Checkpoint

The Government and the Labour Party appear to be at an impasse over who should be Parliament's next Speaker. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Expanding work programmes in prisons has been flagged by the Prime Minister, but his first speech to Parliament this year was much more focused on what he described as the failings of the opposition. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

One of the country's largest fund manager's is aiming to invest more in developing countries outside of the the traditional big four markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, known as the BRICs. Audio

The New South Wales city of Grafton is being threatened by record floods in the deluge that earlier forced a massive airlift in Queensland to rescue trapped people. Audio

Brian Roche is the chief executive of New Zealand Post. Audio

A New Zealand Post worker and union delegate is predicting up to three thousand people could lose their jobs if mail delivery is slashed from six to three days a week. Audio

It's been revealed the person driving a mini-van that crashed in Kenya two weeks ago, killing four people, was one of the young New Zealanders on the trip. Audio

It's revealed the driver in a fatal Kenyan crash was a former Bethlehem college student. Australia's flood crisis worsens and PM attacks opposition in his Statement to Parliament. Audio

Lyttelton's loss is Akaroa's gain with businesses in the Banks Peninsula settlement cashing in on a rise in cruise ship visits. Audio

Fire investigators have been picking over the charred remains of a sales office belonging to Maori land owners in the Far North; A long standing member of the Onuku Marae runanga on Banks Peninsular… Read more Audio