Checkpoint

The new Justice Minister has changed tack from her predecessor Judith Collins saying she's interested in how to change the way the court system deals with sexual assault victims. Audio

A top officer who stole and sold P from a police station prepares to go to jail. The Justice Minister revisits the idea of a special court for sexual abuse cases and Green MP taken to task over Ebola… Read more Audio

The High Court's been told any decision it makes about the EQC repairing flood-prone properties in Christchurch will be too complex to make work. Audio

Lawyers for a Malaysian opposition leader once again convicted of sodomy have told an appeal court there has been a miscarriage of justice. Audio

Medical specialists are warning that Maori health outcomes will suffer if the Government signs the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement; A Maori sovereignty group is questioning why nearly 26-million… Read more Audio

The police have put up a reward of 50-thousand dollars to try to close the case of a Dunedin woman missing for 12 years. Audio

Villagers on Hawaii's Big Island are starting to evacuate as lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano threatens dozens of homes. Audio

More details have emerged about an Australian SAS corporal who cut off the right hands of three dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Audio

The Government has outlined how it might go about changing the New Zealand flag, and what it would cost. Audio

Campaigner against sexual violence Louise Nicholas is with us Audio

No charges are being laid against a group of teenage boys who boasted online about having sex with drunken girls, some of them under age. Audio

Mr Ellis, who was born in Britain, gave up his New Zealand citizenship decades ago to gain Australian citizenship. Audio