Checkpoint

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says she won't become a "cheerleader" for 1080 despite her June report backing greater use of it. Audio

Legislation passed by the Government under urgency has been labelled a travesty by the Greens and the Maori Party. The 'mystery' Bill, which had gone unnamed until today, will restore the police's… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Rugby World Cup organisers say the public weren't conned on the recent world cup roadshow, now it has been revealed there are two Webb Ellis trophies. Audio

The challenge to New Zealand's long and hard-fought win to get its apples into Australia is not over. The first exports are expected to cross the Tasman within days, overcoming a 90 year old ban set… Read more Audio

New Zealand may have won the trans-Tasman apple war, but orchardists are urging a softly-softly approach as they begin exporting apples to Australia after the lifting of a 90 year ban. Audio

Public health organistations are condemning a move by country's biggest casino, Auckland's Sky City, to let people smoke and play pokie machines at the same time. Audio

Hundreds of Kaiapoi people, many of them elderly, are wondering where they'll go now that their homes have been red zoned. Audio

Kauri Point, the major Defence Force munitions store a thief broke into, is to get a seven million dollar upgrade. The depot on Auckland's North Shore was criticised in a report 3 years ago that… Read more Audio

The head of the mining union in Queensland says New Zealand is going to have to pay much higher salaries if it has any chance of hiring more mines inspectors. Audio

An Auckland kaumatua, Grant Hawke of Ngati Whatua, says the eulogy to the former Governor-General, Sir Paul Reeves, at his tangihanga in Auckland today were a great tribute to a great man; A Waitangi… Read more Audio