Checkpoint

In Brazil, thieves who spent months tunnelling their way into a cash delivery firm in Sao Paulo have made off with eight million dollars - timing the raid for football championships which had most of… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister's being accused of breaking a longstanding convention by suggesting the police should ignore complaints about the MP Hone Harawira. Audio

The public's health watchdog has ruled against a surgeon who carried out an 11 hour long prostate operation on a 69-year-old man who subsequently developed deep vein thrombosis in his leg and needed… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Residents in a tiny South Canterbury settlement are already discussing how to spend up to 25 thousand dollars that may be heading their way. Audio

Reports are emerging of growing dissent in North Korea after the communist regime revalued the currency wiping out many people's savings. Audio

A doctor faces the prospect of prosecution following a botched circumcision of a four-year-old boy. Audio

Labour MPs are rallying around their leader Phil Goff, saying they had a positive discussion in caucus today about his nationhood speech. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The New Zealand poet and short story writer Bub Bridger has died at the age of 85. She was well known for her performance poetry, was a member of the women's comedy group Hens' Teeth, and wrote for… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The families of the Balibo Five are casting doubt on a senior Indonesian officer's account of how the men died more than 30 years ago. Audio