Checkpoint

The legal aid system looks set to be overhauled following a scathing review which estimates more than 200 lawyers could be rorting the scheme. Audio

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradei, has expressed frustration at Iran's refusal to accept an international proposal to end the stalemate over its nuclear ambitions.

A long-running wool industry legal battle will head back to the courts after the Supreme Court threw out a previous ruling on the grounds of judicial bias. Audio

The Australian government is being criticised over its handling of the kidnapping of Australian journalist, Nigel Brennan, and his Canadian colleague, Amanda Lindhout, in Somalia. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Commonwealth leaders are gathering in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean for a heads of government meeting that is likely to focus strongly on climate change and the global recession. Audio

A South Auckland barrister is rubbishing suggestions from Dame Margaret Bazley that up to 80 percent of lawyers working at the Manukau District Court are rorting the legal aid system. Audio

In Australia, the politics of climate change is throwing the federal opposition into complete dissaray. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The last remaining manufacturing workers at Lane Walker Rudkin's Christchurch plant have been told they will be out of a job by Christmas. Audio

An Auckland mother-of-nine will spend five years in jail for beating and abusing her son. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio