Checkpoint

Labour's tax credit package was worth $630 million over four years. The chief executive of Business New Zealand Phil O'Reilly says companies would love that amount of money but it's just not possible.

The Labour party says the government's big boost for business research and development is nowhere near big enough. Audio

The Kingmakers in Britain's post election negotiations say an agreement for a new government could be reached in the next day. Audio

The Prime Minister is at loggerheads with Tuhoe, with the iwi saying it was led to believe an agreement in principle on the return of the Urewera National Park was imminent. Audio

Prime Minister at loggerheads with Tuhoe; Conservatives make final offer to Lib Dems; and new grant scheme replaces R and D tax credit. Audio

Lebanon and Israel have not always seen eye to eye but now they're fighting over who can make the largest serving of hummus. Audio

An 83-year-old Indian holy man, who says he has spent seven decades without food or water, has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Audio

The Crusaders rugby team is offering #5 tickets to this week's game to anyone without a job. Audio

Russia's celebrated the 65th anniversary of the end of what it calls the Great Patriotic War. Audio

Britain's Conservative Party says coalition talks with the Liberal Deomcrats are going well. Audio

Having previously said there was no link, the United States now says it has evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted bomb attack in Times Square in New York on May the first. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio