Checkpoint

A sweary few days in politics has raised questions about the use of the C word. Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the verbal grenade in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and… Read more Audio

United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about a man wrongly convicted of murder being freed after spending almost 38 years in prison and how Kim Kardashian has given evidence at… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

The kiwi cricketers who left Pakistan and India will make their own decisions about whether to return. The Pakistan Super and Indian Premier Leagues will both resume this weekend after the two… Read more Audio

Claimants in an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing say the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is a more aggressive and stealthier version of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their lawyers presented… Read more Audio

A close friend of the driver of a car involved in a tragic collision in Martinborough said his remorse weighed heavily on him in his final months following the crash. 48-year-old Alison Robyn Korny… Read more Audio

A dog rescue working with Kāinga Ora tenants on desexing their animals said some have multiple breeding dogs and authorities are simply not doing enough. Saving Hope said its increasingly being asked… Read more Audio

Businesses have a moral obligation and should do their bit and not serve school kids in school uniforms during school hours. The minister in charge of getting absent kids back to class made the… Read more Audio

Thousands of lab tests are being sent from Auckland to wellington for analysis after an equipment failure at the private lab operator Awanui. There are allegations some of the samples went missing. An… Read more Audio

In a pre-Budget announcement, associate education minister David Seymour said he wants to overhaul and improve the attendance services charged with getting chronically absent kids back to class. He… Read more Audio

The Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has dropped the c-bomb in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and other female ministers in a newspaper column. It's thought to… Read more Audio

The wheels on the school bus might not go round much longer in Queenstown. The Ministry of Education is considering a shakeup to the free service that takes hundreds of kids to school each day. But… Read more Audio