Checkpoint

Keen whitebaiters on the West Coast have been hitting the streams today for the start of their whitebait season, just over two weeks later than the rest of the country. Audio

Australian and New Zealand diplomats have visited the site of a plane crash that killed four people and are returning to Papua New Guinea. Audio

A telecommunications users' group says it is confident a decade long court battle over Telecom's use of its market power couldn't happen again. Audio

Dr Benjamin Isakhan is with the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Audio

The Police say the success of seizures of Methamphetamine is causing the street price of the drug to steadily rise, and the drug to be dilluted in strength. Audio

A group of researchers in Rotorua are embarking on a project to turn the town's sewage into fuels and plastics. Audio

The lawyer for a Supreme Court Judge under investigation over allegations of bias has asked the High Court to set aside a Judicial Conduct Commissioner's report on his client. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

An Australia-bound Qantas flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in San Francisco after an explosion blew a hole in one of it's engines. Audio

A 54 year-old woman has appeared in the Wellington District Court today, accused of possessing more than $400,000 worth of methamphetamine. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The Victorian Government in Australia is asking the state's regulator to look into the possibility of banning betting on cricket games that involve Pakistan. Audio