Logan Church

Hundreds of Samoan civil servants are right now fanning out across the island to help vaccinate anyone who hasn't had their measles shot.

RNZ's reporter in Samoa is Logan Church. Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

The death toll of the measles epidemic… Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so almost all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

All government branches will… Video, Audio

A Victim Support group in Samoa is having to quarantine children in their care as the country struggles to deal with a measles crisis. The Samoan government announced yesterday that most government… Audio

District hospital staff in Samoa say more people are coming to get vaccinated as the death toll from measles continues to rise.

Forty-eight people are now dead due to measles - most of them children.

Traditional Christmas community gatherings are being cancelled in Samoa as the death toll from measles continues to climb.

One in 50 people on the Pacific island has been infected with measles - and… Audio

Let's begin in Samoa where Christmas celebrations are being cancelled in as the death toll from a measles outbreak continues to climb. 48 people - mainly children - have now died. Our reporter Logan… Audio

A controversial 'healer' in Samoa, who attacked a Checkpoint crew who tried to talk to him, has been shut down by authorities as the measles crisis escalates. Video, Audio

A roof has collapsed, buildings are damaged and two people are injured after a tornado slammed into Christchurch on Monday afternoon.

The weather in the central city changed suddenly after 1.30pm… Video, Audio

An investigation is underway into how two Australians fell to their deaths near Queenstown.

Sixty-two-year-old Brett Alexander Lentfer and 44-year-old James Harry Spaile were on a guided climbing… Video, Audio

There is still a month to go before summer, but the Christchurch City Council is already planning to introduce water restrictions - and there is no end in sight for chlorination. Water is a… Audio

Now to a story about a penguin and a pub.

The owner of the Criterion Hotel, on Harbour Street in Oamaru, was left stunned when some tourists handed her a little penguin chick over the weekend, after… Video, Audio

Checkpoint can reveal that Southern Response has had to apologise to Gerry Brownlee's office after having sent him false information at least once.

It came after a simple request from homeowner Jean… Video, Audio

"They were just numbers" - that's how a quantity surveyor describes how Arrow International treated customers during his time working there.

Arrow International - which collapsed earlier this year -… Video, Audio

Some Canterbury homeowners are worried that missed earthquake damage to concrete slabs could result in another big bill for the taxpayer.

This comes only weeks after EQC told Checkpoint that the cost… Video, Audio

The former Minister for Southern Response Megan Woods says while it's too early to call for a criminal investigation into the state insurer, the issue of the double detailed repair analysis (DRA) and… Video, Audio

Former Southern Response customers are questioning whether the state insurer should be investigated under the Crimes Act for deceiving its customers.

It comes after a High Court ruling last week… Video, Audio

Another day, another Southern Response no-show. And Christchurch homeowners are asking where the company's chief executive Anthony Honeybone and its board chairman Alister James are, and why neither… Video, Audio