Checkpoint

A researcher who found 54 countries took part in the CIA's notorious rendition programme suggests there are strong signs New Zealand was involved. Audio

The South Otago police have had a confusing night trying to work out who they were dealing with in an armed stand-off at a forest lodge in the Catlins. Audio

The ABC's political reporter Anna Henderson is with us. Audio

The unrest on Christmas Island is dominating debate in Australia's Federal Parliament, with the Government under pressure to say what is going on. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Rain was perhaps the Black Caps only hope at the Gabba, but it has failed to arrive and save them from a dousing at the hands of the big-scoring Australians. Audio

An advocacy group says the Corrections Department has stopped reporting offenders who fail to turn up for community work and this could be the reason so few of them complete their sentence. Audio

Prince Charles has broken with protocol to talk withhorse riders who'd hoped to catch his visit to a dairy farm in Tikorangi, north of New Plymouth, today. Audio

Two Maori receptionists are losing their jobs at Maori Television because they can't speak Te Reo Maori. Audio

A detainee at the Christmas Island detention centre says it's a scary place and he fears for his life amid the violence. Audio

The Prime Minister says if the United States accepts an invitation to send a naval ship here, he would not necessarily have to demand a direct assurance it's not nuclear powered Audio

Silver Fern Farms has made a full year net profit of 25 million dollars and has also reduced its debt by more than half. Audio