Checkpoint

Agribusiness Training ordered to repay $6.2m. Heavy prison term for sex predator. NZ Football loses appeal, says it was specifically targeted. Teacher found guilty of sexually abusing boy. A new… Read more Audio

A Dutch team has won the biennial World Solar Challenge for the second time in a row, 42 solar cars set off from Darwin on Sunday for the 3-thousand kilometre race south, and so far 5 teams have… Read more Audio

Retiring Green MP Russel Norman delivers his valedictory speech to the House; Environment Minister Nick Smith faces questions about the state of New Zealand's rivers in light of this week's the… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns need to win tonight's Constellation Cup match against Australia in Auckland in order to keep their series hopes alive. Netball reporter, Bridget Tunnicliffe, says victory is possible… Read more Audio

The US Vice President, Joe Biden, has dashed the hopes of many Democrats and announced that he will not run in the country's 2016 election. Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports. Audio

A Government-commissioned report has found hundreds of sailors on two frigates protesting at Mururoa in the 1970s were not exposed to harmful levels of radiation. Audio

Amnesty International has recounted horrific stories of Rohingya people who were abused and kept in hellish conditions while trafficked out of Myanmar in shoddy boats. Graham Thom, who is Amnesty's… Read more Audio

Rowing New Zealand says a snubbing at the world awards is bizarre - but the sport's global body says people are tired of this country's rowers winning so often. Rowing NZ chief executive Simon… Read more Audio

The Government says it is not condoning bribery and corruption in other jurisductions by allowing some payments to foreign officials. Audio

The Green Party MP, and former co-leader, Russel Norman has used his final speech in Parliament to highlight what he says is a loss of democracy in New Zealand. Audio

The words of murdered woman, Mei fan detailing her fear of her estranged husband were read out in the High Court today. Reporter Nick Butcher has been at the trial. Audio

Asbestos dust has been found in corridors and clinical rooms in Dunedin Hospital, David Clark is Labour's acting health spokesperson and the MP for Dunedin North. Audio