Checkpoint

Trade Unions say a 25 cent an hour increase in the minimum wage is both cynical and insulting and will do nothing to improve the living standards of the country's lowest paid workers. Audio

A long-awaited trial about America's largest offshore oil spill has started in New Orleans with prosectors accusing BP of letting greed triumph over safety. Audio

The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, is downplaying her treatment at Te Matatini when the crowds heckled and booed her on stage in Rotorua; A former editor of the New Zealand Herald, Gavin Ellis… Read more Audio

Water restrictions are in place across Northland and the Government's expected to announce a drought relief package for farmers in the region in the coming days. Audio

A child has come down with Legionnaire's Disease at Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A multi-million dollar methamphetamine bust in New Zealand and Canada, has also turned up a huge cannabis growing operation on Auckland's North Shore. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Finance Minister, Bill English, has conceded that the Government might not earn as much as initially expected from its partial asset sales programme. Audio

Phil Darkins is an organiser for Actors' Equity. Audio

New papers on the Hobbit dispute reveal the Government came under intense pressure to do a deal to ensure the movies were made in New Zealand. Audio

New revelations about the Hobbit films. A multi-million dollar meth syndicate is busted and Finance Minister concedes might not get as much from sales. Audio