Checkpoint

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Two Auckland leaders in charge of turning the city's Queens Wharf into party central for the Rugby World Cup say it's time to go back to the drawing board if the city's going to be saved from another… Read more Audio

While the unemployment rate has hit a nine year high, the number of people signing on to the dole has dropped slightly. Audio

Northland police are investigating the discovery of a 70 year old woman's body in her home. Audio

An update on the gunman on the run in the Wellington area - police report there have been sightings of him in the central city. Audio

The jury in the trial of a man accused deliberately causing a fatal head-on collision is still considering its verdict. Audio

Marine farmers are hailing proposed new aquaculture law reform as the best news in years, because it should open up thousands of hectares of new farm space previously off-limits. Audio

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Tongan ferry, Princess Ashika, has heard more damning evidence about the ship's dire state of disrepair before it made its final fatal voyage. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Maori Party MP Hone Harawira is defiant about skipping out on a final day of meetings at the European Parliament in Brussels, to take his wife to Paris for the day. Audio

The Ombudsmen's office has found a mentally ill patient was kept in restraints and seclusion almost constantly for nearly six years. Audio

The competition to design a Queens Wharf upgrade has been halted after criticism over lacklustre entries. Audio