Checkpoint

A woman fears her son could be severely traumatised if he finds out the Ministry of Social Development published information about his abuse in state care compensation application online. He's one of… Read more Audio

It promised to revolutionise track and field athletics, but instead, Olympic sprinting great Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track has collapsed after just one season. The league filed for Chapter 11… Read more Audio

It's not going to get any cheaper to put on a Christmas feast with all the trimmings. Infometrics has been tracking the cost of a classic Christmas meal for a few years now and the figures are stark… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about revelations that the father and son at the centre of the Bondi terror attack recently visited the Philippines to apparently receive… Read more Audio

Some parents are turning to the gift of a so-called dumb phone this Christmas to limit their children's access to social media. That's a phone that you make calls and send texts on, but they can't… Read more Audio

As mourning for the victims of Sunday's Bondi shooting attack continues for a second day - Australia appears set to implement tougher gun controls as investigations reveal more details about the… Read more Audio

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

Several Kiwi cricketers are vying for a life changing pay day this evening. A host of Black Caps have entered the Indian Premier League auction in Abu Dhabi, giving themselves a chance to become… Read more Audio

Several guide dogs and their handlers have been attacked by roaming or out control dogs in the four weeks. Blind Low Vision New Zeaand says there are parts of South Auckland where they're no longer… Read more Audio

A Dunedin woman caught up in the Bondi beach terror attack says she has only just stopped trembling and been able to get some sleep. Frankie Lewis says tension had been building in the Sydney area for… Read more Audio

Nicola Willis is doubling down on her strategy for getting the government's books back in order - even as new forecasts show yet another delay to that plan. Treasury officials unveiled their half-year… Read more Audio

Just two months ago he was mayor Wayne Brown's deputy chief of staff, but now he is publicly criticising his former boss over a proposed 7.9 percent rates rise. Josh Van Veen left his post after the… Read more Audio