Checkpoint

The editor of the Gisborne Herald Jeremy Muir isn't happy with police changing the way it provides information to the media. Audio

The Reserve Bank has indicated the Official Cash Rate will rise more slowly and peak at a lower level than was previously expected. Audio

The MP, Chris Carter, has been suspended from Labour's caucus after admitting he was behind an anonymous letter aimed at de-stabilising Phil Goff's leadership. Audio

The whanau of baby Kahu Durie, who was kidnapped in 2002, says a television docu-drama on the high-profile case was made without its blessing. Audio

An Auditor General report has found that while Inland Revenue is doing an adequate job collecting child support payments, it should be doing more to prevent debt piling up in the first place. Audio

Dumped MP Chris Carter has just arrived at Auckland Airport where he's been greated by a media pack. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Trade Minister has vowed to take all necessary steps to avoid a conflict of interest as a result of thousands of shares he holds in a company helping to develop dairy farms in Uruguay. Audio

An adventure tourism operator has been given the maximum community work sentence available under the law, after being found guilty of the manslaughter of a Massey University student during a… Read more Audio

More now on the MP Chris Carter, who has been suspended from Labour's caucus after admitting he was behind an anonymous letter aimed at de-stabilising Phil Goff's leadership. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Joining us to discuss this further is Westpac Bank Economist Michael Gordon. Audio