Checkpoint

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

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

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

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

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

We live in an era of food innovation where chefs push the boundaries with cutting-edge technology and unusual ingredients. Audio

Survivors of the Nazi's Auschwitz concentration camp and leaders including the Israeli prime minister and Polish president have taken part in a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation… Read more Audio

The finding of severed pigs' heads at two mosques in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur has highlighted the current volatility of the relations between the country's different religious communities. Audio

Australia will tell the United Nations that it will cut carbon pollution by no more than five percent by 2020 in the absence of a world agreement on slashing greenhouse gases. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Political tension is escalating in Sri Lanka where the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse has been declared the winner of the bitterly fought presidential poll. Audio

New Zealand is to return to a voluntary labeling system for imported timber, leading to calls for an urgent Government rethink. Audio