Checkpoint

The Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology and chair of the Vice-Chancellor's Committee, Derek McCormack, joins us. Audio

Universities and polytechs have been put on notice with the government announcing that in two years time up to ten percent of their funding will be based on how well their students are doing. Audio

China's moving more than 300 thousand people as part of a massive engineering project to transfer water from the wet south to the arid north. Audio

The politically fraught subject of people smuggling is expected to be high on the agenda when the Australian prime minister meets Indonesia's President in Canberra this week. Audio

Haiti's national football team has taken part in a special match against a team of former soccer stars from across Europe. Audio

There are reports that up to 11 people have been killed in a large explosion outside a Federal Investigative Agency in Lahore in Eastern Pakistan. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Insurance companies in Australia are still counting the cost of a once-in-a-century hailstorm that hammered Melbourne. Audio

A new type of slippery goo could be used to stop pirates boarding ships. Audio

We cross to the UK and our correspondent in London Barney Burnham. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

For the first time a genetically modified potato developed by a German company has permission to be grown in Europe. Audio