Checkpoint

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged his governing Labour party not to give up despite trailing badly in opinion polls. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Revelations in Australia that a company executive who helps run a shipping container operation at one of the country's biggest ports is one of several figures who authorities have connected to… Read more Audio

Soldiers are continuing to terrorise civilians in the capital of Guinea after massacring more than 150 opposition protesters earlier this week. Audio

A powerful typhoon has killed at least 31 people and forced 170,000 to flee their homes in central Vietnam. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Rescuers in the Philippines are still recovering bodies from floodwaters as funerals begin for nearly 250 people known to have been killed by Typhoon Ketsana Audio

David Reid brings an update on the second confusing warning. Audio

A Northland seismologist says the information put out by authorities about today's tsunami was confusing and potentially dangerous. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

The New Zealand Defence Force already has an aircraft on its way to assist Samoa with a sea-search for survivors. Audio

The biggest waves to hit our shores were 75 centimetres high - in the Chatham Islands. Audio