Checkpoint

Dairy prices have helped New Zealand's commodity exports post their largest monthly rise on world markets in 22 years. Audio

The New Zealand government has pledged further financial assistance to help rebuild the areas devastated by the Pacific tsunami. Audio

It appears Hawke's Bay farmers are now being allowed back inside a police cordon on a case by case basis. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The government's celebrating a slow down in unemployment - but the past month still saw 15-hundred new unemployment beneficiaries. Audio

The country's biggest privately-owned dairy farming enterprise has been put into receivership, following reports that the operation owes about $200,000,000. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Relief aid work in both the Samoas stopped today as national church services took place to remember the victims of the tsunami. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Metservice weather ambassador Bob McDavitt agrees the weather was very unusual for this time of year and says we could see a repeat on Friday. Audio

The New Zealand Transport Agency says a 'freak weather occurance' - not poor planning - caused hundreds of people to be left stranded in their cars in freezing conditions overnight. Audio

Our reporter Heugh Chappell is at the edge of the police cordon just north of Norsewood - he joins us. Audio