Checkpoint

There's growing confidence in the dairy industry following another rise in the whole milk powder price, which has shot up a masive 88-percent in the past four months. Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister has announced that Fiji's acting High Commissioner to New Zealand has been declared persona-non-grata and will be expelled. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

A person has been killed in a house fire near the remote settlement of Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula. Audio

Auckland house prices are almost at a two year high. Audio

The Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee is trying to play down off-the-cuff comments he made about a controversial West Coast hydro dam project. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

An air safety investigation has been launched in Australia after a Qantas jet made its approach to land at the country's busiest airport without its landing gear down. Audio

Three Lower Hutt women with Mongrel Mob connections who are fighting eviction from their state homes are fast running out of legal options. Audio

The Government's ailing finances have fallen further into the red with an operating deficit for the first three months of the financial year almost double what was forecast. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Auckland's bus drivers have refused a pay offer by NZ Bus, opening up the possibility of more commuter chaos. Audio