Checkpoint

Australian-based New Zealand rugby league player Russell Packer will not be deported, despite having served a jail term for assault. Audio

The economy has shrugged off a lacklustre start to the year, with tourism and manufacturing powering a pick up in growth. Audio

The Government's official forecasts project its emissions to far exceed the reduction target it took to Paris. Audio

A group fighting high density housing in Auckland says it feels betrayed by the Council's plan to boost the number of multi-storey apartments across part of the city, and at the same time reducing the… Read more Audio

The police search of journalist Nicky Hager's home when they seized or cloned essentially all his computer system and digital storage devices in a bid to identify a hacker, has been ruled… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

They say it can take a village to raise a child. But it can also sometimes take a village to arrest a man. Audio

The police say 33 people have died from domestic violence this year - including 16 children, and 10 women. Audio

The mother of a murdered schoolgirl says her daughter might have been alive today if she'd known her ex partner was a killer. Audio

Police in Northland have seized cash, drugs, a 5-tonne digger and thousands of dollars worth of melted down stolen jewellery during an operation targeting the Head Hunters gang. Audio

A 60 year-old businessman has admitted blackmail charges and threatening to contaminate infant milk. Audio

A solution appears to have been found to the on going fued between top rowing coach Dick Tonks and Rowing New Zealand. Audio