Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Up to 10 tonnes of export-quality New Zealand lamb is stranded in transit at airports throughout the world. Audio

The blanket of potentially hazardous ash shrouding Europe is continuing to cause serious disruptions to international air travel. Audio

The Icelandic volcano which began erupting last Thursday is continuing to spew ash into the sky - leaving some neighbouring areas pitchblack during the day. Audio

A report by accountancy firm KPMG says New Zealand's agribusiness sector has as little as five years before being undercut by other nations developing intensive farming. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

An uncrewed aircraft operated by the American space agency NASA is getting scientists excited. Audio

The U.S. President Barack Obama's national security advisors have confirmed they're considering a broad range of options to curb Iran's nuclear programme among them military strikes. Audio

The ACT party says New Zealand is being misled over the true cost to taxpayers of the emissions trading scheme. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

This year's the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean war. Audio

Survivors are still being found under the rubble in Jiegu high on the Tibetan plateau where last week's earthquake killed more than seventeen hundred people. Audio