Checkpoint

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Securities Commission's chairman wants harsher penalties given to fraudsters. Audio

A bill that makes significant changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme has passed its first reading in Parliament amid heated exchanges about it's true value and cost. Audio

An international student from Avondale College who stabbed his Japanese teacher in the back has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and his family's been ordered to pay $10,000 in reparation. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Northland hospice has lost a major source of funding because it can no longer sell home-made jam at it's charity shop. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A real estate agent who fought off a violent kidnap attempt says she has no doubt her attacker will reoffend yet again if released from jail. Audio

New Zealand joined a staged walkout during the Iranian President Mahmoud Amadinejad's speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Audio

Matthew Farrell was in Sir Howard's hometown of Rotorua, and joins us from outside the Ohinemutu Marae. Audio

Wi Wharekura is the last surviving member of the Howard Morrison Quartet. He lives in Australia and says he got the news of Sir Howard's death early this morning. Audio

He's called New Zealand's Greatest Entertainer. Today Sir Howard Morrison died at his home in Rotorua, aged 74. Audio