Checkpoint

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Hone Harawira says the Maori party has picked a virtually unknown candidate to stand against him in the Tai Tokerau by-election. Audio

The Solicitor General has turned down a plea to throw out the case against 18 people charged over the Urewera police raids. Audio

The Government has used its emergency powers to allow the Lyttelton Port to reclaim 10-hectares of land using one-million tonnes of building rubble, without public consultation. Audio

It's the country's largest ever demolition job. Work is soon to begin on bringing down the 26-storey Hotel Grand Chancellor in central Christchurch. Audio

Hotel to be country's largest demolition job, Lyttelton Port cleared to use loads of rubble, Solicitor General turns down plea to throw out Urewera case, Hone Harawira says new Maori party candidate… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The National-led Government will spend just over 15 million dollars stabilising an old mining dam near Te Aroha, which is in danger of collapsing. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Manurewa locals say their area has enough problems already without putting a new prison there. The Corrections Department wants to build a men's prison in Wiri, where there is already one for women. Audio

The listed biomedical firm, Pacific Edge, has struck a major deal to license its world-first bladder cancer test in Spain and Portugal. The Dunedin-based company has signed up the biotechnology and… Read more Audio

A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations. Audio