Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Two injured people, one an Auckland woman, are still on board a damaged yacht 700 kilometres from Tonga, with an Airforce Orion keeping watch above. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

It apears the truck lost control as it came down a hill, missed the bridge and crashed about 5 metres down a bank into the fast flowing Waihohonu Stream in the Tongariro National Park. Audio

The Employment Minister Stephen Joyce agrees the job numbers aren't good. Audio

The unemployment rate has risen sharply to a 13-year high and employers are warning there is no end in sight. Audio

An unexpected sharp rise in unemployment. The Employment Minister Stephen Joyce agrees the job numbers aren't good and a crashed truck closes the desert road. Audio

MPs have been told that while legislation banning gang insignia from public buildings isn't a silver bullet, it will have some impact on gang operations activity and intimidation. Audio

A hapu leader says a stoush at the Ngapuhi AGM at the weekend has cast doubt on the runanga's fitness to lead the iwi; The Auckland company, Zodiac Holdings, is appealing against a decision denying it… Read more Audio

Graeme Wheeler has sprung to the defence of the big banks in his first time in the public spotlight as Reserve Bank governor. Audio

Jeremy Rosner is a former advisor to President Bill Clinton and he's with us. Audio

Christina Botteri is a spokesperson for the Tea Party, which emerged from the right wing of the Republicans. Audio