Checkpoint for Wednesday 18 April 2012

6:56 PM.Wellington's hosted the first street party out of 200 events round the world to mark one-hundred days to go till the London Olympics. Audio

6:54 PM.About 50 people are marching in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes against what they say was violent treatment by the police. Audio

6:46 PM.Te Papa Tongarewa has ruled that cases carrying Maori ancestral skeletal remains returning from overseas will stay shut during official welcoming ceremonies at the national museum; A South Taranaki… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.Geologists in the US are warning man-made earthquakes are on the rise. Audio

6:36 PM.Opposition parties are calling for the Government's negotiations with Sky City for a new Auckland convention centre to be stopped. Audio

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

6:23 PM.The cell transplant research company Living Cell Technologies is planning to implant pig cells in the human brain as part of a clinical trial to treat Parkinson's disease. Audio

6:19 PM.More and more New Zealanders are surviving cancer, according to Otago University researchers. Audio

6:12 PM.Old soldiers want a stiffer penalty than the law allows for an Otaki man who pretended to be a Vietnam vet and pleaded guilty today to wearing medals he hadn't earned. Audio

6:08 PM.Forecasts are being slashed for the country's biggest export earner, dairying, after a ten per cent slump in Fonterra's auction prices. Audio

5:56 PM.The first case of internet piracy under the much debated three strikes warning regime could soon be before the Copyright Tribunal. Audio

5:49 PM.Almost 250 students were kicked out of Otago University last year, as it made good on a promise to crack down on those who don't make the grade. Audio

5:46 PM.A South Taranaki tribe says it's not happy with the level of consultation by the Crown over Government plans to increase mining and oil drilling; Te Papa Tongarewa has ruled that cases carrying Maori… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.Opposition parties are calling for the tender process for an Auckland convention centre to be re-opened, as controversey on the Government's deal, grows. Audio

5:35 PM.An Auckland rest home and a hospital have been ordered to pay compensation for illegally keeping a 43-year-old woman in a secure dementia unit for more than a year. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:25 PM.A former president of the Otaki Returned and Services Association who admitted wearing Vietnam War medals that he wasn't entitled to has been described as delusional. Audio

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

5:17 PM.Warwick Issacs is now the man in charge of the blueprint to rebuild the city centre. Audio

5:14 PM.The rebuild of central Christchurch has been taken out of the control of the city council and will now be managed by a newly formed unit within the Government's Earthquake Recovery Authority. Audio

5:10 PM.John Gregan converted his sheep farm near Timaru to dairying four years ago, and now milks 900 cows. Audio

5:07 PM.Forecasts are being slashed for the country's biggest export earner, dairying, after a dramatic dive in Fonterra's auction prices. Audio

5:00 PM.A shock dairy price slump. The Christchurch rebuild is taken out of council control and a former RSA president admits wearing war medals he never earned. Audio