Checkpoint

The Government is being urged to take advantage of flexibility within the refugee quota, to respond to the growing crisis in Europe. Audio

A Chrsitchurch woman who was badly injured by unreinforced masonry in the February 2011 earthquake, says she is proud she has played a pivotal role in speeding up earthquake strengthening for these… Read more Audio

David White, a 71 year bus driver from Matamata, has helped support the family since Katrina Drummond's murder and was in court today. Audio

The two daughters of a man who repeatedly bludgeoned their mother to death with a claw hammer say they live in fear that he will track them down once he gets out of prison. Audio

Daughters of man who killed their mother with hammer live in fear;Family friend says daughters' fears are justified;Strengthening every unreinforced masonry building in half the time;Greens calling… Read more Audio

An East Coast family are fighting to keep their ancestral land not once, but twice; Ngati Paoa in Auckland says it's with a heavy heart that the iwi considers court action to affirm its mana whenua… Read more Audio

The Christchurch Catholic Diocese has been given permission to start pulling down parts of its earthquake damaged cathedral so it can restore parts of the building. Audio

The Tree Council warns large areas of vegetation in Auckland will be cut down in the next decade thanks to a law change that comes into effect on Thursday. Changes to the Resource Management Act mean… Read more Audio

The Australian Government is dismissing a scathing Senate inquiry that found a culture of abuse at its asylum centre on Nauru as a political witch hunt. The Federal Senate Committee has heard from… Read more Audio

The economic impact of the June floods in the central North Island now tops more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Audio

All of the government's support partners say there's a strong case for New Zealand's annual refugee quota to be increased from 750, to at least 1000. Audio

A designer says the four alternative proposed national flags are poorly thought out and too complex. The Government's panel has whittled more than 10 thousand designs down to four, and people are… Read more Audio