Checkpoint

The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, is criticising the Prime Minister for failing to take a leadership role at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington this week - saying he dropped the ball. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The contest for political control of Auckland's supercity council has begun with the centre-right naming most of its candidates. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Environmentalists say the prosecution of a mining company for polluting a West Coast stream proves the folly of the Government's plan to open up more conservation land for mining. Audio

Drug abuse, death threats and extortion have been found to have been at the centre of a the fatal shooting of a Whangarei woman by police. Audio

Convoys carrying food, tents and rescuers are rumbling into China's Qinghai province, following yesterday's 6.9 magnitude earthquake. Audio

Two former cabinet ministers along with two other directors of the failed company Lombard Finance and Investments are facing criminal charges for misleading investors. Audio

Two-hundred jobs are to go at Telecom, after it slashed its earnings forecast for the next three years by tens of millions of dollars. Audio

Two-hundred jobs are to go at Telecom, after it slashed its earnings forecast for the next three years by tens of millions of dollars. Two former cabinet ministers along with two other directors of… Read more Audio

A survey's shed more light on how Australian voters would respond if population growth becomes a big election issue. Audio

A diplomatic row's erupted between the United States and Russia over adoptions. Audio