Karen Brown
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 4 December 2015
The developer behind one of Auckland's biggest affordable housing projects has gone into receivership and It's been revealed the Dunedin reservoir attacker went out intending to assault a woman… Audio
Mass shooting at holiday party in America
US police have just named the suspects in the latest mass shooting. Audio
Evening Business for 3 December 2015
News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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
Today's market update
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare has delivered a record first half result after introducing new products and changing its sales method in the United States. Audio
Police whistleblower details PNG abuses
An Australian police whistleblower says he has seen killings and other crimes in PNG but the Australian Government is turning a blind eye. Audio
Police whistleblower details PNG abuses
An Australian police whistleblower says he has seen killings and other crimes in PNG but the Australian Government is turning a blind eye. 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
Pharmac study sparks cancer upset
Cancer experts are bitterly disputing a Pharmac claim that New Zealanders' access to cancer drugs compares well with Australia. Audio
Australian MPs accept it's not fair on NZers - Little
Peter Dutton has stonewalled Andrew Little. 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
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