Checkpoint

Security camera footage taken on the morning a Radio New Zealand journalist was attacked has dominated the second day of the trial of two men charged with his murder. Audio

The White House says fears are mounting that Syria's "increaingly beleagured regime" will resort to unleashing chemical weapons against its own people. 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

More than 40-thousand people have crammed into shelters to escape the onslaught of the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year. Audio

The inquest into the collapse of the CTV building has heard a vital piece of equipment used to locate bodies under rubble, lay idle at the collapsed CTV building, because nobody knew it was there. Audio

The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, is to investigate how many beneficiaries have had their airfares paid to fly to Australia to work. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

But the Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley says the protest action played no part in the company's decision to quit New Zealand. Audio

The oil company Petrobras is quitting New Zealand after just the first stage of exploring for oil and gas off East Cape in an area the Government had touted as potentially lucrative for the country. Audio

With us is our parliamentary chief reporter Jane Patterson. Audio

Brendan Horan's lawyer Paul Mabey QC joins us. Audio