Checkpoint for Friday 4 November 2011

6:57 PM.Local politicians in Wellington are at odds with a group wanting to create a supercity. Audio

6:53 PM.Alarm's been raised in Papua New Guinea that the government could be interfering with the judiciary. Audio

6:50 PM.Women's Refuge is backing the National Party's plan to double the penalty for people who breach protection orders but says police need better training in combating domestic violence. Audio

6:46 PM.A guardian of te reo and a mad-keen surfer has died - shocking colleagues and his Taranaki tribe; The Maori Party says the latest jobless figures show a "shock jump" in the number of unemployed Maori… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.The Green Party has announced where it will make its biggest financial commitment for the election. Audio

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

6:27 PM.In business news, an economist says the Auckland property market continues to flatline. Audio

6:09 PM.At the end of a tumultous week of campaigning the Labour Party has released the costings of its election promises. Audio

5:55 PM.Maritime New Zealand says salvors onboard the container ship Rena are worried about buckling getting worse where the vessel hangs over deeper water. Audio

5:48 PM.The Maori broadcaster, surfer and te reo advocate, Te Kauhoe Wano, has died at the age of 49; The Crown will attempt to heal more than 170 years of hurt for members of Auckland's largest hapu tomorrow… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Political reporter Julian Robins joins us. Audio

5:41 PM.More now on Labour Party's much-anticipated election costings, with the party promising to clear debt in a decade's time and return the country to surplus by 2014/15. Audio

5:38 PM.Demoliton work on the leaning tower of Christchurch - the quake-damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor - is finally about to begin. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.The insurance company Vero is digging its toes in over paying out millions more dollars to the Port of Lyttelton for earthquake repairs. Audio

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

5:21 PM.The police have refused to take the stage with Tiki Taane but they did lend him some uniforms for his performance at the New Zealand music awards last night. Audio

5:18 PM.Relatives of the victims of February's earthquake in Christchurch are backing a new police inquiry into how people were rescued in the aftermath of the disaster. Audio

5:14 PM.A Rotorua lawyer who took nearly a million dollars to send to West Africa as part of an online banking scam has been convicted of fraud. Audio

5:12 PM.Steven Joyce, a National Party finance spokesperson, comments. Audio

5:08 PM.Labour's laid out the cost of its election promises but National's immediately labelled the figures shonky, as the fight over financial credibility goes on. Audio

5:00 PM.Labour lays out spending plans, National calls them shonky; National responds over Labour's costings; a lawyer who was himself scammed is convicted of fraud; a new inquiry into the quake rescue… Read more Audio