Checkpoint

Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 14 September 2010. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Ninety-five farm workers have been rescued from slave-like conditions by authorities in Brazil. Our Latin America correspondent Daniel Schweimler has the latest on this and other stories from the… Read more Audio

The leading contenders for Auckland's mayoralty have clashed over how to pay for new transport projects and how to boost poorer communities. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The mother of slain policeman, Sergeant Don Wilkinson, has got nothing from her son's two-million-dollar estate because he failed to name her in a will he drew up 25-years ago. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The cost of food has fallen for the first time in three months. Audio

Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage. Audio

The New Zealand Commonwealth Games team is considering pulling out of competition in India next month if it can't be assured security dangers can be managed. Audio

Thousands of school children in Canterbury went back to school today, for the first time since the earthquake nine days ago. Audio

Teams of building inspectors are busy re-assessing homes in the region worst hit by the earthquake and its continuing aftershocks. Audio