Checkpoint

Two Christchurch housing services providing supervised homes for vulnerable young people have closed. Audio

Four police officers are dead and seven have been wounded, along with one civilian, in a shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Texas city this afternoon, our time. Audio

The New Zealand Lotteries Commission estimates that around 2,000,000 Kiwis will be playing this weekend for their share of the biggest prize in lotto history of $40m. Audio

The Auckland businessman who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080 poison has had 15 months added to his prison sentence after he was caught in a party pills sting with buckets of illegal… Read more Audio

Dallas Morning News crime reporter Sarah Mervosh is outside a parking garage in downtown Dallas where negotiations with a suspect are taking place. Audio

The Reserve Bank yesterday said there had been an influx of 160,000 people in the past three years, putting pressure on the housing market and prompting calls for the Govt to review its migration… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Dallas police Chief, David Brown, speaking at a news conference. Audio

A farmhand who kidnapped and assaulted a 5-year-old girl in Palmerston North has been jailed for eight years. Audio

The man jailed for murdering Alex Fisher is keeping quiet about his reasons for killing his twelve-year-old half brother. Audio