Checkpoint

The Act Party's had a grilling over its views on foreshore and seabed ownership this week by Northland people - pakeha and Maori. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

A lawyer for the Judicial Conduct Commissioner has today defended his handling of complaints made against the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Bill Wilson. Audio

An economist says an unexpectedly strong rebound in dairy prices, signals that demand is improving, but supplies remain tight because of the drought in Russia. Audio

The British media have been making much of what Tony Blair has revealed about his relationship with Gordon Brown in his memoir, 'A Journey'. Audio

Some fathers who pay child support say the current system is failing them and doing more to destroy families than help them. Audio

Aucklanders are being warned they face very long delays at hospital emergency departments this weekend as striking radiographers once again escalate their action. Audio

Australian authorities will use explosives to euthanise a 12-tonne whale stranded on Western Australia's south coast tonight. Audio

A new round of direct Mid-East peace talks is underway in Washington. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

A conference has been told not to wait for the Queen to die, but to start now on the road to becoming a republic. Audio

A recidivist drink driver has been sentenced to four years in jail for killing a woman in a head on crash while drunk and disqualified. Audio