Checkpoint for Monday 23 April 2012

6:57 PM.A beautifully carved cabinet made by a New Zealand colonial craftsman and stored for decades on top of a wardrobe could be worth tens of thousands of dollars to its surprised Australian owner. Audio

6:51 PM.The Minister of Education has sacked the board of a Northland Maori school that has been resisting an order to close its senior classes. Audio

6:47 PM.A delegation of Ngati Manuhiri people have appealed to MPs to allow their Treaty Settlement Deed to become law; The kohanga movement today began its closing submissions to the Waitangi Tribunal -… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.Whanganui women are being told that the city will have an around the clock acute maternity service until Christmas time at least. Audio

6:37 PM.People in the South Otago town of Milton say they are in the dark about council plans to reduce the town's flood risk. Audio

6:35 PM.Telecom has appointed a former executive to lead the company, after it split from its network arm. Audio

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

6:22 PM.Schools in the country and in poor areas are benefitting from a surpus of teachers looking for work with job vacances at a ten year low. Audio

6:18 PM.The public's health watchdog says a failure by a family doctor delayed a diagnosis of bone marrow cancer for an elderly man. Audio

6:07 PM.Fonterra has bowed to pressure and ordered a final vote on its controversial ownership scheme, saying the split over it is damaging its reputation overseas. Audio

5:55 PM.The small Northland Maori community of Moerewa must decide tonight if it will defy the Ministry of Education - or lose control of its school. Audio

5:50 PM.A military historian is rejecting the claim that Australia's ANZACs were bludgers as a backlash across the Tasman continues. Audio

5:47 PM.The kohanga movement today began its closing submissions to the Waitangi Tribunal - about how it claims the Crown is threatening its survival; A delegation of Ngati Manuhiri people have appealed to… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The two main political parties are at odds over the fairness of the MMP electoral system. Audio

5:39 PM.To Canberra now where the speaker of the House of Representatives, Peter Slipper, has been accused of using his office to foster sexual relationships with young male staffers. Audio

5:36 PM.The Prime Minister is refusing to bow to political pressure over his Government's negotiations with Sky City to build an international convention centre in Auckland. Audio

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

5:29 PM.The parents of Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell - New Zealand's first casualty in Afghanistan - have been presented with the Memorial Cross at a ceremony in Wellington. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.A lesbian who says she and her partner were thrown out of a bar in Wellington for kissing, is planning to complain to the Human Rights Commission. Audio

5:13 PM.A new legal opinion says many property owners in Christchurch's red zone may be entitled to full compensation on their homes - whether or not they were badly damaged by the Canterbury quakes Audio

5:09 PM.Rotorua dairy farmer Lachlan McKenzie, who used to chair the dairy section of Federated Farmers, opposes the TAF. Audio

5:07 PM.Fonterra has bowed to pressure and ordered a final vote on its controversial ownership scheme, saying the split over it is damaging its reputation overseas. Audio

5:00 PM.Farmers win a last chance vote on Fonterra's radical share trading plan. A new legal opinion says many property owners in Christchurch's red zone may be entitled to full compensation on their homes… Read more Audio