9 Dec 2011

Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 9 December 2011

From Checkpoint, 5:00 pm on 9 December 2011

Tense cross examination at Pike River Royal Commission; Second port strike to go ahead after mediation ends; MPs to find out if they're in or out of Parliament tomorrow; NZer at Virginia Tech speaks about school shooting; Canterbury choses who will do its community medical test; Wine festival, police at odds over use of glass.