Checkpoint for Thursday 2 June 2011

6:55 PM.Inland Revenue says it will pursue defiant student loan defaulters through the courts even if the costs of legal action is more than the debt. Audio

6:51 PM.The owner of many central Christchurch buildings says property owners are up in arms against what they regard as overly cautious restrictions on getting into the red zone. Audio

6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:42 PM.Opponents of oil and gas drilling off the east cape of the North Island are supporting a bill that would increase environmental controls in deep waters. Audio

6:38 PM.The government's early childhood taskforce wants an urgent review of the care of under-fives at home. Audio

6:35 PM.Hundreds of locals in quake-ravaged Lyttlelton have told the City Council how they'd like their half-demolished town to look in the future. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:20 PM.The Government plans to introduce a new Resource Management Act in the Exclusive Economic Zone and extended Continental Shelf. Chatham Rock Phosphate wants to mine on the seabed of the Chatham Rise… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.The tougher speeding restrictions which have been in force over recent long weekends will now be made permanent for every holiday period. Audio

6:12 PM.A lack of work has led to layoffs and down sizing in the road building and general contracting industry. Audio

6:08 PM.New Zealand is to take command of the United States -led fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden but is not sending a frigate. Audio

5:57 PM.Celebrities who make false statements while endorsing financial services could face a fine of up to a million dollars, under new laws that are being drafted. Audio

5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:43 PM.Government Ministers have been testing out Auckland's public transport ahead of the World Cup. Audio

5:39 PM.The Corrections Department's chief executive Ray Smith is with us. Audio

5:36 PM.In the first case of its kind in New Zealand a former guard who smuggled hard drugs, fast food and a cellphone into Rimutaka Prison, has been jailed for two years three months. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Five foreigners have been arrested in connection with two jewellery heists, totalling more than seven-hundred-thousand dollars. Audio

5:25 PM.Mils Muliaina's decision to chase the big money in Japan appears to have galvanised most Waikato rugby fans. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.Transpower is pledging to carry out an investigation into the death of a worker, and the serious injury of another, at a remote site near Wellington. Audio

5:16 PM.The government's early childhood taskforce wants an urgent review of the care of under-fives at home. Audio

5:11 PM.The main agency that supports foster families is appalled at the publicity over the Hemaras' prosecution. Audio

5:08 PM.Two former Child Youth and Family foster parents and their daughter are facing 38 charges of abusing four boys who lived with them. Audio

5:00 PM.Foster parents charged with abuse - should their names have been suppressed? The government's early childhood taskforce wants an urgent review of the care of under-fives at home and Mils Muliaina… Read more Audio