Checkpoint

The economic recovery failing to live up to expections is being blamed for plummeting business confidence. Audio

A Maori Party members' bill to remove the goods and services tax from healthy foods will fail its first test in Parliament. Audio

A man who poured boiling water over his partner and terrorised her for several days is tonight beginning a seven and a half year jail term. Audio

An internal investigation by the Israeli military has largely exonerated the commandos who boarded a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza, and says they weren't prepared for the hostile reception they… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

New Zealand's state highway network stretches over 10,000 kilometres, and according to the police these roads are overrun with aggressive, over-confident drivers who are causing hundreds of needless… Read more Audio

The Somali Islamist group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for two bombings which killed more than seventy people in the Ugandan capital Kampala yesterday. Audio

The man who led the All Whites unbeaten through the World Cup has confirmed his football future is here in New Zealand. Audio

The Police Commissioner Howard Broad has been holding a news conference in Christchurch following today's shootings. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

BP says it's successfully placed a new tighter fitting cap on the ruptured underwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio