Checkpoint

A stoush over confidentiality and leaks at the Marlborough District Council has led to a legal opinion to put a warning shot across councillors' bows. Audio

Negotiators at the Paris climate change talks are working around the clock to try to settle differences so they can finalise a global deal to slow global warming. Audio

Shell is considering pulling out of New Zealand. Audio

The Electoral Commission says anyone who hasn't voted yet in the first flag referendum needs to get a wriggle on. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Government will consider America's request to do more in the fight against Islamic State. Audio

Bigger trucks look likely to be allowed on the roads, but the AA is urging that in return freight companies should be forced to improve the safety of big rigs. Audio

A forest fire raging in Marlborough has become so dangerous ground crews have had to pull out. Audio

Help is on the way for mortgage holders and businesses after the Reserve Bank cut the cost of borrowing to a record low 2 point 5 percent. Audio

A teenage boy and another man, who have both been charged today with terrorist crimes in Sydney, had plans that mentioned the police headquartes - but got the address wrong. Audio

New Zealanders are getting fatter, less active and drinking more dangerously. Audio

Amandeep Kaur laughed as she told her lover "we will go together" during a police interview of the pair - the day after they murdered her husband. Audio