Checkpoint

The Electoral Commission has turned down a request by the United Future Party to bend its rules in order for the party to gain registration. Audio

Withn us is the Editor of The Press in Christchurch, Joanna Norris. Audio

The fight to become the next mayor of Christchurch stepped up today with Labour Party's earthquake spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, announcing she wants the job. Audio

The battlelines are drawn in the fight to become the next mayor of Christchurch. The Electoral Commission won't bend the rules for Peter Dunne and South Islanders hunker down as temperatures look set… Read more Audio

The flatmate of a man who fell from the fifteenth floor of an Auckland apartment building says despite a raft of injuries he still has his sense of humour. Audio

The biggest Maori performing arts competition in the world, Te Matatini, has dumped its traditional process to chose a host, and decided to give every region a go; The main candidates standing in the… Read more Audio

The Department of Conservation is changing the way it finds out how endangered seabirds are killed by commercial fishing. Audio

The lawyer for a man on trial for rape and abduction has told a High Court jury that the young woman knew the police would believe her because she'd found out about his previous convictions. Audio

East Auckland Pacific leaders are furious they've been left out of what's being touted as the country's biggest overhaul of a city suburb. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The New Zealand dollar may fall futher against the US dollar later this week, depending on how the markets react to what the US central bank has to say on Thursday. Audio

Donation boxes are to be set up around the capital to try curb the rising number of beggars. Audio