Radio Nz
Pharmac proposes funding for two cancer drugs
Pharmac has struck a deal with pharmaceutical company Roche and now proposes to fund two cancer drugs and a multiple sclerosis drug from December this year. Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition chair… Video, Audio
Calls for Pharmac to be given more money to fund cancer drugs
Pharmac has late this afternoon announced a proposal to fund drugs for breast cancer, lung cancer and multiple sclerosis from December 1. The announcement comes as campaigners fronted politicians… Video, Audio
Evening business for Wednesday 7 August
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Squawkzilla a world first parrot discovery
Evidence of what's called a "truly gigantic parrot" has been found by scientists from Australia and New Zealand among 19-million-year-old fossils. The world's largest parrot - dubbed Squawkzilla -… Video, Audio
Killer grandmother ‘prepared to punish herself’
Pillars President Liz Gordon says she pleaded with Lorraine Smith to change her guilty plea to manslaughter, but she wanted to honour the granddaughter she killed by pleading guilty to murder. Video, Audio
Woman who killed granddaughter spared life imprisonment
Whanganui woman Lorraine Smith, who strangled her 13-year-old granddaughter with a necktie, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail and will be eligible for parole after six years. Video, Audio
Man killed by fleeing driver
A man is dead after being hit by a stolen vehicle in central New Brighton, Christchurch, this afternoon. Two people have been arrested but the driver is still on the run. Logan Church is at the scene… Video, Audio
Official Cash Rate slashed to 1 percent
The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1 percent - the biggest single move by the central bank in eight years. Video, Audio
Disappointment as Bishop decides to demolish Chch cathedral
Christchurch's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was set to be repaired following the Canterbury earthquakes, but the new Bishop Paul Martin has decided it's too expensive and has decided to rebuild closer… Video, Audio
Len Lye visitor numbers plummet after door charge introduced
Attendance to the Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth has more than halved a year after a controversial door charge was introduced for out-of-town visitors. Audio
Leadership 'lacking' in new conservation strategy
The government's new action plan for biodiversity involves making the country pest free by 2050, and reducing fishing bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals, to zero. But a conservation ecologist says… Audio
March for Life NZ: ‘The unborn child is not a choice’
March for Life NZ chairwoman Gina Sunderland responds to the government's abortion law reform. She told Checkpoint abortion should never be a health issue. Video, Audio
Abortion law reform doesn’t go far enough – ALRANZ
Abortion Rights Aotearoa welcomes the draft reforms that would remove terminations from the crimes act but say they should have gone further. ALRANZ National President Terry Bellamak spoke to Alex… Video, Audio
Sir Brian Lochore remembered in Wairarapa
All Black great Sir Brian Lochore died at the weekend at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. His rugby career began in Wairarapa and he's fondly remembered on the walls of the local clubrooms in… Audio
No time-frame yet on when Northland will receive radiation machines
Health Minister David Clark confirms new radiation machines will be operating in Hawke's Bay by 2020 or 2021 and Taranaki a year later, while conversations are ongoing as to when Northland will… Video, Audio
Evening business for Monday 5th August
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Concerns Tarakihi may soon be fished out
One of New Zealand's most popular eating fish, Tarakihi may soon be in short supply with plans to cut back on the allowed catch to stop the decline in the species. Audio
Construction worker injured at Auckland building site
A construction worker has been injured at a building site in Auckland after some clay rolled down a bank and pinned him to the ground. Icon Construction general manager Dan Ashby spoke to Checkpoint… Video, Audio
Hong Kong ‘heading towards further confrontation’ – CNN correspondent
CNN's Ben Wedeman joins Checkpoint live from Hong Kong, where an anti-government campaign has crippled transport across the city. Video, Audio
Snow closes roads, schools and isolates towns
Many people around the South Island woke to a winter wonderland this morning that closed roads, schools and isolated towns. Video, Audio