Checkpoint

David John says he was proud of slashing the tyres of cars parked in residential streets near Wellington Airport. He was jailed today for 22 months. Audio

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile on the eve of the meeting between the presidents of China and the United States, where North Korea will be high on the talking agenda. Video, Audio

Journalist Karen Rutherford says the disqualified driving sentence given to a man who hit her while out riding her horse is redundant as he will soon return to China. Peng Wang was also ordered to pay… Read more Audio

Alex Renton was the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis, now his mother Rose has delivered a 17,000 strong petition to Parliament calling for easier and cheaper access to the drug.

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service has been accused of failing by not alerting relatives of a woman who died in hospital with typhoid. Audio

Heavy flooding hit far and wide across Auckland today, leaving houses on a cliff in Brown's Bay at risk, an Orakei graveyard flooded, and a woman scrambling to rearrange her wedding. Video, Audio

A large wall of mud, trees and debris fell down on a long, shared driveway in Titirangi overnight, trapping residents inside the building. Video, Audio

About 200 homes in Whanganui have been evacuated as fears grow that flood waters will breach the Kowhai Park stopbanks. RNZ Robin Martin reports. Video, Audio