Checkpoint

A Bay of Plenty Maori land incorporation is now a step closer to being able to provide affordable housing for its iwi beneficiaries; The body managing millions of dollars of multiple-owned Maori land… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister has confirmed a proposed law change would prevent him phoning prospective candidates to run the country's electronic spy agency. Audio

The Human Rights' Commission is trying to stop the Sensible Sentencing Trust from continuing to publish the name of a convicted paedophile. Audio

The failure of security systems to detect a gun in a lawyer's briefcase at a Christchurch court is under investigation. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Over thirty Auckland doctors and nurses are being disciplined and some may be sacked for looking at xrays of a patient with an eel stuck in his rectum. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Investigators at the scene of the terror attack in Boston have now found a circuit board that may have been used to detonate the deadly explosives. Audio

Our political editor Brent Edwards was at briefing earlier today on the enw law that will allow the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders. Audio

Telecommunications companies will soon be forced to intercept calls and emails to help the police and other law enforcement agencies including the SIS and GCSB, under new laws unveiled today. Audio

James Hardie hasn't returned our calls. Our Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara has the latest. Audio

The Ministry of Education is suing the makers of wall claddings used in leaky school buildings that now require one-and-a-half billion dollars in repairs. Audio