Checkpoint

Aggressive sales people are being targeted with new "do not knock" stickers designed to give door to door hawkers short shrift. Audio

Canberra Police are linking crimes more than a decade apart to a father and son, through new DNA technology. Audio

Initial findings at the scene of the Virgin Galactic's spaceship 2 crash show a structural failure rather than an engine explosion brought it down. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Mangawhai rates rebellion is effectively over, to the relief of the Kaipara District Council. Audio

More than 40 woven flax artwork panels that have been on display at Te Papa Tongarewa are being packed up today, before being shipped to their permanent home at the United Nations headquarters in New… Read more Audio

A family who lost their home in a bushfire in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, say they are lucky to be alive after the fire swept through their home in minutes. Audio

Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than it was two months ago. Audio

The New Zealand dollar is little changed from its open this morning as the market continues to focus on the ever-strengthening US dollar. Audio

Less than 24 hours out from the start of the Melbourne Cup, and a New Zealand horse is well in the mix of the odds-on runners. Audio

China, the world's biggest producer and consumer of coal, is on notice tonight, with the latest warning from the UN that global greenhouse gas emissions are at their highest level in more than… Read more Audio

A teenager charged with the murder of a promising rugby league player spent his 17th birthday in court. Audio