Checkpoint

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

The wheels have been put in motion for a number of 'urban rides' to be considered as part of the New Zealand national cycleway. Audio

A young American who worked as a paid assassin for the Mexican mafia says he believes it will be impossible to stop the multi-billion dollar drug cartels Audio

Just days after Ted Kennedy's funeral the late senator's memoir has leaked out ahead of publication. Audio

US President Barak Obama's environmental advisor, Van Jones, has resigned after what he called a vicious smear campaign against him Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Two doctors working in the state hospital system in Queensland say they've made deadly mistakes because of overwork. Audio