Checkpoint for Friday 16 August 2013

6:55 PM.Primary and Intermediate school students involved in a kapa haka competition held in Blenheim were left shaken by today's 6-point-2 earthquake; A Northland iwi leader, says Maori need to work together… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.The governing National Party is now starting to look at what new ideas it can present to the electorate, as it eyes a third term in office. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:28 PM.The commercial side of the rebuild of Christchurch has been a faltering affair so far for the building materials company Steel & Tube Holdings. Audio

6:25 PM.Community leaders in the far north town of Pamapuria are vowing to make sure they are never again taken in by a paedophile. Audio

6:22 PM.The Prime Minister says opposition parties don't understand the GCSB bill if they think he's making up promises about it. Audio

6:18 PM.Nominations closed today for candidates wanting to take a tilt at local body elections in October. Audio

6:16 PM.Returning to Seddon, Mark Morgan's home has been damaged - he's with us now. Audio

6:13 PM.The Corrections Minister says she now has Cabinet backing for a new law that will put alcohol detecter bracelets on violent offenders who commit crimes when they're drunk. Audio

6:09 PM.The Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye is with us now. Audio

5:56 PM.An Auckland businessman who killed two former friends in knife fight when they came to evict him from his home has been jailed for the manslaughter of one of them. Audio

5:51 PM.The Building and Construction Minister is threatening to change the law if he has to, so he can force two Auckland building owners to make sure their multi-storey properties are safe. Audio

5:46 PM.Primary and Intermediate school students involved in a kapa haka competition held in Blenheim were left shaken by today's 6-point-2 earthquake; A Northland iwi leader, says Maori need to work together… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Jamie Tehana is at the Wellington Railway Station. Audio

5:40 PM.Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kay has spoken to our parliamentary reporter, Liz Banas, a short time ago. Audio

5:39 PM.Fonterra has place two of its senior managers on leave as it continues its internal investigation into the whey protein botulism scare. Audio

5:39 PM.Kelvin Deaker, the chief financial officer of Marlborough Lines is with us now. Audio

5:36 PM.The floor of the Blenheim police station has shifted and it was evacuated. A multistorey building in Blenheim was evacuated as well as the Blenheim police station. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.The quake's epicentre was near Seddon. Dick Bell is from nearby Haldon Range and owns a dam which is being emptied after July's quake over fears it might break. Mr Bell was up on the dam when today's… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Central New Zealand continues to be rocked by aftershocks since a large earthquake struck at half past two this afternoon, but so far there have been no reports of serious damage or injury. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.Our reporter Cushla Norman is in Thorndon. Audio

5:19 PM.Our reporter William Ray joins us now from Lukes Lane near Opera House. Audio

5:16 PM.We're joined now by GNS seismologist Kelvin Berryman. Audio

5:13 PM.The Transport Agency's highways manager for the Wellington region, Rod James is with us now from the control centre. Audio

5:10 PM.The Wellington City Council's Richard McLean is on the line. Audio

5:07 PM.There've been numerous aftershocks since the big quake which was centred ten kilometres south east of Seddon. It was eight kilometres deep and in the same region as July's 6-point-5 shake. Audio

5:00 PM.Coverage of today's severe earthquake. Audio