Checkpoint

No passport, two children, and held in immigration detention with no idea when she'll be deported to New Zealand. Audio

A Melbourne music promoter behind a New Zealand reggae festival is one of five men arrested over 300 kilos of smuggled cocaine and money laundering. Audio

The Green Party MP, Russel Norman, is trading in his seat in parliament to lead the country's biggest environmental organisation. Audio

The TAB is making the All Blacks clear favourites to win the Rugby World Cup. Audio

Manufacturing growth has picked up. Audio

Footage of a South Auckland school brawl between dozens of girls who threw each other to the ground has been viewed online hundreds of thousands of times. Audio

A man convicted of murdering the son of a prominent head hunters gang member could spend a decade in prison in isolation because of fears for his safety. Audio

The acting director of the electronic spy agency, the GCSB, was about to deliver a rare speech in Wellington when the event was hijacked by protestors. Audio

New evidence has emerged of mistreatment of children at Pacific Christian School. Audio

Northland's two MPs and other Maori MPs with a connection to Ngapuhi all agree the problem must be fixed, and quickly, so the settlement doesn't lose momentum. Audio

Ngapuhi leaders are putting on a brave face, after a Waitangi Tribunal report found the board leading their treaty negotiations, Tuhorunuku, is unfit for the job. Audio

The Government is told to stop negotiating with Ngapuhi's treaty settlement team. Protestors shut down a speech by one of the country's top spies and - for the first time the Palestinian flag will fly… Read more Audio