Checkpoint

Hillary Clinton and her two Democratic presidential rivals have clashed in a third televised debate in the race for the party's US presidential nomination. Audio

The country's biggest employer's group hopes more high profile prosecutions will end exploitation which particularly hits vulnerable young and migrant workers. Audio

A Tongan orchard worker has gone to prison for six years for raping a Nelson woman as she slept next to her husband. Audio

What drives a teenager raised in the West to leave her home and family to become a jihadi bride? Audio

Kane Williamson has finished the year as the world's number one test batsman after helping the Black Caps beat Sri Lanka in Hamilton today. Audio

It's been a scorcher for South Islanders today as temperatures reached 30 degrees in most eastern towns...Christchurch breaking it's December record at 36.1 degrees. Audio

The police watchdog has found that officers treated the caregivers of a severely disabled teenager who drowned in a bath as witnesses, rather than people who might have been guilty. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Police in Waikato say a woman returning from milking had her quad bike rammed by two men who were helping themselves to petrol in a shed. Audio

Tasmania may become the first Australian state to raise the legal smoking age above 18. Audio

A motorist heading along the Desert Road has described swerving to avoid being being hit by a small plane lining up an emergency landing. Audio

An Auckland same-sex de facto couple has won an historic court ruling allowing them to jointly adopt children. Audio