Checkpoint

The police are hunting the arsonist who set alight an Auckland apartment block where fire alarms had been turned off. Audio

He pledged to fight climate change, battle for gun-control and, for the first time ever in an inaugural address, made an impassioned plea for gay rights. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Scientists say volcanic unrest at White Island is the most vigorous for years and there's a 50/50 chance the volcano could soon erupt. Audio

With us is our political editor Brent Edwards. Audio

The Prime Minister has sacked the Housing and Conservation Ministers but resurrected the recently disgraced Nick Smith and promoted young Auckland MP Nikki Kaye in his Cabinet reshuffle today. Audio

The housing and conservation ministers are dumped but Nick Smith is back in Cabinet. Barack Obama lays bare his liberal agenda and a fifty fifty chance White Island could soon erupt. Audio

To Lance Armstrong's drug taking confession now - one sports academic says it is exactly the opportunity the profession needs to clean up its act. Audio

The US President, Barack Obama has officially begun his second term in the White House after taking the oath of office in Washington DC. Audio

The lobby group, Rethinking Crime and Punishment, says the release and reoffending rate of inmates from Maori Focus Units in prisons are promising; Talks between neighbouring iwi have started over… Read more Audio

Christchurch is sticking by its bid for the Under 20 World Cup even though another city council is shunning it as too costly. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio