Checkpoint

Fairfax Media's group executive editor Paul Thompson is with us. Audio

Parliament's Speaker has been forced to apologise after revealing today a reporter's phone records were handed over to a ministerial inquiry, after earlier saying they weren't. Audio

Kim Dotcom's lawyers have spent the day at the Supreme Court, fighting to get see the evidence US prosecutors plan to use against him. Audio

Christchurch's Hagley Oval has been chosen to host the opening ceremony of the 2015 Cricket World Cup and and the first game, despite its contentious upgrade to international standards still not being… Read more Audio

Maori Land Court records have been made available at Auckland libraries as a tool for Maori to research their whakapapa; The recently-elected Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP, Meka Whaitiri, has been officially… Read more Audio

Banks are helping people to buy their first house by allowing them to use their parent's home or savings as equity. Audio

The owners of an upmarket Wellington resthome are investigating why a woman suffering from Alzheimers and a stroke was left covered in her own faeces on three separate occasions. Audio

The Prime Minister John Key has tried to discredit the Labour Party's housing policy, saying it won't do anything to rein in rising prices. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

More than a dozen National Party websites targeted by hackers have been offline today. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The children of a woman accused of murdering her one year old godson will describe to a jury how she used to smack, flick, punch and hold the boy underwater. Audio