Checkpoint

Elton John could become the latest celebrity to adopt a child. Audio

The Government has backed down on the proposed boundaries for the new super city in Auckland, and now the Rodney District is back in. Audio

Auckland's embattled new community lab testing service has replaced its chief executive only a week after it became fully operational. Audio

Agricultural scientists say the Father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, is the hero of their profession. Audio

In a rare move in Hong Kong, a pro-Beijing heavyweight has promised to take up the case of Chinese police brutality in Xinjiang, against journalists covering unrest there. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

In what's been a massive day at the US Tennis Open, Roger Federer has secured a place in the men's final, while the unseeded Belgian Kim Clijsters has taken out the women's crown. Audio

The National Party and the Maori Party have hammered out a deal over the Emissions Trading Scheme, and will have legislation ready to introduce to Parliament next week. Audio

The mother of a Tokoroa teenager seriously injured in what the police say was a deliberate hit and run says her son was left with tyre marks on his back. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

A man's been killed in a freak accident in Queenstown, as gale force norwesterly winds sweep the lower South Island. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio