Checkpoint

News from the business sector including a market report Audio

The country's securities watchdog has laid both criminal and civil charges against another finance company. Audio

Listening to that was the general manger of the Historic Places Trust's northern region. Audio

The Auckland Regional Council and the Government are now in a standoff over the multi-million dollar development of 'party central' for the Rugby World Cup next year. Audio

Pete Bethune's wife Sharyn Bethune is on the line. Audio

The anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune has been given a suspended two-year prison term in Japan. Audio

The anti-whaling protester Pete Bethune has been sentenced in Tokyo. What now for Auckland's Rugby World Cup party central and teenagers take over Parliament's debating chamber. Audio

As the Football World Cup enters its final week another kind of international tournament is underway in South Africa. Audio

The British Film Institute has issued a list of 75 missing movies , it hopes it can recover. Audio

Fiji's revised budget for 2010 estimates the country's net deficit will be about 159 million dollars by the end of the financial year. Audio

On the eve of a crucial US summit, Israel has won cautious international praise for a further easing of its blockade of the Gaza strip. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio