Mary Wilson
Seismologist John Ristau
Seismologist from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences. Audio
Christchurch resident Colleen McDonald
Colleen McDonald is in Kaiapoi and says water pipes have burst and there are cracks in the roads. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 2 September 2010
Expect long delays at Auckland emergency departments as radiographers strike. The Government calls for major changes to child support and the Government is proposing a 10 per cent cut to SuperGold… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 25 August 2010
Roy returns to Parliament, DHB's won't rule out more radiographer suspensions, Former MP told he has tarnished charity reputations, Australia's independents start negotiations with Labor and the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 23 August 2010
Sweeping changes to restrict the sale of alcohol. Three people found dead in Feilding and 33 miners trapped deep underground in Chile make contact with rescuers. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 20 August 2010
Missing 4-year-old's bike was found near the river, Investigators interview Oyang 70 survivors, Australian Election campaign into final few hours, Auckland man arrested for organising child sex tours… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thurday 19 August 2010
Rodney Hide says he's no bully. There's still no sign of the missing four-year-old Gisborne boy and Bollard issues warning ahead of GST hike. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 18 August 2010
The double murderer John Barlow is to be released from prison. Hopes fade for three men still missing after a fishing trawler capsizes and a police dive squad joins the hunt for a missing 4-year-old… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 13 August 2010
The housing market has fallen to a new low, Panel speaks about plans to address neurosurgery row, Hundreds make it off Mt Hutt, Melbourne crime family patriarch shot dead and Antarctic whisky all… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 12 August 2010
Manufacturing adds more gloom to economic outlook, Market analysis from RNZ's Business Editor, Transport Minister issues warning over super city pledges, Skiers stranded by high winds at Mount Hutt… Audio
Checkpoint top stories for Wednesday 11 August 2010
Funeral service held for Lt Tim O'Donnell, Remembrance services for fallen soldier held in Christchurch and Wellington, Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rise, Any new project over 25-million has to… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 10 August 2010
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 10 August 2010. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 9 August 2010
Security staff at Christchurch hospitals get stab-proof vests. Farmers lash out at a new attempt to clean up the Manawatu River and more rain is forecast for flood-ravaged Pakistan. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 5 August 2010
More details about the deadly explosion that killed a New Zealand soldier in Afghanistan. A jump in the unemployment rate and Government department bosses are told expensive nosh-ups have to stop. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 4 August 2010
The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan says he died doing what he loved. A fall in prices for the country's highest export earner and mobile phone companies are told to cut prices or the… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 3 August 2010
Public servants in the firing line, more jobs and higher wages and the first study of women who almost died giving birth has found more than one third became critically ill because of medical mistakes… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 2 August 2010
Fury from five cleared Feltex Directors that a case against them ever made it to court. The Corrections Minister won't rule out the possibility a prisoners knife came from a guard and a sporting… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 28 July 2010
MPs are told not to make the Rugby World Cup awash with Alcohol. A grieving mother wants to know why cars powerful enough for the racetrack are allowed on city streets and accusations of espionage and… Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 27 July 2010
Civil Aviation confirms a flight out of Queenstown did breach the rules, 200 foreign students are caught up in a suspected immigration fraud and calls for a review of the flight training industry. Audio