Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The police in Queensland are scouring bushland on the outskirts of the Gold Coast, where they say a murdered New Zealand woman may be buried. Audio

Two Hawkes Bay iwi entities are backing a retired probation officer's urgent claim alleging the Crown has failed to cut the high number of Maori in prison and their reoffending. Audio

Gales and heavy rain battered many parts of the country today, causing havoc on roads. Two women were injured when the ferry they were on hit a rogue wave on their way to Waiheke Island. Audio

The statutory managers of an Allan Hubbard investment fund say all the money investors put in has been returned. Grant Thornton Statutory Managers says investors in the Hubbard Management Fund have… Read more Audio

The Police are investigating sexual allegations involving students at Opotiki College in Bay of Plenty. They won't say what the allegations are, but that they don't involve teachers. Audio

The prominent Northland kaumatua, Dover Samuels has told the Waitangi Tribunal a generation of Maori children were subjected to painful and degrading beatings for speaking te reo at school. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Ashburton community and Ministry of Social Development staff today marked the first anniversary of the deaths of two workers in their local Work and Income office. Audio

A lawyer who's admitted having methamphetamine is hoping to escape convictions. The man, aged in his forties, works for a well known firm and appeared at the Auckland District Court today. He was… Read more Audio

The Refugee Council says New Zealand is meeting its refugee quota, despite official figures showing it is not taking enough people from Syria. A year and a half ago the Government promised to take in… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, says there is enough variety for the public to choose between, in the final four alternative flag designs revealed. Three of the four flags feature the silver fern, two… Read more Audio