Checkpoint

The best of Checkpoint. Audio

The Booker Prize for fiction in the English language was launched in 1969. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

In late January, the Prime Minister John Key announced Steven Joyce would pick up tertiary education from his ministerial colleague, Anne Tolley, to give her more time to concentrate on her education… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

For the princely sum of one and a half dollars, one of Britain's leading newspapers - The Independent - is now in the hands of a former Russian KGB agent-turned billionaire businessman. Audio

Arab foreign ministers meeting in Libya may pass a new resolution on what they see as Israel's intentions to Judaize Jerusalem. Audio

Israeli authorities have begun distributing new gas masks to every citizen to guard against the possibility of chemical or biological attack. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

New data indicates Fiji's crimes decree could affect the country's HIV rate. Audio

The police have charged an American woman with helping an Aucklander kill herself, but they have no way of extraditing her to face the charge. Audio

The Vatican has attacked the media for its reporting of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Audio