Checkpoint

A kiwi chick, named Rock Star, has been delivered to its new home in a chilly bin after hatching in a car in Taranaki. Audio

Ravi Dass is a Wellington optometrist who specialises in working with children. With every pair of glasses he sells from his website, one pair goes to a charity he's set up called the Foureyes… Read more Audio

A crowd-funding campaign to buy a private Abel Tasman beach has nearly reached its 2-million dollar target but that still may not be enough to secure the property. Audio

Just a little bit of puppy love could end up saving a life. That's what the Auckland Council's hoping for, hosting a version of speed dating - for dogs that need a home - at Victoria Park today. Audio

A Wellington-based iwi trust has not received the votes it needed to go ahead with plans to sell waterfront land at Shelly Bay. Audio

The Black Caps have stumbled to 183 on day one of their first test against Australia at the Basin Reserve Audio

Friday fish and chips isn't anything unusual - but it's a different proposition when the setting's a navy ship and 400 people are feasting on shark and taties at once. Audio

World leaders in Munich for Syrian peace talks have agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid in Syria "beginnning immediately." Audio

The national average fuel price is the cheapest it's been in a year, dropping six cents so far this week to 1-dollar-and-seventy-seven-cents a litre. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The political sparring began in earnest this week, with the official start of Parliament. Audio