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Checkpoint for Monday 9 May 2016
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Monday 9th May 2016
5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full programme here. Video
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Auckland southern motorway lanes closed
5:08 PM.A truck carrying a digger struck the Penrose overbridge early this afternoon, closing all but one lane of the southern motorway and causing severe congestion. Audio
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Papers reveal involvement of rich in trusts
5:10 PM.The Panama Papers have thrown up how far the world's rich will go to shield their involvement with the opaque trusts created for them in New Zealand. Audio
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PM responds to Panama accusations, events
5:13 PM.This afternoon, Prime Minister John Key took to the Beehive theatrette to respond to events, revelations and accusations of the day relating to the Panama Papers in his weekly post-Cabinet press… Read more Video, Audio
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Will the Panama Papers hurt the National party?
5:16 PM.Will the allegations linked to the Panama Papers have an adverse effect on John Key and the National party? John Campbell went to Mossack Fonseca to find out. Video, Audio
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Winston Peters calls for 'tax haven' inquiry
5:22 PM.Following the release of the Panama Papers, NZ First leader Winston Peters has called for a Commission of Inquiry into what he says is New Zealand's role as a tax haven. Video, Audio
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Tattooed woman found critically injured by roadside
5:30 PM.A police investigation is underway after an unknown woman with a distinctive tattoo of a rose was found severely injured on the side of a road north of Auckland. Audio
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Evening Business for 9 May 2016
5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Dunedin doctors complain about food on offer for staff
5:36 PM.Doctors working at Dunedin Hospital are fed up with the food being served in the staff kitchen, since Compass meals took over the meals contract. Audio
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Will extra money for emergency housing fall short?
5:40 PM.The Labour Party say plans to spend millions on emergency housing don't come close to addressing the issue of homelessness. Audio
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Fort McMurray blaze covers 1600sqkm
5:43 PM.Fort McMurray officials say it may be years before the city returns to normal, and estimate that at least a fifth of homes have been destroyed by wildfires, which have now been burning for a week. Video, Audio
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Weather slows Fort McMurray wildfire spread
5:45 PM.CBC National News reporter Briar reporter speaks to Checkpoint about the Fort McMurray wildfires from the cordon outside the city. Audio
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Sonny Tau pleads guilty to perverting justice
5:48 PM.The Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau has pleaded guilty to having his son-in-law try to take the rap for killing kereru. Audio
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Home support sector tell summit about fund woes
5:50 PM.Providers of home support services to more than 100,000 people say they've been gouged by underfunding and are stressed and strained across the sector. Audio
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Student maps NZ highways in style of Underground
5:54 PM.A Christchurch Masters student has remapped New Zealand's highways in the style of the London Underground's famous maps. Video, Audio
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Political Editor on PM response to Panama accusations
6:08 PM.The Prime Minister is trying to front-foot the Panama Papers controversy - promising to act if any significant problems are revealed through the documents or the review of disclosure rules. Political… Read more Audio
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Foreign trusts skyrocket from 2006 to 2016
6:14 PM.In the last decade, the number of foreign trusts established in New Zealand has skyrocketed from nearly 2,000 in 2006 to over 10,000 today - though then - Minister of Revenue Peter Dunne says IRD did… Read more Audio
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Cold case murder accused fingers "James"
6:16 PM.The man accused of a cold-case murder says "I didn't do it" .... "James" did. Audio
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TVNZ under fire over Hosking comments
6:20 PM.There are calls for state broadcaster TVNZ to apologise after it aired comments about Maori representation on its Seven Sharp programme that have been condemned as deeply offensive, sparking a social… Read more Audio
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Sir Mark Todd eyes up Rio Olympic medal
6:24 PM.New Zealand horse rider Sir Mark Todd fancies his chances at winning a sixth Olympic medal if he makes the Equestrian team to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in August.. Audio
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Changing weather conditions will help firefighters
6:27 PM.Back to Fort McMurray in Canada now where it is hoped changing weather conditions will help firefighters get on top of the wildfire which has now been burning for a week. Audio