Checkpoint

Shares in Fisher and Paykel Appliances have jumped almost 10 percent, after it posted a 33-and-a-half million dollar profit for the year to the end of March. Audio

Asian investors buying into New Zealand are increasingly pushing down the cost to the Government of servicing its billions of dollars of debt. An unconfirmed media report yesterday said China's… Read more Audio

A new study has found lack of sleep is a bigger cause of childhood obesity than bad diet and lack of exercise. Researchers at Otago University studied almost 250 Dunedin children and found a quarter… Read more Audio

Neighours say the Napier siege house will be near impossible to sell now the Crown has seized it because of drugs crimes. Gunman Jan Molenaar shot dead one policeman and injured two other officers… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Musicians and artists are calling on the Nelson City Council to abandon plans to spend 30 million dollars on a performing arts centre. The proposal has attracted widespread criticism. Audio

Anxiety over access to beaches is surfacing again in the Far North as Te Rarawa prepare to claim ownership of Te Oneroa a Tohe - 90 Mile Beach. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Aucklanders who haven't prepared for a disaster have been told they could be putting the whole nation at risk. The latest Civil Defence polling shows Aucklanders are the least prepared in New Zealand.

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

This country's largest wind-farm has been given the go ahead. Contact Energy has resource consent to build 168 turbines, between Raglan and Port Waikato, enough to churn out power to run 170 thousand… Read more Audio

The credit ratings agency Moody's has downgraded New Zealand's major banks. Audio