Checkpoint

A price war has broken out between the country's top airlines with Air New Zealand stepping in to offer nine-dollar fares to the destinations that Jetstar has snubbed. Audio

Air ticket price war starts and snubbed destinations are the target;Education Minister sidelines the Kohanga Trust;Dixon storms to fourth IndyCar title - on grandma's 95th birthday;Rape trial told… Read more Audio

A New Plymouth woman who set up a Facebook page to try to find her old pony has been deluged by other people signing in to track down horses they once owned. Audio

A Whangarei kaumatua says the Norwegian petroleum company Statoil is trampling rangatiratanga underfoot by choosing to deal behind closed doors with select groups of Maori; Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou… Read more Audio

Turmoil on the international stock markets this past week, with underlying fears of slowing growth in China, has raised questions about the resilience of the New Zealand economy. Audio

Recent studies of plankon fossils, dating back 420 million years, suggest that mass extinctions started in the oceans, as the seas filled with toxic metals and oxygen levels dropped. Audio

In Australia, there's pressure for a law change to ensure terrified victims of human trafficking get police protection even if they won't help with an investigation. Audio

A man attacked by an orangutan in Indonesia is back in New Zealand recovering from a tourist trek that went wrong. Audio

The way's been cleared for double murderer Scott Watson to do a media interview, after 17 years of silence - but obstacles remain for the father of victim Olivia Hope. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The fifteen New Zealand firefighters flown to the United States to help battle forest fires in the North West have now been deployed. More than 100 fires are raging over 400,000 hectares. Audio

Work is is about to start on a section of State Highway One in Waikato regarded as the highest risk road for fatal and serious crashes in New Zealand. Audio