Todd Niall
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 December 2015
The latest investigation into the so-called Roastbusters case has found social workers initially took complaints of rape seriously but then decided the sex was consensual. And Five teenage boys with… Audio
Evening Business for 2 December 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 2 December 2015
A New Zealander who was due to be married next week has been charged in Queensland with a road rage murder and Pharmac says there's not enough evidence to justify spending 30 million dollars a year on… Audio
Today's market update
The country's purchasing power has weakened because of a lower New Zealand dollar. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 1 December 2015
Opotiki College is refusing to talk tonight after the arrest of five young men, charged with sexual offending against underage girls and there's a warning tonight there could be more cases of… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 30 November 2015
A Malaysian dipolmat, naked from the waist down, when he assaulted a Wellington woman. An elderly dementia patient unable to walk because she'd been hit so badly and - final tributes for Jonah Lomu at… Audio
Evening Business for 26 November 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 26 November 2015
Recovery teams have today brought down the remaining three victims from the Fox Glacier chopper crash, plus key parts of the wreckage. The Government has had to abandon its most controversial plans to… Audio
Today's market update
The chief executive of dairy giant Fonterra told this morning's annual meeting the company is focused on addressing weak prices and uneven demand and won't be distracted by risks in the Middle East… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 25 November 2015
Australia's Immigration Minister is refusing to budge on his policy of deporting New Zealand criminals, despite hearing today from Labour Party leaders from this country who made a firsthand plea for… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 24 November 2015
New details have emerged about a small group of what the Prime Minister describes as "quite threatening individuals", who either want to fight with Islamic State, or raise money for them. Meanwhile… Audio
Today's market update
Glass manufacturer, Metro Performance Glass, has reported a net profit of 11-million dollars in the six months ended September on the back of solid sales growth. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 23 November 2015
New details are emerging about the Fox Glacier tourist chopper crash that claimed seven lives and there's a much higher number of schools with serious building problems around Napier and Gisborne than… Audio
Phil Goff Auckland Mayoralty Announcement
The worst-kept secret in politics is expected to be out this afternoon - that veteran Labour MP Phil Goff will run for the Auckland mayoralty next year. Audio
Evening Business for 20 November 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 20 November 2015
Sikh student mistaken for terrorist over headphones. Lomu family news conference. 'God help New Zealand ' - mother of deportee's victim. Doctor clear to practice though facing stupefying charges… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 19 November 2015
New heights for Richie McCaw, Christmas Island detainees arrive in Auckland and a stark warning for New Zealanders living near the sea. Audio
Statement from Jonah Lomu's wife
Jonah Lomu's wife Nadene has put out a statement. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 18 November 2015
The All Black superstar Jonah Lomu dies suddenly. Police charge a man with the murder of the stop-go road worker George Taiaroa and bomb threats force two Air France flights to be diverted. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 16 November 2015
The latest on the Paris attacks and the French beginning their retaliation against IS. As many as thirty New Zealanders may have been removed from Christmas Island and Ross Taylor making history… Audio