Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Demonstrators in Hong Kong have packed up their pillows, blankets, tents and other belongings as police move barricades and start clearing the city's main pro-democracy protest site. Audio

Recreational and commercial divers are not happy with a Department of Conservation plan to restrict shark cage diving operations around Stewart Island, saying it won't protect the sharks and will… Read more Audio

A man found guilty of starting a fire in a Wellington storage unit, which spread causing millions of dollars of damage, is tonight in jail awaiting sentencing. Audio

An emergency department doctor says there are so many drunk and disorderly patients in our waiting rooms that working in a hospital is more like being in a nightclub. Audio

Time magazine has named those fighting Ebola as its Person of the Year. Audio

In Australia, the former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has yelled out at the Attorney-General at a Human Rights Awards ceremony, accusing the Government of knowing he was being tortured. Audio

Maori with dreams to build homes on their own land are putting their plans in the "too-hard basket". Audio

Thousands of Auckland rail commuters - whose journeys were disrupted this morning after a train broke down - were further frustrated by a lack of information about what was happening. Audio

A cannabis bust has unearthed a man wanted for serious violent crimes but who's been evading police for ten years using multiple false identities. Audio

Auckland's downtown promotion agency is taking legal action against its former long-standing chief executive Alex Swney, who is already facing tax evasion charges. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio