Checkpoint

Recovery teams have today entered Pike River mine for the first time since it was rocked by explosions seven months ago. Audio

Recovery teams enter the Pike River mine for the first time since the deadly explosions. A new estimate that 10 percent of children are raised in abusive homes and a warning to be careful buying… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Southern Right Whale, once slaughtered to extinction in New Zealand, is making an appearance again in the shallow sandy bays it likes for giving birth. Audio

The latest now on the scramble by many local councils to get insurance having just been told their existing insurer won't cover them beyond Thursday. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

An economist at the University of the South Pacific is describing the appreciation of the Solomon Islands currency as an unusual move for a developing economy. Audio

Where travellers are anxiously watching which way the Chilean ashcloud blows, and football fans in Argentina have rioted followed their team's relegation. Audio

The country has recorded a smaller-than-expected trade surplus. Statistics New Zealand figures show the country's trade surplus narrowed to 605 million dollars in May, compared with April's record 1… Read more Audio

An expert in the human digestive system has been drafted in to help an ailing emperor penguin with a stomach full of sand and sticks. Audio

Quake-devastated Canterbury estimates it will need to find an extra 13 hundred rest home beds in the next nine years. Audio

Councils around the country are unable to get insurance for up to 30 percent of sewerage and water pipes and what they can get covered is costing two to four times as much. Audio