Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The British couple who've been held hostage by Somali kidnappers for more than seven months have appeared in an interview filmed by a Somali journalist. Audio

Tony Oliver, who has just returned from working in Haiti as a field coordinator for the United Nations Office for Project Services - or UNOPS Audio

In Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in flimsy tents. more than four months after a powerful earthquake rocked the island. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

BP says its latest operation to stem the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan. Audio

A Canterbury University engineer has been asked to take part in a NASA funded project working on the next generation of space craft. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A survey of tourism operators in New Zealand has revealed they are divided over whether the Government should go ahead with mining proposals for protected conservation land. Audio

Tougher conditions are to be imposed on the wind machines used to fight frosts on Marlborough vineyards. Audio

The state-owned farming company Landcorp says it's looking at putting in a bid for 16 Crafar family farms because of public pressure. Audio

The country's first electronic bookstore was launched today. Audio