Checkpoint

New Zealand and Australia have the fastest rising food prices of any developed nation. Audio

More than a billion dollars is expected to pour into the economy with today's unexpected rise in the payout to dairy farmers. Audio

The man at the centre of Christchurch's so-called House of Horrors, has revealed that he sexually violated two women after he strangled them to death. Audio

American scientists have unearthed evidence that some of the world's most deadly earthquakes, that have occured far away from major faultlines, may be aftershocks of centuries' old quakes. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

It's a year since the 2008 election which put National into power with support from the Maori Party, ACT and United Future. Despite a number of political mishaps, National's even more popular now than… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Prominent New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera says he is deeply sorry for inadvertently using other authors' material without acknowledgment in his new novel. Audio

Police in Wanganui say they are now treating the death of two-year-old Karl Perigo Check as a homicide. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A US army psychiatrist who opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood army base in Texas had complained of harassment by the military. Audio

Calls for greater use of bugging of those suspected of using violence against their children have prompted a warning that individual freedoms still have to be protected. Audio