Checkpoint

The Fire Service has apologised to the Corrections Minister for saying the sprinklers failed to work properly during the Spring Hill prison riot. Audio

A former Catholic brother is to be extradited to Australia to face hundreds of sex offence charges. Bernard Kevin McGrath, who's 66, has 15 days to appeal against the extradition decision. Audio

Educators are ridiculing the Education Minister's claim that the latest national standards results show students are doing better in reading, writing and maths. Audio

A deer hunter has inadvertently landed himself and the police in hot water after publishing an article which could jeopardise the police investigation into who killed George Taiaroa. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Kiwirail says it's investigating why a train started moving while a woman in a wheelchair was still trying to get off one of the carriages. The woman was disembarking from the Capital Connection at… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The NSA contractor who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes has dropped out of sight in Hong Kong as American lawmakers seek to have him sent home to face charges. Audio

The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, was repeatedly challenged in Parliament to release details of emails between Peter Dunne and a Fairfax journalist, if he has them. Audio

Schools have called for heads to roll over Novopay - and now one has near the top of the Education Ministry. One of its seven deputy secretaries, Anne Jackson, quit today saying the ministerial… Read more Audio

Child, Youth and Family says it is being blackmailed by a woman - who wants her child back - in exchange for a document wrongly sent to her in another privacy breach by a government department. Audio

A blackmail threat following another privacy breach; Top ministry official quits over Novopay; John Key won't reopen leak inquiry; Principal reacts to Novopay resignation; Where is America's latest… Read more Audio