Checkpoint

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has come out in defence of her own report today in the face of John Key saying her findings are contested. Audio

A police car has been torched on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, while protestors across the US march demanding justice for the black teenager shot dead by a white police officer. Audio

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security leaps to the defence of her own report. Kim Dotcom says he's broke and protestors march across America, demanding justice for Michael Brown. Audio

People flying their unmanned drones in towns and cities face tighter restrictions as the Civil Aviation Authority tries to cut down on hazards. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has called out the Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau over comments he's made about the Tribunal; The Former Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is disappointed in Willie Jackson for… Read more Audio

In Australia, details have started to emerge about the 14-year-old boy who yelled death threats at Christian school students and flew an Islamic State flag through western Sydney. Audio

Top lawyers are resuming work on changing how courts try sex crimes after a change of tack by the new Justice Minister. Audio

The Mayor of Opotiki walked out of a meeting with Air New Zealand today after the company refused to rethink its closure of some rural air routes. Audio

The manager of an Otago prison at the time a prisoner died of a suspected overdose has confirmed for the first time no doctor was told the man was being put in an at-risk cell. Audio

An investigator from outside Canterbury has been brought in to look into the police handling of a car chase that ended with five people in hospital, one of them in a critical condition. Audio

National MP Judith Collins has been cleared of allegations that as a Cabinet Minister she was part of a smear campaign against the head of the Serious Fraud Office. Audio

As Mr Key was speaking to reporters outside the House the Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, called out that he should step down. Audio