Checkpoint

Police have arrested dozens of Headhunter gang members and seized more than 17 million dollars in cash, drugs and assets after a sting in the Upper North Island. Audio

A High Court judge has stopped a woman from taking her children to Jehovah's Witness meetings or church services. Audio

The New Zealand dollar has been feeling the pressure of a big movements in the Russian rouble, coupled with continued weakness in oil prices. Audio

The Finance Minister is stubbornly confident the Government can return the books to surplus this financial year, despite predictions to the contrary by the Treasury. Audio

Thousands of people have come to Martin Place throughout the day, stopping to place flowers and sign condolence books. Audio

The New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn says security's being beefed up around Sydney. Audio

Monis was sentenced to 300 hours community service in September last year for offensive letters he sent to the families of seven Australian soldiers killed in Iraq and Afganistan. Audio

Monis forced some of the hostages to appear in online videos where they make demands for him, speaking of bombs and Islamic State, and referring to Monis as "the brother". Audio

Details are emerging from the Sydney siege about how a cafe manager wrestled with the mentally unstable gunman, giving time for other hostages to escape, before he was shot dead. Audio

Sydney's cafe manager, killed in the hostage seige is hailed a hero. Floral tributes fill Martin Place and getting the government books back in black. Audio

An appeal by a former board member of Te Kohanaga Reo National Trust has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal; A lawyer for a Maori law centre is calling for the Government to fund efforts to track… Read more Audio

Auckland Transport is investigating the weekend's brawl at the main train station that led to chaos at a string of stations, and tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Audio