Checkpoint for Thursday 24 November 2011

6:52 PM.Researchers say the public should be worried about how often politicians push through legislation under urgency with no good reason. Audio

6:48 PM.The widow of a man whose whanau stole his body from Christchurch to the North Island just over four years ago, says they need to apologise for what they did; Meanwhile a lawyer representing James… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.A West Coast MP has taken the first step towards laying a prosecution against the Department of Labour over the fatal Pike River disaster. Audio

6:37 PM.New research has found discrimination is rife against Indians trying to find work in Auckland. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:24 PM.Pro MMP campaigners say Saturday's referendum on the voting system is a two horse race between MMP and what New Zealand had before, First Past the Post. Audio

6:20 PM.New Zealand's air navigation service provider, Airways, held its first public meeting today, and says demand remains patchy and future growth is likely to come from Asia and the Middle East. Audio

6:16 PM.There are fears now that the eurozone debt crisis is spreading into the powerhouse German economy after what some are calling a disastrous effort by Berlin to raise money. Audio

6:13 PM.The minor parties are talking up their chances of playing a major role in the next Parliament and saying who they won't work with. Audio

6:11 PM.A little over a day away from the general election and the last television opinion polls have just been released. Audio

6:08 PM.The Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, says it is outrageous that official information around the partial sale of state assets is being withheld. Audio

5:56 PM.Children have been moved out of earthquake risky classrooms at a Wellington school, raising the pressure on officials to say just when and how schools will be quake proofed. Audio

5:52 PM.In the United States, the FBI's charged seven men from a breakaway sect of the Amish religious community with hate crimes, after a series of attacks in which other members forcibly had their beards… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.More murder charges have been laid against the nurse who's accused of deliberately lighting a fire in a Sydney nursing home. Audio

5:46 PM.An Auckland accountant who's been administering the affairs of a financially troubled Northland Maori incorporation Matauri X, is stepping aside from the job after eight years; The widow of a man… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.A miner at Pike River at the time of the first explosion has told the Royal Commission that he wasn't able to get any training in hydro mining, despite being in charge of a crew carrying out the work.

5:40 PM.The National Party says there have been no cuts to this year's billion dollar plus police budget. Audio

5:36 PM.The lawyer for a man given five months home detention for helping his terminally-ill mother die says the sentence will help those lobbying for a law-change. Audio

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

5:22 PM.The pilot who survived a dramatic helicopter crash at Auckland's waterfront says he's lucky to be alive, but plans to be up in the air again soon. Audio

5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:16 PM.A demonstration by school-children and their parents stopped the Governor General in his tracks in Moerewa today. Audio

5:13 PM.Financial market players are sceptical about John Key's prediction that partially privatised assets will stay overwhelmingly in local hands. Audio

5:09 PM.Don Grant wants to be able to help his wife Yoka De Houwer die when her cancer gets too much. Audio

5:06 PM.A man sentenced to five months' home detention for helping his terminally-ill mother die says the law was hellbent on convicting him at any cost. Audio

5:00 PM.A man who helped his mother die hits out after being sentenced. Market players question John Key's state assets optimism and "I'm lucky to be alive" - the crashed chopper pilot speaks up. Audio