Checkpoint

The sole South Canterbury Finance director found guilty of misleading investors has today escaped a prison sentence despite the Crown arguing for one. Audio

A Nelson vagrant has been sent to prison for refusing to do community work imposed after he balked at paying more than fifty-thousand dollars in parking fines for his horse and cart. Audio

An Invercargill pre-school is shocked that a four-year-old girl managed to get intoxicated by drinking hand sanitizer. Audio

School principals in the first group to join the Government's 359-million-dollar booster scheme for education say it is not the money that has prompted their move to do so. Audio

The High Court has ordered the Board of Inquiry into the Ruataniwha Dam to change a controversial rule that allowed farmers to breach pollution limits while at the same time saying they weren't. Audio

There are three crime scenes tonight in Upper Hutt as police investigate the brutal killing of a woman who was attacked by a man with an axe. Audio

Police investigate the brutal murder of a woman attacked with an axe, Board of Inquiry ordered into the Ruataniwha Dam, Govt names first schools in flagship scheme, Invercargill pre-school shocked… Read more Audio

Rowing, cycling and yachting are the big winners, while swimming, triathlon and hockey have all had funding cuts in the latest government sports funding decisions. Audio

A working party set up to investigate how the Kohanga movement should move forward has told up to 15-hundred supporters what it's found. Maori with dreams to build homes on their own land are putting… Read more Audio

Today MPs questioned the Reserve Bank Governor about the economy, and in particular what he's doing to rein in the cost of residential housing. Audio

Up front privacy information on smart phone apps telling you whether they'll extract personal information before, not after, you download them - is being pushed by New Zealand's privacy watchdog. Audio

Researchers have found that smokers who eat a diet high in fibre will have improved lung health. Audio