Checkpoint

The Government is banning all synthethic cannabis products and ordering them off shop shelves within days. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

All synthethic cannabis products are being banned temporarily and are expected to be pulled from shop shelves within days. Audio

A currency analyst is predicting there is a better than 50 per cent chance of the Reserve Bank intervening in the currency markets in the next couple of weeks to try and bring down the New Zealand… Read more Audio

Stock markets have risen in response to the US deal though investors remain wary since Congress has yet to approve it and the deal may not be enough to stave off an expensive downgrade in America's… Read more Audio

An 11th hour deal to raise America's borrowing limit has been struck but it still faces a final hurdle in the House of Representatives overnight to avert the looming debt crisis. Audio

An 11th hour deal to pull the US back from the edge of debt disaster. A ban on all synthetic cannabis and is your gym membership illegal ?? Audio

The creation of electronic Cook Islands Maori dictionary has been labelled crucial to the survival of the language as Beverley Tse reports for Radio New Zealand International. Audio

A controversial proposal to build a men's prison in South Auckland has been given a preliminary go ahead. Audio

The Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell, has apologised for the hurt caused by his suggestion iwi take a hard-line approach to suicide but says at least he's sparked discussion; Maori landowners and an… Read more Audio

For the past three years the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has been a one man band in Parliament. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio