Checkpoint

Chinese premier Li Qiang met with New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington yesterday and visited the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research this morning, Liu Chen reports.

An $80,000 reward has flushed out more than 70 new leads in the hunt for fugative Tom Phillips and his three children and police say a number of them ARE credible, Acting Detective Inspector Andrew… Read more Audio

Another pressure point for crime in Auckland is the CBD - and the area in and around Queen street. Police say they've upped their foot patrols by about 58 percent. But that hasn't been enough to… Read more Audio

K Road locals call for more support for City Mission residents Audio

86 year old Margarent Lemm from Gore speaks to Lisa Owen about collecting 38,000 pens over the years, she is looking for someone to take over her collection. Audio

RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall previews the Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals match between the Blues and the Brumbies. He speaks with Lisa Owen. Audio

Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Lisa Owen about Justin Trudeau's comments that he considered stepping down from his role of Prime Minister, the Canadian government's claiming to be a… Read more Audio

Visual journalist Marika Khabazi asked people how often they travel to Auckland's CBD and if it's easy to get a carpark. Audio

Andrew Krukziener speaks to Lisa Owen about the Save Queen Street Society taking Auckland Council to the High Court over its decision to sell the Down Town Carpark building to developer Precinct… Read more Audio

Premier Li Qiang arrived in Wellington this morning - for what is the highest ranking official trip from China here in seven years, Craig McCulloch reports. Audio

A detective told a key witness in the Scott Watson case he was "lying" when he initially said Watson wasn't the man he had seen on the night Ben Smart and Olivia Hope were murdered, Ruth Hill was in… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about climate change and renewable energy remaining a hot topic in Australian politics after Peter Dutton's U-turn on net zero targets. Audio