Checkpoint

A glitzy premiere for Peter Jackson's new movie The Lovely Bones is underway tonight in the capital. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

The New Zealand Government has made its offer of a 10 to 20 percent cut in this country's carbon emissions conditional on getting favourable changes to the rules on land use, and has been working with… Read more Audio

France is accusing the Australian Government of pushing for rule changes to cover up the country's massive carbon emissions from deforestation. Audio

The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hit in the face at a rally in Milan. Audio

Cabinet has confirmed that the black, white and red, tino rangatiratanga flag is the preferred Maori banner for Waitangi Day. Audio

Two New Zealand pilots are waiting for confirmation they've beaten a world distance gliding record. Audio

Police have arrested some two-hundred people following a demonstration in Copenhagen, where world leaders are continuing to debate how to tackle climate change. Audio

In Thailand police have charged four Kazakhs and a Belarussian who flew into into Bangkok on a cargo plane bristling with 30 tonnes of sanctions-busting weapons from North Korea. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

A construction company has been fined 65 thousand dollars and ordered to pay almost 150 thousand dollars in reparation after two men were killed working on Christchurch's wastewater ocean outfall. Audio

A refrigeration company has been accused of 'creating a bomb' at a coolstore that exploded killing a fireman and injuring seven others. Audio