Checkpoint

"It's darkest before the dawn and it's dawn now," that's according to Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr, after the Official Cash Rate was cut for the first time in more than four years. The 25 basis… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about one of Australia's top television networks in damage control after allegations of bullying, sexism, assault and exploitation that have left… Read more Audio

A document leaked to RNZ shows that Dunedin hospital staff are reporting about 500 incidents a year of theatre instruments were found to be contaminated. The report found the sterilisation centre is… Read more Audio

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

The Wellington Phoenix have signed a young, dual sporting superstar.16 year old Luke Brooke-Smith from Hamilton has put pen to paper, locking him in at the Capital for three years, sports reporter… Read more Audio

The government believes lifting the nearly thirty year moratorium on gene technology outside of the lab will bring productivity and climate gains for New Zealand and also health advances, like gene… Read more Audio

Woolsworth supermarket is being accused of being tone deaf, after asking staff to voluntarily dress up as Disney characters at their own expense as part of a store promotion, despite being locked in a… Read more Audio

The government's proposal to shake up Te Arawhiti, the office for Maori Crown relations is only a few hours old and is already coming under fire. It's been described as an attack on the place of Maori… Read more Audio

A forensic pathologist said he cannot determine the exact cause of death of an Auckland woman the Crown believes was murdered by her husband. Dr Kilak Kesha carried out the autopsy examination of… Read more Audio

Today, the Court of Appeal heard arguments from lawyers for Gail Maney and Stephen Stone, who are appealing their convictions for the 1989 murder of West Auckland man Deane Fuller-Sandys. Stone is… Read more Audio

Rules around genetic engineering are set to be loosened, with the government saying New Zealand is decades behind other countries. Opposition parties are open to a conversation about about allowing… Read more Audio

The All Blacks are looking to put their shock loss to the Pumas behind them as quickly as possible, as they seek the comfort of Eden Park in the return test this weekend. New Zealand return to the old… Read more Audio