Checkpoint

The mortgage market is showing signs of increased competition. Audio

A criminal defence lawyer says police are hugely exaggerating how many video surveillance cases they have, to twist the Government's arm into changing the law. Audio

A tribe made landless during the Tauranga Campaign of 1864 has signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown; The chair of two Maori land trusts in the King Country says taking a stake in Crafar Farms is… Read more Audio

Rugby World Cup fever has hit Nelson ahead of the city's first game tonight at Trafalgar Park between Italy and Russia, starting at 7.30. Audio

Auckland faces some major challenges in delivering the ambitious goals in its thirty year development plan. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Police have arrested three more men over the fake pilot stunt at Auckland airport at the weekend. Audio

Multisport veteran Steve Gurney has escaped with little more than a scratch after a collision between his car and a train this morning in Rangiora. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The taxpayer bill to bail out the Christchurch based-insurer AMI has shrunk a little from half a billion to 337 million dollars. Audio

National doesn't yet have the support it needs to pass a new law, under urgency, to allow police to keep using evidence filmed covertly. Audio

Health officials are warning that Auckland is on the verge of a measles epidemic which will sweep the country. Audio