3 Feb 2012

Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 3 February 2012

From Checkpoint, 5:00 pm on 3 February 2012

New China strategy out amid land sales controversy; An urgent demolition in Christchurch; Fears 100 bodies trapped on sunken ferry; Record floods strand thousands in NSW; Man on home detention cooks up P; Good Samaritan describes losing his car; and Wellington's Rugby Sevens in full swing.