 6:21 450,000 people on wrong Kiwisaver tax rate
- 6:24 Rogue rabbits force golfers off Otago green
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
- 5:09 Parents say govt policy violates rights of disabled people
- 5:25 DoC receives more than $10m for security against increasing attacks
- 5:29 Treasury Secretary’s actions of 'considerable public interest’ - Commissioner
- 5:35 Evening business for Tues 4 June
- 5:38 Govt warned about implementing digital services tax
- 5:40 Calls to better protect hospital staff after guard brutally attacked
- 5:48 Georgina Beyer declined invite to Destiny Church's apology party
- 5:55 Kohanga reo staff brought to tears following $32m post-budget boost
- 6:08 Secondary teachers kick off rolling strikes
- 6:15 'A culture change is going on in this organisation’ - new TOP leader
- 6:21 Injury report prompts reviews on students’ training
- 6:27 Petition delivered to Parliament calling for more free dental care
Friday, 31 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Friday, May 31st, 2019
- 5:09 Fifth case of measles forces Whangarei daycare to close doors
- 5:15 Taxpayers picking up tab for 'deadbeat' dads - National
- 5:17 Will a boost to benefits be enough to put meat back in the grocery shop?
- 5:21 Paramedics and ambulance staff may be in for pay increase
- 5:25 Wild weather in Coromandel expected over long weekend
- 5:31 Evening Business for Friday 31st May
- 5:39 Secondary schools face five weeks of industrial action
- 5:48 Ramadan extra poignant for Christchurch Muslims
- 5:56 Cricket World Cup 2019: Black Caps prepare for opening match
- 6:07 'White supremacist' grandson will remain behind bars
- 6:11 Hawke's Bay to charge ratepayers $30 a year for mitigating climate change effects
- 6:16 Subsidised products could be key to becoming smokefree by 2025
- 6:26 Silver Ferns coach admits underestimating Northern Stars
Thursday, 30 May 2019
- 5:08 Budget 2019: What’s included in the Wellbeing Budget?
- 5:14 ‘We are finally taking mental health seriously’ - Finance Minister
- 5:24 The people behind the smiling faces of the Budget booklet
- 5:32 Evening business for 30 May 2019
- 5:36 ‘There are billion dollars of waste’ - Bridges on Budget 2019
- 5:42 Strong winds ground dozens of flights in Wellington
- 5:47 Were state housing tenants booted out to make way for Auckland development?
- 5:51 CHCH water bottling plant fined $750 for polluting waterway
- 5:57 Hotel donates $15,000 to mosque attack survivor
- 6:08 Government delivers Budget boost for mental health services
- 6:10 What do New Zealanders make of the Wellbeing Budget?
- 6:12 Budget 2019: Our panel discuss the Wellbeing Budget
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- 5:00 Checkpoint for Wednesday 29th May, 2019
- 5:08 Govt promises significant investment in mental health sector
- 5:12 Teachers vow to strike again if govt doesn't up its offer
- 5:17 Stand-off over allegations of Treasury hacking escalates
- 5:24 Defamed businessman Matt Blomfield detained at airport
- 5:31 Govt aims to get suicide rate to zero - Health Minister
- 5:33 Evening business for Wednesday 29 March
- 5:47 Hawke’s Bay winery ‘horrified’ workers not getting paid
- 5:52 'It's made the pain all so much worse'
- 6:08 When is a hack not a hack?
- 6:14 Mental health inquiry: ‘we need a clear plan’
- 6:19 Eggboy donates more than $100k to people affected by mosque attacks
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
- 12:00 Checkpoint for Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
- 5:09 National: Budget a big win for Winston Peters, not wellbeing
- 5:14 James Whakaruru's killer convicted of more crimes
- 5:18 Parents prepare for NZ's biggest teacher's strike
- 5:22 Tornadoes tear through Ohio: ‘It looks like the apocalypse’
- 5:27 Mount Everest ‘needs to be managed better’
- 5:35 Evening business for Tuesday 28th May
- 5:40 Roadside baby’s parents warn DHB of looming ‘disaster’
- 5:47 Drugs, cash, gold seized in major meth bust
- 5:50 Protesters block entrance to Minerals Forum in Dunedin
- 5:54 Christchurch stadium costs don't add up, economists say
- 6:09 Was the Budget leak deliberate or human error?
- 6:15 Head Hunters gang headquarters sprayed with bullets
- 6:18 Hawke's Bay leaders call for gang patch ban
- 6:22 New gun control lobby group launches in Wellington
- 6:24 James Casson: Why I resigned from Immigration NZ