Checkpoint

The staff at Wellington's Botanic Gardens are fed up with finding scattered human ashes at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden and says the ashes are damaging the flowers. Audio

A Central Otago farmer says the region should have been declared a drought zone months ago. Audio

A key American trade appointment is being hailed as a big development in the stalled Doha round of world trade talks. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Official sellers of corporate tickets for the Rugby World Cup say companies are being duped into buying packages from unofficial sellers despite warnings several months ago Audio

Our political editor Brent Edwards joins us. Audio

The Defence Minister has now backed off suggestions the government could take a stake in the Air New Zealand subsidiary SafeAir in a bid to save 92 jobs and finish a multi-million dollar project to… Read more Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The community of Tamahere, five-kilometres south of Hamilton has been officially thanked for the help it gave in saving the lives of fire fighters caught up in the Icepak Coolstore explosion, just… Read more Audio

A peace group is being accused of not respecting war veterans and trying to profit off the RSA's red poppy donations by selling white peace poppies the day before the red poppy annual appeal. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Joining us is the chair of the Wellington Regional Council, Fran Wilde. Audio