Checkpoint

The Government and Opposition have entered a bidding war over who has the biggest list of names for and against asset sales. Audio

More details have emerged about the pitched battles government ministers had with the board of Solid Energy, including its push to sell off parts of the business to large overseas companies. Audio

Our political editor, Brent Edwards, is with us. Audio

The Auditor-General has found no evidence of corruption in the 2008 case where the Labour MP and then Minister Shane Jones over-rode officials' advice and granted citizenship to a Chinese businessman.

Shane Jones is cleared and back on Labour's front bench. More revelations about pitched battles between the Government and Solid Energy and investor says National Finance sentence a joke. Audio

A mining company consultant has told a resource consent hearing for a new underground gold mine, that it's difficult to find a mine blast vibration to suit everyone. Audio

The Green Party wants more drug and alcohol rehabilitation in prisons to reduce the high rate of Maori being locked up; A kaumatua - who has made more than thirty waka - is excited about plans to… Read more Audio

One of the men accused in the rape and murder of a women student on a bus in the Indian capital, Delhi, in December has died in prison. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Businesses are expecting the surge in activity created by the pick up in the construction sector, to offset, any damaging downturn from the drought. Audio

Manufacturing workers have told an opposition inquiry into the manufacturing sector they fear for their future as they see the industry decline. Audio

The New Zealand Bankers' Association chief executive Kirk Hope is with us. Audio