Checkpoint

The Meatworkers' union says the Government needs to take action if it is to save the declining meat industry. Audio

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have kept to a hectic schedule of activities in Auckland today, meeting olympians, watching a hairy maclary show and meeting locals on Queen Street. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Jury has heard that a man accused of fatally stabbing another man in a road rage attack claims he acted in self-defence. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The mother of a mental health patient at the centre of botched sexual assault investigation says she's never had an apology from the police for what happened. Audio

The Maritime Union has raised the prospect of more industrial action at the Ports of Auckland now that facilitation in the long-running labour dispute has failed. Audio

The lawyer for a man accused of killing an Auckland toddler has told the High Court the crown has made an imaginative case, that has no compelling evidence. Audio

A court hears that a toddler was murdered because he was a nuisance. The Ports of Auckland dispute escalates again and trial begins for man accused of road rage stabbing murder. Audio

A veteran Maori union leader says the Government should launch a major house-building project to get Maori into work. The Education Minister has received the first submission from one of the Maori… Read more Audio

The Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine tragedy released a damning report this week blaming both the company and the then Labour Department for failures which led to the deaths of 29 men. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio