Checkpoint

The owner and manager of the Switched on Gardener retail chain have been found guilty of selling gear to grow cannabis. Audio

Garden centre managers guilty of selling dope-growing gear. Two more privacy blunders at the Corrections Department and Greens and Maori Party accuse Peters of being too quick to sack Horan. Audio

Protests against Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations took place around the country today as delegates attended the latest round of talks in the 11-country trade deal being held in Auckland. Audio

The eastern Bay of Plenty tribe, Te Whanau a Apanui, says there was a level of expectancy amongst the iwi, that Petrobras would pull out of exploration off the east coast of the North Island, because… Read more Audio

The Fire Service has today apologised for not preparing its workers to cope with the aftermath of the February 2011 Christchurch quake. Audio

The future of Southland's Tiwai Point smelter looks uncertain, with its owner, New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, saying more cutbacks are likely as it continues to lose money. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Christchurch Police believe the body found in a burnt-out car at the weekend is that of local man Shane Malcolm Bell. Audio

A 24 year old senior analyst from the accounting firm, PwC, has won a top prize at a financial competition in New York. Audio

The Brazilian oil company Petrobras is quitting New Zealand after just the first stage of exploring off East Cape in a deep-sea area where the Government had hoped for an oil and gas bonanza. Audio

The Hobbit movie had its world premiere in Wellington last Wednesday, but not till 6 tonight has a global embargo been lifted on reviewers saying what they thought of it. Audio

Just a few hours later, the New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, made this statement to Parliament. Audio