Checkpoint

The acting head of the Government Communications Security Bureau has for the first time revealed operational details on the Cortex cyber security programme used by government agencies and some large… Read more Audio

GCSB boss reveals Cortex cyber-spying details, Split among Maori leaders over hosting singer Chris Brown, Australian Greens call for halt to NZ deportations, NZer rejects jihadi tag, says he was going… Read more Audio

The bones of a marine officer lost for seven decades on Kiribati have been buried in Tennessee Audio

The Maori Women's Welfare League says it's well positioned to help improve the Child, Youth and Family system for the benefit of tamariki; Up to 600 people gathered at Te Aute College in Napier on… Read more Audio

A seal is safely back at sea after finding itself stranded on a Waikato farm, many kilometres from the ocean. Audio

A 96 year old schooner which ran aground at a Canterbury River Mouth last night is unsalvageable. Audio

Child Youth and Family are transferring girls to secure youth justice facilities in Palmerston North and Christchurch, to make way for boys. Audio

The Crown's accused Kim Dotcom's Megaupload website of letting users upload pirated videos and paying them for their efforts, despite receiving thousands of complaints from copyright holders. Audio

Opponents of the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact have argued the Government's refusal to release information about the talks broke the law. Audio

The UN has pulled out of inspecting detention centres in Australia saying the country's whistleblower law is too big of an obstruction. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

An eldery woman with dementia has died after being given four times the prescribed dose of an antipsychotic drug. Audio