Checkpoint

Spark, Air New Zealand, the Warehouse - we're not talking not just about some of the biggest names on the stock market, but also the companies which topped the complaints list last year. Audio

Several regional public hospitals are under increased scrutiny over higher than predicted death rates of patients. Audio

The Christchurch mayor is defending spending ratepayers' money on public artworks. Audio

In a world first, a man who's been paralysed from the waist down for five years has walked again, using only his brain with help from technology at the University of California. Audio

Dairy farmers say today's lift in Fonterra's forecast payout still isn't enough to be making money from their farms. Audio

Nicola Atwool has worked as a social worker at Child, Youth and Family and is now an Associate Professor at the University of Otago. Audio

The Social Development Minister has given assurances that no private company will be given ultimate responsiblity for at-risk children in state care. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport Audio

The Crown says Kim Dotcom and three other men accused with him knowingly made vast sums of money from copyright breaches. Audio

Rangatahi in the Nga Manu Korero Speech competition believe it's now doing more to revive te reo Maori, than what it originally set out to do. The national secondary-school contest began 50 years ago… Read more Audio

An Auckland restaurant owner has been imprisoned for the biggest class B drug crime in New Zealand history. Audio

Agresearch has confirmed it's moving to cut jobs, aiming to axe 33 scientists and 50 technicians to cope with a 5 million dollar drop in income. Audio