Checkpoint

The New Zealand First MP Brendan Horan has been unceremoniously dumped from the caucus this afternoon, and been told by party leader Winston Peters to quit Parliament altogether. Audio

New Zealand First sacks Brendan Horan from its caucus and the oil company Petrobras gives up on New Zealand. Audio

A convicted child molester who abused boys when he was a Catholic brother has appeared in court as Australia seeks to extradite him, after his surprise return to New Zealand. Audio

The people of Rapanui are preparing to welcome their Maori cousins from two traditional canoes or waka which have made a ninety day journey from New Zealand; Maori residents in Rotorua angered by a… Read more Audio

Waihi householders worried a new mine under their houses will mean more blasting and dust have rallied in the street today. Audio

Mr Bain spent 13 years in jail for the 1994 murders of his parents and three siblings, before he was acquitted at a retrial in 2009. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The mail has finally got through for Queenstown people who've been missing out on large amounts of it for two years. Audio

Shares in Chorus have tumbled 14 percent after the Commerce Commission cut what the network operator can charge retail providers for voice and broadband services. Audio

A fresh water scientist says people are being deliberately mislead about the damage of intensive farming. Audio

The Auckland Council has been accused of failing to protect an historic homestead badly damaged by a suspicious fire. Audio

The High Court has upheld an earlier Human Rights Review Tribunal finding that the Health Ministry discriminated against intellectually disabled people aged over 65 by not funding their community… Read more Audio