Checkpoint

Australian publisher Fairfax Media has announced it plans to sell between 30 and 35 percent of its star online auction and classifed ads business through an initial public offering. Audio

The country's sucide rate is stuck at over 500 deaths a year and the Chief Coronor says something's got to be done but he's not sure what. Audio

Suicide rates high but no solutions; Trade Me says it's time to trade Trade Me in a partial float; Green Party links NZ Super Fund to investments in cluster bomb manufacturers; NZ Aid to the Horn of… Read more Audio

Improving exports are helping pull the wine industry out of its slump, but that's tempered by the high Kiwi dollar eating away at profits. Audio

A collective of 12 iwi and hapu says its settlement negotiations with the Crown are intensive - with no firm date set for a final agreement; The Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, says Maori Party… Read more Audio

The Government's issued a deadline and a warning that it may step in to free up land to build houses for displaced Kaiapoi people. Audio

Air New Zealand says it's losing a more than a million dollars a week on its long haul routes and will leave no stone unturned to try to stem the losses. Audio

Mental health care in Hawke's Bay is set to benefit from the sale of the old Napier hospital site. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The stakes are being raised between the Government and the schools opposed to the national standards. Audio

Air New Zealand is confident of turning around profits this year. Audio

A teenager, whose mother was one of three killed in a road cycling accident near Morrinsville last year, has told an inquest he has given up riding because it's too dangerous on the road. Audio