Checkpoint

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The first two red-zoned properties in Christchurch have been bought by the Government, with eight more sales to be completed this week. Audio

New Zealand Oil and Gas will initially receive just over 41 million dollars as part of the insurance settlement over Pike River Coal. Audio

One of the only remaining New Zealand Olympians from the 1948 London Games was honoured at Wellington's Olympic Museum today. Audio

The IRB's tournament director of the Rugby World Cup - Kit McConnell - is on the line now from Auckland. Audio

A day of meetings about Auckland's Rugby World cup transport debacle has still not sorted out how things will be fixed in time for upcoming games. Audio

A payout deal is being offered to scores of unsecured creditors still owed millions of dollars from the Pike River mine disaster. Audio

The Royal Commission investigating the Pike River mine disaster has heard that the day before the fatal explosion a safety co-ordinator reported that an emergency phone wasn't working but was told not… Read more Audio

A teenager who survived a crash that killed three people has told about riding in a car that the Crown says was deliberately driven into the path of an oncoming bus. Audio

A founder of the National Kapa Haka competition, Te Matatini, is criticising the Prime Minister for not using Te Reo Maori at the opening of the Rugby World Cup on Friday; A Tuhoe leader is adamant… Read more Audio

The Australian Sam Stosur might have won her first grand slam title at the US Open but the ugly antics of her opponent Serena Williams are also making headlines. Audio

A payout deal is at last being offered to scores of small West Coast firms still collectively owed millions from the Pike River disaster. Audio