Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Bush administration faces legal and political mess after Supreme Court rules over rights of Guantanamo detainees. Audio

Both countries have been warned to prepare for a shift in global economic and strategic power towards the Asia Pacific. Audio

A secondary principals group is backing a call from a leading education researcher to scrap the so-called decile system. Audio

The Police are looking for the author of an anonymous letter, which gave information relating to the disappearance. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been arrested again and a third of the population are in need of humanitarian aid. Audio

The parents of a man beaten in a Whakatane police station have told the Tauranga District Court of their shock. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The sole survivor of the Panmure RSA robbery has won a Supreme Court appeal allowing her to sue the state for negligence. Audio

Thousands of people from one area of southern China alone die every year from air pollution. Audio

California has laws in place which require farm bosses to give workers water and breaks as well as to provide shade. Audio