Checkpoint

United Kingdom correspondent Adam Hollingworth spoke to Lisa Owen about Australian footballer Sam Kerr being cleared of racial harassment, people still fighting for Margaret Thatcher's legacy 50 years… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

There will be both romance and rugby balls in the air this Valentine's Day as the Super Season kicks off in Christchurch on Friday night, the first lineups for the year have just been named. Sports… Read more Audio

Cook Islanders are bracing for potential backlash from a controversial partnership deal with China, which is expected to be finalised any moment now. The planned comprehensive strategic partnership… Read more Audio

Manawatū residents at a higher risk of developing bowel cancer are vowing to fight a pause on surveillance colonoscopies at Palmerston North Hospital. Some have already gone private to ensure they get… Read more Audio

There's claims some fishy regulation changes are on the way. A proposal to shake-up the fisheries act could see access to camera's on boats blocked and unwanted catches dumped at sea rather than… Read more Audio

There's an on-going stand-off over land use on Christchurch's Port Hills, a year on from the damaging blaze that forced more than 100 people from their properties and destroyed a container home.The… Read more Audio

Warmer ocean currents and calm weather around the South Island are thought to be some of the reasons big game fish are being hooked further south this season. Fisherman on both the east and west… Read more Audio

Warren Gatland has stepped down as Wales coach midway through the Six Nations, with his team on the worst run of results in the country's proud rugby history. The New Zealander's departure was… Read more Audio

Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris deliberately misled the House last year when he denied calling MPs liars, Parliament's Privileges Committee has found. The committee recommended Mr Ferris be required to… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about South Korea itching to speak with Donald Trump after the president placed tariffs on one of the country's key exports, steel and a Japanese… Read more Audio

Two teenagers living in rural Hawke's Bay are hitch hiking to school after their bus was canceled. The Brown whanau lives on a family farm on Aropaoanui Road, which connects to State Highway Two north… Read more Audio