Checkpoint for Tuesday 16 November 2010

6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:50 PM.A Plant and Food scientist says supermarket giants are developing their own labels for water footprinting, following the recent carbon footprint drive. Audio

6:45 PM.The Gisborne District Council has been criticised after five bodies from a cemetery south of Ruatoria, fell into the water when a river eroded the land. Audio

6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:28 PM.Facebook's claiming its revamped messaging system isn't an email killer. Audio

6:23 PM.The son of a man killed on a South Auckland marae, says he's happy with the amount of money the company prosecuted has been ordered to pay. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:15 PM.The Auctioneers Association has described as exorbitant, the penalty that Lady Hillary may face for withdrawing the auction of six of Sir Edmund Hillary's watches. Audio

6:05 PM.The kiwifruit canker PSA is hitting seasonal workers, with 20 Tongans being forced to delay their departure to New Zealand. Audio

5:57 PM.A New Zealand made jetpack has made Time magazine's top 50 list of best inventions of 2010. Audio

5:55 PM.The full extent of tax liabilities owed by Terry Serepisos has been revealed in detailed statements made to the High Court. Audio

5:50 PM.In her first interview since being released, the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has called for a"peaceful revolution"in Myanmar - also known as Burma. Audio

5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:45 PM.The Chief Coroner is considering holding a combined inquest into the deaths of three cyclists killed over the weekend. Audio

5:40 PM.Labour has released more information today that it says backs up its claim that Pansy Wong used her ministerial position to support her husband's business interests in China. Audio

5:35 PM.The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says it has no confidence in test results, indicating some pollen is infected with the kiwifruit vine-killing disease PSA. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Todd Mayle and his family owns the land the protestors are occupying. Audio

5:28 PM.A new report shows illness at work could be costing the economy 13 billion dollars a year - but it's not the workers taking sickies who are causing the biggest problem. Audio

5:24 PM.Ngati Kahu protestors have moved back onto land at Taipa Point in the Far North. Audio

5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:15 PM.The director of a company blamed for contributing to the deaths of two workers at a south Auckland marae says their deaths will stay with him forever. Audio

5:10 PM.The Prime Minister has acknowledged that Pansy Wong has more questions to answer about her taxpayer subsidised trip to China last year, and the business dealings of her husband, Sammy Wong, who… Read more Audio

5:05 PM.A high ranking Australian naval officer on a diplomatic posting in New Zealand has been convicted of possessing more than forty-thousand photographs and videos of child pornography. Audio

5:00 PM.Australian Naval Officer guilty of possessing child porn;Pansy Wong has more questions to answer: PM; Crushed workers' deaths stay with manager "forever"; Protestors re-occupy land at Taipa Point… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Early valuations have put a 27-million-dollar pricetag on the immediate gains of a trade deal with Russia. Audio