Checkpoint

The government is threatening to pull the plug on the Auckland waterfront venue for the Rugby World Cup, unless the wrangling over a one hundred year old cargo shed can be resolved. Audio

The government ups the anti on the venue for Auckland's party central. A new partnership between Queenstown and Auckland Airports and Moko the dolphin appears to have died. Audio

If you apply for asylum in Britian because you are gay the most likely outcome is that you'll be told to go home and keep quiet about it. Audio

New South Wales Police are pushing ahead with their plan to crackdown on motorcycle gangs. Audio

The British government says it will hold an independent inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of terror suspects abroad. Audio

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims that his presidential campaign received 150-thousand euros in illegal party financing. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Government is being warned a regional processing centre for asylum seekers is an Australian election issue and it should not become involved. Audio

President Obama and the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met at the White House in an attempt to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. Audio

The head of the group which paved the way for a rise in GST says the Government needs to do more to boost New Zealanders' savings. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has written to Barak Obama telling him the spy scandal the erupted last week will not damage relations between the two countries. Audio