Checkpoint

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Cost is stopping a significant number of low-income New Zealanders from seeing a doctor or dentist, according to a private health research group Audio

A multi-million dollar Chinese investment in a Canterbury dairy firm, is being seen, as yet more evidence of New Zealand's stagnant capital market. Audio

The lawyer for an elderly remand prisoner with Parkinson's disease and possible dementia says his client's illnesses could see him jailed for years under the three strikes rule. Audio

Millions of dollars in arts funding is up for grabs with Creative New Zealand announcing a major shake up of the sector. Audio

A two year investigation by the Washington Post describes the United States intelligence community as bloated and chaotic. Audio

A legal bid by a fresh produce company to stop Zespri's monopoly of the kiwifruit industry is being heard in the High Court in Auckland. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

An internet security firm says cyber criminals are changing their tactics, and using major global news stories to try to entrap consumers. Audio

Opposition parties are labelling the Government's backdown over mining on protected conservation land a humiliation for National and the Prime Minister. Audio

The West Coast mining industry group says there would have been further exploration of former Timberlands forestry blocks if the Government hadn't backtracked over Schedule Four land. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio