Checkpoint

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

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