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The Panel with Rob Salmond and Neil Miller (Part 2)
Audio 4 Nov 2014Topics - the much-anticipated horse race this afternoon, and the much-anticipated horse picks from the renowned Mary Mountier, author of How To Pick A Winner as well as other highly-accomplished… Audio
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Melbourne Cup field down to 22 horses
The Melbourne Cup field has been reduced to 22 with the late scratching of Cavalryman. Rank outsider Sea Moon had already been withdrawn from this afternoon's race.
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NZ horses return to Melbourne Cup
Two New Zealand horses will have a strong backing from punters in this afternoon's Melbourne Cup race. Audio
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Melbourne Cup biggest betting day for NZ
It's the day New Zealanders and Australians pause in unison for a few minutes of horse racing with many hoping for a big winnings. Audio
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Foreigners favourite for Melbourne Cup
Less than 24 hours out from the start of the Melbourne Cup, and a New Zealand horse is well in the mix of the odds-on runners. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 3 November 2014
Audio 3 Nov 2014A resthome patient, so badly cared for, he had to have his leg amputated. John Key promises an independent stance on the fight against Islamic State and a NZ horse is among the favourites to win the… Audio
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Melbourne Cup - Ron Taylor
For some New Zealanders the Melbourne Cup just might be the one horse race they take an interest in all year. For Ron Taylor it's a race dear to his heart. Fifty years ago, Ron rode a horse called… Audio
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New Zealand horses back in Melbourne Cup
New Zealand horses will return to the Melbourne Cup tomorrow, after two years with none on the field. Audio
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War Report - 2 November
While the public supplied funds for motorcars and motorcycles to be bought for the Main Body, the army relied on horses for transport. Percy Lowndes and another veteran recall the shipping of the… Audio
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Anzac services mark troop departure
Commemorations begin in Australia tonight marking 100 years since some 30,000 New Zealand and Australian troops left a Western Australian port for the battlefields of WWI.
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Sonnet No 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill…
Read Helen Medlyn. Music details: Dowland: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Naxos 8.557586) Audio
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Melbourne Cup favourite withdrawn
Australian horse trainer Gai Waterhouse has withdrawn The Offer from next week's Melbourne Cup to leave her without a runner in Australasia's biggest race.
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Admire Rakti to run Cup
The Japanese-owned Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti has been confirmed as a starter for next month's Melbourne Cup despite being penalised an extra half-kilo.
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Fawkner favourite for Cox Plate
The early favourite for Saturday's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, Fawkner has firmed in the betting after drawing gate number four in the field of 14 for the $3.3 million race.
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The Dead Lands
On paper, it seemed Toa Fraser's The Dead Lands would cap off a superlative year for NZ cinema.
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Book Review - For the love of Horses
The Wilson Sisters' Inspiring Journey to Save New Zealand's Wild Horses. Written by Kelly Wilson, reviewed by Lisa Finucane and published by Random House NZ. Audio
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No fault of jockeys in Australian deaths
None of the four jockey deaths in Australia in the past 14 months can be blamed on the rider, the Australian Racing Board says.
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Te Kaha marks Great War departure
Today the HMNZS Te Kaha departed Wellington from Queen's Wharf to mark the hundredth anniversary of the New Zealand troops leaving to fight in World War One.
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Fog hampers crash victim rescue
Heavy fog across the central North Island hindered attempts to rescue a man critically injured when his car hit a horse on a remote road at the top of the East Cape this morning.
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100 years since troops sailed to war
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force - the largest group of men ever to leave the country to fight overseas - left on this day 100 years ago to take part in World War I.
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Scots lose a thriller on the last ball
The former Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori's made his national return against Scotland, in a thrilling one day match at Lincoln - the hosts getting home on the final ball.
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NZ beaten on the GC
The All Black Sevens have made a bad start to the new season, finishing fifth in the opening round of the World Series on the Gold Coast after being beaten in the quarter-finals.
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Shearer decides against bid for leadership
It seems certain now that the contest for the Labour Party leadership will be a three-horse race, with David Shearer announcing he will not be standing along with David Cunliffe. Video, Audio
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Airline pilot banned from driving
A judge says a Singapore Airlines employee is lucky to be alive after his colleague missed a stop sign near Christchurch. The pilot has been banned from driving and must pay $20,000.
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Two newcomers to Sevens team
The NZ Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens has named two newcomers in his squad for the first tournament of the World Sevens Series on the Gold Coast in Australia this weekend.
