Checkpoint

No A-League team has won three local derby games in a season, but Auckland FC are firm favourites to make more history tomorrow night. Auckland have defeated the Wellington Phoenix twice already this… Read more Audio

Fed Up over an unwanted partnership with Pita Pit. It's left a bad taste in the mouths of hundreds of primary school students at a West Auckland school who received meat wraps for lunch for the… Read more Audio

There's fears that people feeding sharks in Waiheke Island's Matiatia Bay area are unnecessarily increasing the risk of a shark attack. The bay is the main entry point to the island via the Fullers… Read more Audio

The attack happened on February fourth at a property on Cosy Dell Road - an area close to Otago University, with a number of student flats. Police say an unknown man entered the house and assaulted an… Read more Audio

A cabinet paper about rapid torture redress payments to survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit in the 1970s says it's not possible to rule out torture at other locations. That's left a… Read more Audio

Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the big Super Rugby Pacific features of the weekend and how there's been a bit of a twist for Joseph Parker's fight on Sunday morning. Audio

It started as a way to block out a bit of ugly stuff and has blossomed into a community fundraiser. Last November a Temuka couple planted three hectares of their South Canterbury property in sunflower… Read more Audio

New data provided to RNZ by Corelogic shows just how much house prices have shot up since the turn of the century. In some parts of the country, the median price has increased 1000 percent over 25… Read more Audio

An MP has formally requested Destiny Church be struck off the charities register following the alleged violence by church followers who stormed a children's event hosted by a Drag King. The event at… Read more Audio

In Australia, the Albanese Government has announced a $2.4 billion rescue package to prevent the shut down of one of only two steelworks still operating in the country. Australia correspondent Nick… Read more Audio

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

Advocates for children are calling for urgent action as new data shows child poverty rates have stalled, and the government has missed all three of its targets. Stats NZ figures released this morning… Read more Audio