Checkpoint for Wednesday 20 July 2011

6:47 PM.A Ngati Porou leader says the ACT Party leader is trying to buy Maori votes by comparing his party's values to those of the late Sir Apirana Ngata. The Rongowhakaata iwi says the main focus of their… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.Motorbike riders are being encouraged to dob in truck drivers who dump animal waste on the roads. Audio

6:38 PM.Research into detecting cancer in urine has received more than 800 thousand dollars in the latest round of major health science funding. Audio

6:36 PM.A former Fijian army colonel Tevita Mara believes he would be detained and tortured if he went back to Fiji. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:24 PM.Team New Zealand's crew is heading to Europe in the next days preparing for this country's first campaign for 17 years in sailing's premier round-the-world race. Audio

6:22 PM.AMP Capital Investors expect the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates slowly from September as the economy strengthens further. Audio

6:19 PM.The discovery of a second stoat on Kapiti Island is a clear sign of a breeding population on the wildlife reserve, according to the Department of Conservation. Audio

6:16 PM.Ticket sales are slow ahead of this Friday's All Black test match against Fiji in Dunedin. Audio

6:10 PM.The Australian arm of Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp has been told it will have to answer hard questions following the growing phone hacking scandal. Audio

5:55 PM.A judge is poised to rule on whether the Destiny Church co-founder, Hannah Tamaki can carry on with her controversial challenge to head up the Maori Women's Welfare League. Audio

5:52 PM.The Pike River Royal Commission has been told the coal inside the mine was not prone to spontaneous combustion. Audio

5:49 PM.The Crown's to apologise to a Poverty Bay iwi for multiple Treaty breaches that include the unjustified use of military force in Gisborne, and the summary executions of prisoners at Ngatapa in 1869… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The British Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by parliament later today about his decision to employ a former tabloid newspaper editor caught up in the phone-hacking scandal at News of the… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Thirty to fourty jobs are to go at the Christchurch department store, Ballantynes, because of earthquake damage to it's central city shop. Audio

5:40 PM.The Prime Minister has confirmed multiple security agencies investigated the unusual behaviour of a group of Israelis after the February quake in Christchurch. Audio

5:37 PM.The country's export-led recovery is facing fresh wobbles after another fall in dairy prices and a new high for the New Zealand dollar today. Audio

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

5:27 PM.A dissident Fiji military commander who's now in New Zealand is denying accusations he was involved in torture. Audio

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

5:22 PM.The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said the Australian arm of News Corp will also have to answer hard questions following the phone hacking scandal. Audio

5:12 PM.The journalist whose story sparked the speculation today about Israeli spy operations in Christchurch says he is not buying the Prime Minister's claim that the investigations are all over. Audio

5:07 PM.This morning the Prime Minister was refusing to confirm or deny whether a group of Israelis in Christchurch at the time of the February earthquake were spies - saying it was not in the national… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.The Prime Minister rules out Israeli spy action in Christchurch. The World's most powerful media family - the humble apology and the foam pie. Audio