Checkpoint

What's claimed as the country's first cat cafe, has been run off its paws since opening in Auckland. Audio

One of Australia's most wanted fugitives has been found in the US by a writer who says it took him only a few hours. Audio

The cost of P contamination in state houses is spiralling, with Housing New Zealand expecting it to increase sixfold this financial year. Audio

Updating now our story about two receptionists being sacked at Maori Television because they don't speak Maori. Audio

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