Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 9 September 2011

Party Central is already packed out as thousands pour into central Auckland or head for Eden Park. The image of a possible body inside the Pike River mine has been shown at the Royal Commission investigation into last November's explosions which killed 29 men and the United States is on the alert after officials there warned of a specific and credible - although unconfirmed - terrorism threat ahead of the September 11th anniversary this weekend.