Checkpoint

Former Labour MP, Maryan Street, makes first submission to the Health Committee's inquiry into public attitudes to euthanasia. Current Labour MP, Sue Moroney, also kicks off submissions on her paid… Read more Audio

The Minister of Maori Development has come out swinging at the churches that run Maori boarding schools, after the Minister of Education announced an interim decision that Turakina Maori Girls'… Read more Audio

Helen Kelly says stepping down as the president of the Council of Trade Unions won't stop her fighting for workers' rights and trying to narrow the gender pay gap. Audio

Someone has dumped DDT and arsenic in the Ophua River in South Canterbury, with tests showing very high levels in one spot. Audio

NIWA is forecasting an increase in the number and strength of cyclones in the south-west Pacific this summer, and is warning the islands in their path to prepare for the worst. Audio

The man behind an online petition supporting a helicopter pilot who's facing charges for helping save the life of an injured hunter, hopes it will lead to the Civil Aviation Authroity dropping the… Read more Audio

Hillary Clinton appears to have come up trumps in the first Democratic Presidential debate. Audio

Opposition parties want the Government to take cancer patients off the Jobseeker benefit. Audio

Opposition parties say the Government's pitiful surplus means nothing as unemployment is still high and economic growth slow. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Ill-feeling caused by a failed royal visit to the Maori King last year will be put to rest next month when the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visit Turangawaewae marae. An offer of a… Read more Audio

A five-metre tall Richie McCaw cut out has been erected in the small South Island town of Kurow to honour the All Black captain who played his grassroots rugby there. Audio