Checkpoint

The Australian Foreign Minister Steven Smith, who's on a visit to India, says people there are finally getting the message that every effort is being made to protect international students and their… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Auditor-General has announced she will investigate the ministerial credit card spending of the former minister Phil Heatley. She says that it is still possible spending by other ministers will… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A cash-strapped village in Germany has found a novel way of raising money. Audio

A group of Pro-Life Democrats in the US House of Representative say they are prepared to derail the passage of health care legislation over the issue of abortion. Audio

The most comprehensive study carried out to date confirms that dinosaurs were wiped out by a giant asteroid. Audio

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe who has ruled since independence in 1980 has said he'll consider running for re-election. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Green Party co-leader has spent part of the summer on a Dirty Rivers Rafting Tour, in which he has been taking a first-hand look at the state of New Zealand's waterways. Audio

The government says it's confident the Waikato Expressway, a four lane road linking Auckland to Cambridge, will be completed on time by 2020. Audio

Two Pentagon security officers have been wounded by a gunman shooting at them from themain entrance to the US Defence Department headquarters. Audio