Checkpoint for Friday 29 January 2010

6:58 PM.Archaeologists in Italy say they've discovered the source of the Aqua Traiana, a 19-hundred year old aqueduct. Audio

6:57 PM.In a few hours the former British Prime Minster Tony Blair will be questioned in public for the first time about his decision to enter the war against Iraq. Audio

6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:38 PM.Focus on the year ahead. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:29 PM.With just two weeks to go before the Vancouver Winter Olympics organisers have nearly everything in place, except for one crucial thing - snow. Audio

6:27 PM.Evacuation efforts are continuing for tourists stranded by devastating mudslides and heavy flooding near Machu Picchu in Peru. Audio

6:24 PM.Further evidence pointing to unseaworthy ferries being allowed to sail in Tonga has emerged at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:16 PM.A New Zealand health study suggests there is strong public support for the sale of tobacco to be stopped by 2020. Audio

6:14 PM.The mayor of the Far North, Wayne Brown is fuming over a new transport plan he says will be bad for tourism. Audio

6:11 PM.New Zealanders are starting to turn their backs on credit cards in favour of more traditional forms of borrowing. Audio

6:08 PM.A former Afghanistan analyst at the US State department says plans to buy off low level Taleban fighters and re-integrate them into Afghanistan society is a 'pipedream' in the current climate. Audio

5:58 PM.The reclusive American author J.D. Salinger has died at home in New Hampshire at the age of 91. Audio

5:57 PM.We cross to the Australian Open in Melbourne with our tennis correpondent Dave Luddy. Audio

5:55 PM.The country's largest sporting event, the Masters' Games, begins in Dunedin tomorrow, and more than 350 people over the age of 70 are registered to compete. Audio

5:51 PM.A politically-charged scientific voyage into whales left for Antarctica this evening. The former rock star and now Australian Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has been in Wellington to launch the… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A former fundraising manager for the disability support organisation IHC has admitted defrauding her employer of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Audio

5:44 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:42 PM.Australian police investigating the disappearance of a former top New Zealand business executive have confirmed they are now looking for a body. Audio

5:39 PM.The Governor of the Reserve Bank has launched a defence of monetary policy in which he says there are few workable alternatives. Audio

5:36 PM.The electricity lines company Vector is going head-to-head with Telecom in the contest to build an ultra-fast Internet network in the Auckland region. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.Tourism and hospitality bosses in Wellington are downplaying a flurry of big events in the capital as their single biggest chance to cash in this year. Audio

5:24 PM.Telecom says discussions regarding compensating customers are now 'well advanced' after its second major XT mobile network fault in as many months. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:17 PM.World leaders have backed a multi-million dollar fund to woo Taleban fighters back into society, in an attempt to weaken Afghanistan's deepening insurgency. Audio

5:13 PM.Telecom says there will be an independent review of its XT mobile network following its second major fault in as many months. Audio

5:11 PM.Two detectives have been attacked by gang members in Gisborne and knocked unconscious outside a house in the suburb of Kaiti. Audio

5:08 PM.The man who murdered his wife and neighbour then buried their bodies under what's become known as the House of Horrors in Christchurch has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years. Audio