Checkpoint for Monday 5 March 2012

6:50 PM.One of New Zealand most respected jurists and a man who made a huge contribution to Maori has died; Te Putea Whakatupu Trust which was established to promote Maori education, training and research… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.To the UK now, where our correspondent Barney Burnham has the latest British reaction to the desecration of war graves in Libya. Audio

6:41 PM.The organisers of an international justice conference say they asked David Bain to speak because he is a case study of wrongful conviction. Audio

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

6:27 PM.A Christchurch city councillor is now calling for a live televised debate to challenge the Anglican Bishop's decision to demolish the cathedral. Audio

6:25 PM.News from the business sector with Jonathan Mitchell. Audio

6:19 PM.An attack on Commonwealth graves in Libya has prompted a New Zealand veteran to call for them to be exhumed and shifted. Audio

6:13 PM.A private investigator who has extensive experience with international child custody disputes, says New Zealand consulate involvement may have hindered a mother's fight to have her children returned… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.The police in Christchurch fear they could end up with a homicide on their hands if a spate of late night arsons continues. Audio

5:53 PM.A scientist has told the High Court in Auckland that bottles seized by police investigating military style camps in Te Urewera had been turned into molotov cocktails. Audio

5:50 PM.One of New Zealand's most respected jurists, and a man who made a huge contribution to Maori, has died; Te Putea Whakatupu Trust which was established to promote Maori education, training and… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Further to that story, the Labour Party says the New Zealand consul Barbara Welton will lose her job as part of cuts at the Foreign Ministry. Audio

5:45 PM.A private investigator says a New Zealand diplomat may have done more harm than good, trying and failing to negotiate the release of three children in Algeria. Audio

5:41 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner, has found an obstetrician and the Waikato District Health Board failed to properly care for a mother and her baby who died soon after birth in 2009. Audio

5:37 PM.The Labour Department has cancelled all work visas for a Korean foreign charter fishing vessel, because the ship was found to have inaccurate wage records. Audio

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

5:28 PM.About two thousand properties are still without power this evening as linesmen work to restore connections in parts of South Taranaki and Whanganui district following the weekend's storm. Audio

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

5:22 PM.Going for an early morning drive because you can't sleep doesn't seem that unusual unless of course you're eight years old. Audio

5:16 PM.Legislation paving the way for the partial sale of the Government's four energy companies makes it clear a Treaty of Waitangi clause only applies to the Crown. Audio

5:12 PM.Wealthy immigrants who want to their parents to live in New Zealand will move to the front of the queue under immigration changes planned by the Government. Audio

5:08 PM.A court has heard how an alarm rang out in the cockpit of a Pacific Blue plane as it struggled to fly out of Queenstown, with 70 people on board and a storm approaching. Audio

5:00 PM.A Pacific blue pilot is accused of flying recklessly and putting lives at risk. Wealthy relatives will be able to jump the immigration queue and the eight year old who took the family car for an early… Read more Audio