Checkpoint for Monday 18 July 2011

6:50 PM.To UK now and some of the stories making headlines - the biggest of course, the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Audio

6:47 PM.Obituary: One of the most influential women in the renaissance of Te Reo Maori, Dame Kahurangi Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, has died at the age of 78, and is lying at Ohinewaiapu marae, near Ruatoria… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.The Law Commission is reviewing credit repossession laws after anecdotal reports of money lenders repossessing basic household necessities to intimidate customers. Audio

6:37 PM.Commercial property owners are facing not just higher insurance premiums following the Christchurch earthquakes, but also the prospect of much higher excesses. Audio

6:34 PM.The families of some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry disappointed the Government is refusing to pay for lawyers for them at the Royal Commission of Inquiry. Audio

6:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:26 PM.The Automobile Association says further roading improvements are needed to lower the road toll in Waikato. Audio

6:23 PM.Nestle Health Science has taken a stake in the Auckland-based company, Vital Foods. Vital makes kiwifruit-based digestive health products, including Kiwi Crush and Phloe. Audio

6:17 PM.A man convicted of murdering an Auckland college student says the conviction is faulty because a juror had an improper conversation with the trial's registrar. Audio

6:11 PM.Dominick Stephens, the chief economist at Westpac bank, joins us. Audio

6:08 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says he expects inflation to come back under control in the long-term. Audio

5:57 PM.Meanwhile, workers trying to recover the miners' bodies trapped inside Pike River mine are weighing up two options for advancing further, one of which has the edge because it's safer. Audio

5:54 PM.A DOC worker says it wasn't his department's responsibility to raise concerns about the Pike River company's delays in building a second exit from the mine. Audio

5:51 PM.Obituary: Dame Kahurangi Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira of Ngati Porou has died at the age of 78, and is lying at Ohinewaiapu marae in Rangitukia, near Ruatoria; The police have dropped an investigation… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Reports loan sharks are using oppressive tactics including reposessing children's toys and medicines has prompted a review of credit reposession laws. Audio

5:39 PM.About 2000 people have marched in South Taranaki to protest against threatened cuts to health services. Audio

5:36 PM.Police are refusing to say whether or not Anthony Ratahi was armed when he was shot dead after a 12-hour siege in Taranaki at the weekend. Audio

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

5:28 PM.The former head of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper wing has been released on bail following her arrest over the phone-hacking scandal. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:23 PM.The head of the Noel Leeming Group John Journee joins us. Audio

5:20 PM.New figures show annual consumer price inflation rising at its fastest rate in 21 years. Audio

5:18 PM.Nearly two-million dollars worth of cheques sent to quake-damaged households in Christchurch have gone missing in the mail, or may have even been stolen. Audio

5:15 PM.A man is dead after a police pursuit in South Auckland. Audio

5:11 PM.Our correspondent Farhad Peikar joins us from Kabul. Audio

5:07 PM.New Zealand's SAS troops have been involved in another gun battle in the Afghan capital Kabul. Audio

5:00 PM.NZ SAS troops involved in another gun battle in the Afghan capital Kabul. Another fatal police pursuit, this time, in South Auckland and Police investigate missing cheques for earthquake damage in… Read more Audio