Checkpoint
Wednesday 4 March 2015, with Mary Wilson & Jim Mora
Audio from Wednesday 4 March 2015
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 4 March 2015 ( 24′ 43″ )
17:00 Teina Pora could get $2 million compensation; Justice denied because of fetal alcohol syndrome; Top Canadian educator pleads guilty after NZ bust; The national kapa haka festival returns to Christchurch; Bali 9 duo transferred for execution.
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Teina Pora could get $2 million compensation ( 5′ 53″ )
17:07 Teina Pora, a free man after two decades locked up for murder and rape, could be in line for a two million dollar compensation payday.
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Justice denied because of fetal alcohol syndrome ( 4′ 51″ )
17:13 An expert on fetal alcohol syndrome says there'll be other Teina Poras who've suffered a miscarriage of justice.
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Top Canadian educator pleads guilty after NZ bust ( 4′ 50″ )
17:20 A Canadian university professor, and former deputy education minister in Ontario - caught out in a New Zealand pornography sting, has pleaded guilty in a Toronto court to possessing and creating child pornography, and grooming adults to sexually assault children.
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The national kapa haka festival returns to Christchurch ( 2′ 44″ )
17:23 After 29 years the national kapa haka festival has returned to Christchurch (last held here in 1986), with more than 5000 people attending the opening of Te Matatini today in Hagley Park.
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Bali 9 duo transferred for execution ( 6′ 01″ )
17:26 The executions of two Australian drug smugglers have moved a step closer with their transfer from a Bali prison to an island jail where they will face a firing squad in the coming days.
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Evening Business for 4 March 2015 ( 2′ 29″ )
17:35 News from the business sector including a market report.
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Legal experts say new conviction in Burdett murder unlikely ( 3′ 16″ )
17:38 Lawyers say prosecuting anyone for Susan Burdett's murder, now Teina Pora has had his convictions quashed, will be very difficult.
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Thousands flee after Chile's Villarrica erupts ( 3′ 24″ )
17:42 Thousands of people have been evacuated in Chile after one of South America's most active and dangerous volcanoes erupted.
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Ferguson police and courts discriminated against black people ( 4′ 52″ )
17:46 A US Justice department investigation has found overwhelming evidence that Ferguson police officers and court staff discriminate against black people.
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Prasad trial sees CCTV of man buying petrol and a lighter ( 3′ 58″ )
17:51 A court has been shown CCTV footage which the Crown says shows a man buying containers of petrol and a lighter, hours before the burnt body of the man he's accused of murdering, was found.
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Charter school opens on marae ( 2′ 59″ )
17:55 A new charter kura says some of its students have come to its classes because they were close to being kicked out of their old schools.
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Sports News for 4 March 2015 ( 3′ 10″ )
18:07 An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Renewed calls for an independent criminal cases review body ( 3′ 15″ )
18:11 The Government is ruling out an independent review panel to investigate miscarriages of justice in the wake of the Teina Pora case.
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Otago peninsula locals say dangerous driving worse this year ( 4′ 05″ )
18:15 People living on Otago Peninsula say a noticeable increase in dangerous driving by tourists this year needs an urgent solution.
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Priest in Indonesia fights against the death penalty ( 4′ 02″ )
18:20 Indonesia is preparing to execute two Australian drug smugglers who have now been moved to an island jail where they will face a firing squad in the coming days.
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Shockwaves in Canada as top educator pleads guilty ( 5′ 35″ )
18:23 A top Canadian educator has pleaded guilty to possessing and creating child pornography, and grooming adults to sexually assault children, after being busted by a New Zealand undercover child exploitation sting.
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EQC accused of ignoring its own experts ( 2′ 53″ )
18:29 The Earthquake Commission and the insurer, Southern Response, have been accused of ignoring their own experts and cherry picking alternative theories on a damaged house, in order to help their case.
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CIA's Petraeus pleads guilty to avoid trial and, probably, jail ( 4′ 55″ )
18:36 A deal's been done in the US for David Petraeus to plead guilty but most likely avoid jail in the culmination of his spectacular fall from grace at the CIA and military.
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Over 100 refugees arrested in Nauru ( 4′ 18″ )
18:46 The Australian based Refugee Action Coalition says as many as 150 refugees, including at least one family, have been arrested on Nauru amid days of unrest about their right to protest, and accusations of heavy handed police behavior.
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Te Manu Korihi News for 4 March 2015 ( 3′ 30″ )
18:50 The Maori Party is pushing for an inquiry into the justice system over what it calls institutional racism following the Privy Council quashing Teina Pora's convictions for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett; A new charter kura says some of its students have come to its classes because they were close to being kicked out of their old school; Tangata whenua at Marsden Point say they've been sidelined as kaitiaki of Whangarei harbour, despite promises made at the time the timber port gained consent.
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Hundreds of koalas culled, thousands more face starvation ( 3′ 20″ )
18:54 Hundreds of koalas have been put down in Victoria and thousands more are facing starvation due to overpopulation.
Presenter:
Mary Wilson
Presenter:
Jim Mora
Checkpoint is Radio New Zealand’s award-winning drive-time news programme. Every weekday Mary Wilson and Jim Mora present the day’s major national and international stories, as well as business, sport and Māori news.
Monday to Friday, 5pm - 7pm
Edited by Maree Corbett
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