Checkpoint

The number of women on boards of firms has increased by more than a half in the last two years, but it's been criticised as too slow. Audio

Sydney scientists expecting to find a small island in the South Pacific came up empty handed and now an Auckland man thinks he can explain why. Audio

A former Catholic brother convicted of abusing schoolboys in New Zealand left for Sri Lanka earlier this year at about the same time Australian police issued a warrant for his arrest on hundreds of… Read more Audio

Two children and three adults are in a stable condition in North Shore Hospital after a petrol generator filled the house with the poisonous fumes last night. Audio

The Invercargill shopkeeper who sold a winning 20-million dollar lottery ticket has no idea who won it. Audio

A High Court judge has grilled point by point the lawyer for the Maori claimants challenging the partial privatisation of three state owned power companies. Audio

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says Carter Holt Harvey has told its staff it plans to cut about 70 jobs in Rotorua and Tokoroa before Christmas. Audio

An aide to the Maori King says the demotion of a senior Waikato-Tainui leader has kick-started the King's aims to change the way the tribe's governed; A Maori health service at the top of the South… Read more Audio

The Air Force Orion is returning to New Zealand after failing to find three fishermen missing off the coast of Kiribati. Audio

The police are keeping tight lipped about the part they played in a convicted sex offender leaving New Zealand even as the Australians were moving to extradite him. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Part of the Tongariro Alpine crossing could reopen as early as Thursday following last week's eruption on the mountain. Audio