Checkpoint

Minister of Building and Housing Nick Smith today confirmed that a focus of the government's new $1bn infrastructure fund is to support developing rural Auckland. Audio

Australians have had six PMs in the past decade - and some expected that the weekend's election would usher in a seventh. Now, after a hung result, Melbourne voters are no clearer as to their… Read more Audio

A fatal attack on Ashburton Work and Income staff was foreseeable and more should have been done to prevent it, Worksafe has said. Audio

The world was shocked when the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union last week. The outcome of the referendum caused ructions on global stock markets, and a seismic shift in British… Read more Audio

Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery has less than a week to find more than $2m in order to survive, having been mothballed since 2014. Audio

A leading art critic is appalled a work by a prominent New Zealand artist is being permanently taken down from an office building currently under refurbishment. Audio

Latest sports news from the RNZ Sport team. Audio

We're going live now to the Palmerston North police station where the police are about to hold a press conference regarding the arrest late this afternoon of fugitive Caleb Kovaleski. Audio

Even the man tasked with choosing options for a future Auckland port, Rick Boven, says those available are 'unattractive' with 'major flaws'. Audio