Checkpoint

No-one on the bridge of the Aratere knew how to over ride a new auto pilot system as the ferry hurtled towards the shore shortly after leaving Picton on Friday June 21 with 47 passengers onboard. No… Read more Audio

Nearly 100 years of speedway racing at Western Springs is coming to an end after Auckland council voted to move it to Onehunga. But, the process to get there has been called a shambles, - with… Read more Audio

New Zealand will experience a professional football derby for the first time on these shores this weekend. The top two sides in the A-League, Auckland FC and the Wellington Phoenix, will go… Read more Audio

More than 50 percent of some of New Zealand's big companies and government agencies don't have a fair representation of women in the top ranks of their organisations. The group Champions of Change, a… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen, about how both sides of the political aisle are sifting through the garbage following inflammatory remarks about Puerto Rico made at a… Read more Audio

It's that one night of the year where parents basically throw out the stranger danger warning, send their kids out at dusk and green light them taking lollies from random people, potentially wearing… Read more Audio

Africa correspondent Elna Schutz spoke to Lisa Owen about the French president visiting Morrocco, election day in Botswana and British actor Idris Elba planning to shake up the African film industry.

Barber students at Taranaki's largest tertiary education provider are creating a buzz around the region with a community project offering free haircuts at schools.The students are smashing out… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

US Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris has warned more than 75,000 supporters at a rally in Washington that her opponent Donald Trump is 'unstable' and 'obsessed with revenge'… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns can make history with a win over Australia in Melbourne tonight. New Zealand has never made a clean sweep of netball's Constellation Cup series before, but with three wins from three… Read more Audio

Health New Zealand is feeling the heat after revelations it spent close to 100-thousand dollars on catering for a finance conference a year ago. It's the second such case revealed by RNZ this month -… Read more Audio