Checkpoint

The 'Richetty grub'.... The ' master of the dark arts of breakdown cheating'... and 'the only thing standing between the Wallabies and World Cup glory'. Audio

A woman has been awarded 13 thousand dollars for being sacked from her Auckland bar job after she'd worked there for a little over a week. Audio

A man's private Facebook message has come back to haunt him, costing him thousands of dollars. Audio

Any relaxing of the rules around people being buried on private rural land, as the Law Commission recommends, would have real impact on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Being able to be buried on the family farm and making it easier for private companies to run cemeteries and crematoriums are some of recommendations being put forward in a wide-ranging review. Audio

New Zealand has been given a roasting by the OECD. The Paris-based economic and social organisation says New Zealand has the worst record of all its 34 member states in how much of its waste goes into… Read more Audio

NZ has been given a roasting by the OECD;Ministry for the Environment's response to OECD report;Relaxing the rules on funerals;Chatham Islands look forward to looser rules round burying at… Read more Audio

More than 40 thousand people have already contributed to the song by casting their vote on what note should come next, and there's only 87 beats remaining before the melody is completed. Audio

A man who killed another man with a single punch has been sentenced to 11 months home detention in the High Court in Wellington today. Audio

The United States navy has sent a warship within 12 nautical miles of two artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, in a challenge to Beijing's territorial claims in the area. Audio

A young woman whose history of depression stymied her travel insurance is challenging a big insurer in what could turn out to be a landmark Australian legal case. Audio

The Wellington City Council will prioritise its nearly-300 thousand dollar grants fund to go towards supporting services for incoming refugees. Audio