Checkpoint

A hapu leader and a corporate lawyer have locked horns over the merits of oral versus written history in the Environment Court in New Plymouth today. Audio

Accountants are warning the Government's so-called bright-line tax test aimed at curbing property speculation will leave a path of collateral damage in its wake. Audio

The DNZ Property Fund, soon to be renamed Stride Property, is to buy 19 Countdown supermarket sites in a deal worth 287-million dollars. Audio

The naming of the 23-year-old All Blacks flanker, Sam Cane, as captain for Friday's World Cup clash against Namibia has taken many in the rugby world by surprise. Audio

Red Peak, will almost certainly be added to the flag referendum with legislation to be passed under urgency. Audio

The father of a family who failed to obtain refugee status based on climate change, has today been deported from New Zealand. Audio

A Horowhenua man held under Australia immigration laws on Christmas Island says 75 fellow New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders are being held alongside him. Audio

A Chinese company will invest up to 3 billion dollars in the Christchurch rebuild. Audio

A Chinese company injecting up to three-billion dollars into the Christchurch rebuild. The plight of 75 New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders being detained on Christmas Island and a green light for… Read more Audio

Drama as a debate on ACC levies is interrupted after former ACC minister, Nick Smith, is ejected from the chamber by assistant speaker, Trevor Mallard, who then orders the sergeant-at-arms to bring… Read more Audio

Ngati Awa says the mauri of Otaiti or the Astrolabe Reef has been severed by the grounding of the Rena and it can't be restored until the wreck is removed; The Maori Development Minister, Te Ururoa… Read more Audio

School teachers are Australia are being given "awareness kits" so thay can identify which students are at risk of being radicalised. Audio