Checkpoint

The US President Barack Obama is to set up a panel to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Audio

The International Crisis Group is calling on governments to support an independent investigation into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka. Audio

Government MPs in Canberra have seized on the opposition leader Tony Abbott's admission that he isn't always entirely accurate when he's in the heat of verbal combat. Audio

The Prime Minister has commissioned a report on how to reduce the rate of death and injury amongst teenagers. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

You can download mobile phone software from the internet for almost anything from finding a restaurant to checking train times. Audio

Members of the Pacific population are hoping the budget will bring education and training programmes to stem the rising unemployment rate among its young. Audio

The further south you are from Auckland, the slower your broadband is likely to be. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

The Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson has broken his silence over the controversy relating to Tuhoe's claim for the Urewera National Park. Audio

A contractor working to repair phone lines in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill says it appears they were deliberately damaged. Audio

The primary teachers' union says it is taking legal action to force the Ministry of Education to honour an agreement on teacher pay. Audio