Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The U.S. President Barack Obama has told a forum on job creation in Washington that only the private sector can solve the problem of American unemployment. Audio

Senior doctors have been told to stop whingeing and help the health sector change in the face of unprecedented funding challenges. Audio

The possibility of fresh prospecting at the Talisman mine on the Coromandel Peninsula has been raised with the granting of a commercial gold mining permit. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

About 100 employees of a Delmaine Fine Foods subsidiary are being asked to move from Tauranga and Christchurch to Auckland, if they want to keep their jobs. Audio

The police in Christchurch are appealing for help from the public to find a man who mugged an 86-year-old woman. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The surge in Auckland's house prices has prompted a warning that over-valued properties could hurt householders when interest rates rise again. Audio

Despite being on leave from Parliament, Hone Harawira has been named as the MP who will lead any political campaign pushing for Maori representation on the Auckland super council. Audio

The co-owner of the struggling finance company Hanover, Mark Hotchin, has faced the wrath of investors at a meeting in Christchurch. Audio

A woman has been shot dead in broad daylight on one of Warkworth's main streets north of Auckland. Audio