Checkpoint

A shortage of housing continues to drive up prices in our biggest cities while slow sales in the provinces means the picture is very different. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

A controversial $28,000,000 performing arts centre proposed for Nelson is dividing the region. Audio

The Warehouse is rejecting a claim by the National Distribution Union that work conditions at its stores have deteriotated following recent restructuring. Audio

Climate scientists are predicting a typical El Nino summer : cool, dry and windy. Audio

The most senior British foreign policy adviser to former prime minister Tony Blair has been giving evidence at the public inquiry on Britain's role in the decision to invade Iraq. Audio

After months of debate the US President Barack Obama is set to spell out an expanded US commitment to the war in Afghanistan. Audio

The head of the Law Society is heading to the Manukau District Court to find out what's behind claims that up to 80 percent of lawyers practising there are gaming the legal aid system. Audio

The skipper is still Pete Bethune - his job is to help disrupt the whalers by intercepting their harpoon vessals and also using a new weapon - Tiki Taane at very high volume. Audio

Constable Clinton Hill is on trial in the High Court in Auckland for the manslaughter of George Harris in 2004 who was killed by a street sweeper as he ran away from police. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

US federal authorities say they'll be filing papers in the Australian courts to try and get the New Zealand born spam merchant Lance Atkinson to pay a $21,000,000 fine. Audio