Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A hundred or more families in Nelson and Tasman will not be allowed back in their homes in time for Christmas, and some of them may not be back in before February. Audio

The Auckland Council has given protestors who have been camping in the central city for more than two months, 48 hours to pack up and leave. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A man accused of fleeing the country with more than six million dollars after a bank error in 2009 flew back home this morning and this afternoon he appeared in court charged with theft and money… Read more Audio

An independent report into the West Auckland girl's abuse says a total of 25 government and other agencies were involved in her life from when she was just four months old, and finds many of them… Read more Audio

An Auckland District Court judge has told a mother who was systematically abusing her two children that her behaviour amounted to nothing less than torture. Audio

A judge describes a mother's abuse of her two children as nothing less than torture. The man accused of fleeing with millions of Westpac dollars flies into Auckland and goes straight to court and… Read more Audio

The Department of Conservation is to hire private security guards to police freedom campers in Queenstown. Audio

An Auckland University study has found that smoking low-nicotine cigarettes could help smokers quit all together. Audio

Northland's Ngapuhi people are making progress in talks on who should represent them in settling their massive Treaty claim; Niwa says it's surprised that the results of a survey conducted in two… Read more Audio

The National Party and the Greens have agreed to continue their Memorandum of Understanding. Audio