Checkpoint

Hundreds of mourners have packed a hangar at Ohakea Air Base today, for the military funerals of three airmen killed in the ANZAC Day Iroquois crash. Audio

Simon Hayes's wife owns the children's clothing store Rockies which is on lower Beach Street in Queenstown. Audio

Our Queenstown reporter Steve Wilde is at the lake front. Audio

Lake Wakatipu is rising and predicted to flood Queenstown streets overnight. Audio

The American defence secretary Robert Gates has accused Syria and Iran of supplying increasingly sophisticated rockets and missiles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Audio

The price of Diesel is continuing to increase, and it seems to be closing in on the cost of petrol. Audio

Police in Yemen have arrested several al-Qaeda suspects after a suicide bomber tried to kill Britain's ambassador on Monday. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Just over a week out from Britain's general election, a highly respected think-tank has criticised all the major parties for failing to explain how they'd repair the country's public finances. Audio

The sister of the slain school principal and Bay of Plenty regional councillor, Hawea Vercoe, says she is surprised the killer has been released on bail. Audio

An independent audit of patient care at Hawkes Bay's Hospice has found there's a dysfunctional relationship between staff and management, and the current working environment is unsustainable. Audio

With new figures out on youth crime, MPs have been warned that more of today's child offenders will become tomorrow's youth offenders unless there is proper intervention. Audio