Checkpoint

The alarmingly high rates of sudden unexpected death in Maori infants is prompting calls for a nationwide roll out of wahakura or baby sleeping pods. Between 2008 and 2012, 31 babies unexpectedly died… Read more Audio

An investigation into 32 truck shops has found all but one of them engaged in dodgy dealings. Audio

The Social Development, Anne Tolley, is refusing to throw money at Child Youth and Family despite a grim report into how it looks after children in care. Audio

Profits at the country's largest farmer, Landcorp, are down by about 80 percent. That's a drop from 30 million last year to just just four-point-nine-million-dollars. It's also carrying a debt of 2… Read more Audio

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare has upgraded its earnings forecast due to the lower dollar. Audio

Flashing lights and bells weren't enough to stop Tejaskumar Patel who was killed when he walked in front of a train at Morningside Station in Auckland, in January. Audio

A sacked journalist who gunned down two former colleagues during a live television broadcast in Virginia had described himself as a human powder keg just waiting to go boom. Audio

A Far North Trust board is hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and now subject to a ministerial inquiry. Audio

A woman in her late 40s has told us about her horrific experiences in state care and multiple foster homes in the late 70s. She was eleven when she was taken away from an abusive family member and put… Read more Audio

A woman who spent years in multiple foster homes says the system is broken and cannot be repaired. Audio

Prime Minister, John Key, deals to rival party leaders in turn but eventually runs foul of the Speaker for creating disorder. In the Wednesday General Debate, United Future's Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne… Read more Audio

The Horowhenua District Council will continue with plans to pump wastewater into land near a local marae, despite iwi opposition; The former Minister of Maori Affairs, Pita Sharples was awarded a… Read more Audio