Checkpoint

Three Auckland lawyers have been named and banned from taking on legal aid clients because their work is substandard. The Legal Services Agency won't say exactly what the problems are or whether the… Read more Audio

Police in Wellington have spent the day at a suburban house exhuming the body of a new born baby boy buried in a back garden. His 21 year old mother and a 21 year old man appeared in court jointly… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The dumping of voting papers by a postie in South Auckland is worse than first thought with hundreds more found to be missing. Election officials are now setting up a special polling booth to help a… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Christchurch City Council has voted to fast track the demolition of two heritage buildings that it says were severely damaged in September's earthquake and pose an immediate danger to people's… Read more Audio

A parent who helped plan a party in Auckland where a student drank a massive amount of alcohol and later died, says she knew he was dead the instant she saw him. Audio

The Government is suing the three men who attacked the Waihopai spybase near Blenheim for one million dollars. Dominican friar Peter Murnane, Adrian Leason, and Sam Land admitted breaking into the… Read more Audio

Crown sues for damages over damage to Waihopai spy base, Inquest begins into drunken student's death, No leakers found in high level inquiry, Council moves to fast track demolition of quake hit… Read more Audio

News of Paul Henry's remarks about the Governor General on TVNZ's breakfast programme is receiving news coverage in India where Sir Anand Satyanand is attending the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Audio

Some taxi drivers want to be able to view the footage recorded on security cameras, which must be installed in their vehicles from August next year. Audio

The Invercargill business community is describing the city's mayoral campaign as lackluster and ignoring the main issues. Audio