Checkpoint

Our reporter, Tom Furley, is next to the slumped bridge in Upper Hutt. Audio

Sixty people in Akatarawa near Upper Hutt in Wellington are cut off tonight because floodwaters have taken out their local bridge. Audio

Our Queenstown reporter Peter Newport has been following the case from the beginning and was part of the team which dug up the wreckage.sh Audio

Tim Burfoot is TAIC's Chief Investigator says it's not the best outcome but is defending the original investigation as thorough and useful. Audio

Victims' families feel betrayed but the Transport Accident Investigation Commission is refusing to apologise to them over its investigation into the Fox Glacier skydive crash Audio

The bungled investigation, into the Fox Glacier skydiving crash. Flood waters buckle a bridge and sixty people are cut off and first a two million dollar french painting and now he's stolen a rare… Read more Audio

Christchurch's two neighbouring councils are surprised to hear that they may be asked to contribute to the cost of some of the city's major amenities. Audio

A world-first study has found a hormone commonly used to induce labour in pregnant women can also help children with autism. Audio

The deputy mayor of Christchurch is up in arms against the prospect of the fast-food restaurant Wendy's being allowed to sell alcohol. Audio

A woman who deliberately burnt her toddler's hands and left the burns untreated for months is tonight beginning a 5 year jail sentence. Audio

In his first major speech since losing office, former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has called on European leaders to close their borders to asylum seekers or risk imperilling their nations. Audio

The Labour Party is calling the rejection of an Iraqi-born woman from enlisting in the army stupid and ill-informed. Audio