Checkpoint

Govt warns of economic pain if Auckland house doubling fails, Threatening emails from Aaron Gilmore are released and A tragic reminder to front line social workers. Audio

A group of Christchurch residents that have been putting pressure on local government to extinguish a fire, that has been burning at a recycling plant for about five weeks, are relieved the fire… Read more Audio

People illegally burning treated timber to warm their homes are being blamed for unhealthy levels of arsenic polluting some parts of the country. Audio

The Government is putting aside millions of dollars in next week's budget to create more than two thousand additional places in its Maori and Pasifika trades training schemes; The Electoral Commission… Read more Audio

The Government's being accused of double standards in its move to rush through some bills. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

He's known for some of the most famous tracks in American pop, but today hip hop artist and producer will.i.am took a special interest in an east Auckland school. Audio

A freight transport company says New Zealand's productivity is being held back by weight restrictions on bridges in Southland. Audio

This week the Warehouse Group announced a plan to lift the wages of certain staff by between 50 and 100 dollars extra a week at the same time as saving the company money. Audio

More now on the man accused of holding three young women capitve in a squalid house in Cleveland, Ohio for a decade - today he's been formally charged with kidnap and rape. Audio

KiwiRail's admitting it failed to identify damage at a crossing in Auckland where a woman got stuck in her wheelchair and hit by a train. Audio

Unemployment has fallen sharply to a three year low. Audio