Checkpoint

Two police officers shot and tasered a Porirua man holding his partner at knifepoint today, and their commander says they saved her life. Audio

Camping in terrifying jungle and losing large amounts of weight through sickness are just two of the obstacles facing a New Zealand team of kayakers taking on unpaddled canyons in Papua New Guinea. Audio

The marae hosting the tangi of Parekura Horomia wants manuhiri or visitors to know there are beds available, however many people turn up; And a Ngati Porou man based in Bangkok has paid tribute to… Read more Audio

An Otago woman has gone public over her lengthy and frustrating battle with Inland Revenue over her stolen IRD number. Audio

New Zealand's two-and-a-half billion-dollar foreign student industry is hurting under the combined weight of a high dollar and the global recession. Audio

Labour and the Greens say a call by business groups to drop their new electricity policy is ill-informed and alarmist. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Christchurch lawyer who apologised for the behaviour of National List MP, Aaron Gilmore, at a restaurant at the weekend, says Mr Gilmore threatened to get the Prime Minister's Office to sack a… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

An investor in one of the failed Hubbard finance companies, Aorangi Securities, is relieved he'll be getting all his money back but is blaming the statutory managers for the time it's taken. Audio

Our political editor, Brent Edwards, requested the papers under the OIA - he's with us. Audio

New Zealand Post has warned the Government it might have to subsidise letter deliveries if the six-day-a-week service is to continue - but says the request isn't an ultimatum. Audio