Checkpoint for Thursday 21 July 2011

6:48 PM.The Maori Women's Welfare League says it's not disappointed the High Court has ruled the co-founder of Destiny Church, Hannah Tamaki, can run for president; A public forum on the Nga Puhi treaty… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The first of Christchurch's high-rise buildings to close after the February earthquake has reopened. All the tenants of the12-storey HSBC Tower are now back in the building which has been extensively… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A group opposed to a new flyover around the Basin Reserve in Wellington is accusing the Transport Agency of trying to buy off the city council with a new cricket pavillion and stand. Audio

6:37 PM.With the United Nations now declaring a famine in parts of southern Somalia, the aid agency World Vision is seeking promises of safe access for humanitarian workers from the armed groups in the… Read more Audio

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

6:28 PM.The number of people leaving the country to live in Australia is at one of its highest levels on record, as strong aftershocks continue to drive people out of Christchurch. Audio

6:26 PM.The Principal Youth Court Judge says military style camps will not reduce re-offending on their own. Audio

6:21 PM.The Auckland Council's funnelling hundreds of thousands of dollars of ratepayers' money into a campervan park in the CBD, leaving some holiday camp owners fearing they may miss out on business. Audio

6:18 PM.People's confidence in the Christchurch rebuilt has taken a knock following June's aftershocks, with almost 20%planning to leave the city. The UMR survey has found a few days before the June quakes… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.A picture of the Sydney Opera House has appeared in a terrorism and military training online magazine produced by al-Qaeda. Counter-terrorism officials in Australia say there's no immediate threat. Audio

6:07 PM.John Key has landed in Washington for a two day visit, during which he will meet with President Obama and push the case for a comprehensive free trade deal with the US and eight other pacific… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.Christchurch police were pelted with bottles by drunken students last night - after officers moved in to close down a party in Riccarton Road that about 250 people attended. Audio

5:52 PM.The Principal Youth Court Judge says military style camps will not reduce re-offending on their own. A new progress report is out on the eight month old Fresh Start scheme which uses community based… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A public forum on the Nga Puhi treaty claims has failed to resolve a stand off over how they should be managed; The Maori Women's Welfare League has been ordered to issue a new batch of voting papers… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.New papers show Treasury officials have accepted more than 200 gifts in the past year mostly from the major banks. The freebies include ninety-eight free lunches, sixty free dinners, as well as… Read more Audio

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

5:28 PM.A Hamilton accountant has been sent to jail for stealing more than four million dollars from family trusts. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.The Destiny Church's co founder has partially won her court case, forcing the Maori Women's Welfare League to let her run for President. The High Court has ruled the league acted unlawfully leaving… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.What's being billed as the largest phone scam ever reported in New Zealand could be costing the country ten million dollars. Audio

5:15 PM.A relative of the man shot dead by police in Taranaki last weekend called it murder as he was taken for burial. Anthony Ratahi had taken his former girlfriend hostage with a handgun in the Headlands… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The chief executive of the Pike River coal company has come under intense questioning about how miners would get out of the Pike mine in an emergency. Audio

5:07 PM.New papers show Treasury officials have accepted more than 200 gifts in the past year mostly from the major banks. Audio

5:00 PM.Treasury staffers accept 200-plus gifts, The latest from the Pike River Royal Commission, Key to push Trans Pacific trade deal in Washington, Relative of man shot by police calls it murder, Global… Read more Audio