Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Three British-born Muslims have been found guilty of plotting to bring down seven transatlantic airliners with homemade liquid bombs Audio

The eldest sister of a young boy who was critically injured has told a court their mother instructed her not to tell anyone she'd 'whacked' him. Audio

Ministers are putting on a brave face over a a new system for housing allowances in Wellington, even though some stand to miss out on thousands of dollars a year. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

People living in houses built on a former dump in Napier say they are more angry about the past being raked up than the chemicals which may lie beneath them. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

In a rowdy Question Time in Parliament the Prime Minister John Key has defended the decision to send the SAS back to Afghanistan. Audio

The family of a Whangarei woman killed by the police during an armed hold-up say they don't blame the officer responsible. Audio

Tens of thousand of Auckland commuters have been saved from days of chaos - at least for now - with a last minute break through in the bus drivers pay dispute. Audio

Our political reporter Julian Robins is with us. Audio

It's not in the same league as the pie and the penthouse, but the discovery of a Treasury official's notebook on a Wellington street is causing some embarrassment. Audio