Checkpoint

The state-owned coal miner Solid Energy is cutting another 105 jobs from its 15 hundred strong workforce, with office workers and managers facing the axe. Audio

John Key has refused to be interviewed on Checkpoint about Mr Gilmore's future. Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us. Audio

The Prime Minister has pulled the plug on his support for the National list, MP Aaron Gilmore, following the release of texts about what he told a waiter. Audio

The Prime Minister pulls his support of Aaron Gilmore.Solid Energy cuts another 100 jobs and John Banks goes to court. Audio

The Police are praising the fast response of two aircraft engineers who managed to free themselves from their helicopter after it crashed into Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. Audio

A Waihi woman who lives directly above the site of an underground mine that's just won approval says many locals are distraught. Audio

The Green Party says a Government funding increase to fight Rheumatic Fever is just a band aid that will do nothing to eliminate the cause of the disease; Members of Parekura Horomia'sNgati Porou iwi… Read more Audio

The National list MP, Aaron Gilmore, has made a public apology today, for what he described as behaving like a dickhead at a Hanmer Springs hotel. Audio

The leaders of a rates rebellion in Kaipara say the council's using dirty tactics in a bid to end the revolt. Audio

The Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Ross Bay, says he told a gay man there'd be no point in him training to be a priest because it would only reach a dead end. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Parliamentary business was suspended this afternoon, while MPs paid their respects to the late Labour MP, Parekura Horomia. Audio