Checkpoint

The All Black coaches have made significant changes to their side following a third straight loss to the Springboks for Saturday's final tri-nations match against Australia in Wellington. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Prime Minister is refusing to say his deputy Bill English acted morally by claiming a ministerial housing allowance for a home owned by the English family trust. Audio

The police in Christchurch are working with the Kenyan consulate in Australia as they try to track down a man wanted in connection with the death of a man and the violent attack on a woman in the… Read more Audio

They are protesting against the use of palm kernel animal feed on Fonterra dairy farms. Audio

Three Greenpeace activists who boarded a ship off the Tauranga port have now been arrested and removed - 12 of their group are still on board negotiating with police. Audio

It's a year today since the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed precipitating the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Audio

The last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before she lost her head on the executioner's block goes on public display in Edinburgh tomorrow. Audio

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a national day of mourning for a young fighter pilot who's jet crashed during a training exercise on Sunday. Audio

Need something else to worry about - how about the bacteria that come spraying out of your shower? Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

A survey of baby boomers which found the majority want to continue working after retirement age, has been criticised by unions as skewed and unrealistic. Audio