Checkpoint

An ambitious project is underway to redevelop Whanganui's nearly 100-year old public art gallery to protect its nationally significant collection. Audio

The number of new building apprenticeships has jumped 22 percent alongside a rebound in house building. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

The bid to stop mining on the Denniston Plateau has suffered a setback, with the High Court dismissing the first part of an appeal by Forest and Bird. Audio

The Auckland Council has granted three million dollars of ratepayers' money to help upgrade and expand the country's oldest and biggest Anglican church. Audio

Parliament has today passed two more Treaty of Waitangi settlements and had the first reading of the Bill for another worth 300 million dollars. Audio

A Waikato Primary school's defiance in refusing to enrol a violent 11 year old boy appears to have forced the Ministry of Education to back down . Audio

A dog control officer is calling for the courts to deal with dangerous dogs much faster, after a bull mastiff which viciously attacked a pensioner was stolen out of the Greymouth pound. Audio

The United States ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice has landed the job as President Obama's next national security advisor. Audio

Some commentators are sceptical moves by the Reserve Bank to tighten risky loans will cool the surging Auckland property market. Audio

The tribes behind two treaty settlement bills that passed their third and final readings in parliament today say they've finally reached the end of a long journey; A Ngati Manawa action group has set… Read more Audio