Checkpoint

Frustrated Christchurch home-owners have delivered a 3000 strong petition to the government, calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into shoddy earthquake repairs. Audio

Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee, makes an unprecedented attack on the new chief ombudsman, Judge Peter Boshier, and is roundly condemned for it by opposition speakers led by Labour's Trevor… Read more Audio

A five-year-old American girl who doesn't know she is going blind has met Pope Francis as part of her parents' "visual bucket list" to show her special people and things before she loses her sight. Audio

The first members of New Zealand's sprint cycling Olympic team was announced today in Cambridge. Our sports reporter Matt Chatterton asked Sam Webster about his hopes for Rio. Audio

A Pakistani man has threatened to hang himself on the Greek island of Lesbos as hundreds of refugees protest their deportation to Turkey. Audio

The Queenstown-Lakes District Council is taking a stand against Wicked Campers. The council's chief executive is Mike Theelen. Audio

The structure of both the Ministry of Social Development and Child Youth and Family are up in the air following a major review of how they deal with vulnerable children. Political editor Chris… Read more Audio

A crowd-funding campaign has been set up for a young Canadian boy hoping to join his aunt in New Zealand, after his mother, grandmother and grandfather all died within four years. Audio

France plans to put Panama back on its blacklist of tax havens in the wake of the "Panama Papers" affair. Sara Hemrajani from Reuters reports. Audio