Checkpoint

The road from Christchurch to Kaikoura will remain closed after another slip came down just as it was about to be re-opened. Audio

Barak Obama's campaign officials have condemned the lyrics of a song by one of the Senator's favourite rap stars, Ludacris. Audio

A Coroner has heard evidence that the deaths of 3 teenage girls in a car crash cannot be blamed on the driver texting. Audio

There has been a setback to hopes of restoring traffic on State Highway One from kaikoura into Christchurch. Audio

The immigration service says the man alleged to have reversed his car into a police officer is an illegal immigrant. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Today Parliament descended into farce as Minister Winston Peters again ducked and dived questions about donations. Audio

Antonie Dixon is on trial for the murder of James Te Aute, and for seriously injuring two women with a samurai sword in 2003. Audio

Several hundred Tuhoe people traveled to Parliament to witness the process of settling the iwi's Treaty of Waitangi claims. Audio

Few passenger trains are running into or out of Wellington and there are long queues for them due to a point's fault. Audio

The Commerce Commission has won a Court of Appeal case preventing two supermarkets from takeover offers for the Warehouse. Audio

40 passengers on board a cruise ship north of Auckland are nursing cuts, bruises and sprains after the vessal suddenly rolled. Audio