Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The government of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki is coming under fire, not only for failing to stop attacks but also for downplaying the violence in Iraq. Audio

The US President Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize, but at the same time spoke of what he called just wars. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The ship heading the search for a sunken World War II hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 gets underway this weekend off the Australian coast. Audio

A radical proposal to keep young Maori drivers safe on New Zealand roads should be for all people on low incomes not just Maori according to the president of the New Zealand Institute of Driver… Read more Audio

After five days of climate change talks in Copenhagen the world is not on track to keep global warming to two degrees, let alone the tougher limits small island nations are demanding. Audio

Sir Robert Jones has told business leaders of his radical plan to remove all vehicles from Wellington's central city and create a golden mile shopping mall, complete with old fashioned trams and bikes… Read more Audio

The Atheist Bus Campaign is looking for donations to run adverts on buses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next year. Audio

Negotiators are returning to the mountains on a southern island in the Philippines to try to free more than 50 people taken from a school and surrounding homes by armed tribesmen. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

President Obama has defended the right of the US to wage what he calls 'just wars' after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Audio