Checkpoint

The trial of a New Zealander accused of drug smuggling and who could face the death penalty is underway in China. Audio

Auckland households will pay an extra one hundred and fourteen dollars a year to fund transport projects which their council says won't otherwise go ahead. Audio

Our reporter Georgina Stylianou is in Westport, and was outside the meeting waiting for the workers to come out. Audio

The chief executive of Solid Energy is Dan Clifford. Audio

A hundred miners are losing their jobs as the country's largest opencast coal mine axes more than a quarter of its workforce. Audio

Westport's Stockton miners dealt another devastating blow; Solid Energy responds; Westport reacts to Stockton mine news; Auckland households to pay $114 a year for transport projects; Trial underway… Read more Audio

Speaker grants and Urgent Debate on a recent Auditor-General's report on Whanau Ora; Law and Order Committee hears submissions on the Drug and Alcohol Testing of Community-based Offenders and Bailees… Read more Audio

MPs have heard iwi don't want the Maori fisheries body to be abolished; The Mayor of Upper Hutt says he has the support of local Maori who are also opposing the Wellington supercity plan; The Motiti… Read more Audio

A score of jobs, mostly in Taranaki, are set to go at an insulation company Forman Building Systems. Audio

The Prime Minister is defending his government's Whanau Ora programme and the millions spent on it after being grilled in the House today by the opposition. Audio

Northland police insist they do an outstanding job responding to family violence despite a local women's refuge claiming that too many officers still don't know how to enforce a protection order. Audio

Slow wage growth has some economists picking the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates sooner rather than later. Audio