Checkpoint

A Maori forestry company, Kajavala Forestry, is critical of the timeframe set to achieve new safety standards for the industry; The Maori Party's newly elected co-vice president, Susan Cullen, says… Read more Audio

A Cambridge University graduate and banker has been charged with murdering two women in Hong Kong. Audio

The Sustainability Council says the scheme designed to reduce the country's emissions is "certifiably useless" and will need to be scrapped if New Zealand wants to meet its targets. Audio

Cellphone customers who opt for pre-pay are being warned to think carefully before buying now that 2 degrees has followed its competitors - Sim-locking low cost models. Audio

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