Checkpoint

Our Political Editor Brent Edwards is with us. Audio

The Australian Prime Minister has evoked the image of the Anzacs as he justified Australia and New Zealand sending troops to Iraq. Audio

Heather Gunter says people have a right to know if the doctors and nurses looking after them have a record of mistakes and have been investigated by the Health and Disability Commissioner. Audio

Critical mistakes leading to the death of a 15 year old boy after a routine appendix operation. Tony Abbott evokes the image of the Anzacs to justify the joint mission to Iraq and 232 Sanford workers… Read more Audio

Artillery guns, muddy trenches, vintage cars and planes are just a selection of what 's on offer at the Great War Exhibition marking the centenary of the First World War. Audio

A Gisborne health provider says it's having some successes in a bid to provide healthier eating choices in the East Cape; A Christchurch-based Maori trust says it is getting interest from around the… Read more Audio

Since 2012 when the then Mana Party leader Hone Harawira had his Feed the Kids bill drawn from the ballot, the debate on children going to school hungry has been heated. Audio

Two paedophiles who argued they had suffered a miscarriage of justice, partly because of expert evidence about victim behaviour, have lost their appeal to the Supreme Court. Audio

Auckland's mayor Len Brown is going to ask the Government to approve charging drivers for using the city's motorways.. to fund a full package of transport projects. Audio

Phoenix are taking a relaxed attitude to goal scoring. Audio

The Australian master bugler chosen to play The Last Post at Anzac Cove next Saturday, 100 years to the minute after troops charged ashore, admits he's a bit nervous. Audio

A Gisborne health provider says it's having some successes in a bid to provide healthier eating choices in the East Cape; A Christchurch-based Maori trust says it is getting interest from around the… Read more Audio