Checkpoint

A waiter says working at the Masala Indian restaurant chain made his life hell with conditions so bad he wanted to fly home to India. Audio

The mass deportation and detention of New Zealanders from Australia is top of the agenda for John Key when he meets Malcolm Turnbull for the first time as Prime Minister in Auckland tonight. Audio

Ewen Macdonald has been granted parole and will be released next month but he must comply with a number of strict conditions including not entering the North Island. Audio

Scott Guy's family prepare for Ewen Macdonald's release from jail next month. Deportees are top of the agenda with Malcolm Turnbull due to touch down in Auckland and the Black and Blue quarter final -… Read more Audio

Finance minister, Bill English, rejects claims from his Labour shadow, Grant Robertson, that his first operating surplus since taking office was won at the expense of repairs to Canterbury earthquake… Read more Audio

An international study shows Maori have a higher chance of getting cancer than non-Maori, but the same is not true for other countries' indigenous peoples; The National Urban Maori Authority is urging… Read more Audio

A regional council is dismissing claims it's been too slow to act over DDT and arsenic which sat beside a South Canterbury river for over a month. Audio

Research carried out at Waikato Hospital looks to have found the surest way of treating one of the commonest causes of brain damage in babies. Audio

Three small houses have been deliberately deluged to try to understand how floodwater damages buildings and materials. Audio

The hunt is under way for a cunning rat that's been dodging traps for more than a month on the predator free Ulva Island. Audio

Timaru is still not taking drinking water from a catchment where DDT and arsenic were dumped beside a river. Audio

Top executives have slammed a Green Party quota promise to put together a Cabinet that's half female as misguided. Audio