17 Dec 2010

Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 December 2010

From Checkpoint, 5:00 pm on 17 December 2010

Orders were disobeyed and rules broken in chaotic police pursuit. Sparc witholds money from swimming and canoe racing. The CEO of Swimming NZ reacts to SPARC move. 275 jobs lost this week, with more feared to come. Owners of Chums Beach proposing to put beach in public hands.