Checkpoint for Friday 27 July 2012

6:53 PM.ANZ National is being urged to increase its signage in te reo Maori; Labour says Maori health providers hold the key to making sure the appropriate messages in health campaigns reach their… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.Parliament has this week passed the biggest constitutional changes to the dairy industry since Fonterra was formed more than a decade ago. The controversial Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Act… Read more Audio

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

6:22 PM.A body representing company directors says the conviction of the National Finance director, Carol Braithwaite, is a reminder that board members are accountable for the documents they sign off. Audio

6:14 PM.Auckland councillors will be asked to re-think whether council agencies should continue to use money from pokie trusts. Audio

6:11 PM.The Bill to raise the minimum wage looks set for defeat before it barely gets off the starting blocks. Audio

6:07 PM.A world-first study triggered by a New Zealand veteran has found that an insecticide soldiers used decades ago could be linked to genital deformities and breast cancer in their children. Audio

5:55 PM.The capital city has finally got its sign - the word Wellington spelt out with the last letters symbolising a wind gust. Audio

5:50 PM.ANZ has an engineering report which says the building is quake prone and would collapse in a magnitude 5 or 6 shake. Audio

5:47 PM.ANZ National is being urged to increase its signage in te reo Maori; Labour says Maori health providers hold the key to making sure the appropriate messages in health campaigns reach their… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.A comedian who admitted committing an indecent act on his daughter when he was drunk has been re-sentenced and ordered to serve eight months' home detention. Audio

5:39 PM.The MP for Papakura and Auckland's Independent Maori Statutory Board are at loggerheads over what Judith Collins considers to be unsatisfactory information provided to her by the board. Audio

5:37 PM.The police are speaking to a 29 year old Whangarei man after a woman was found dead this morning in a local stream. Audio

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

5:27 PM.Chris Burke loves mountains - and she's just become the first New Zealand woman to climb the seven highest on each of the seven continents. Audio

5:24 PM.69 pieces of ivory have been seized from a house in Napier after a carved elephant tusk addressed there was intercepted. Audio

5:18 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:15 PM.The mother of an Auckland man says it's totally unbelievable an experienced hunter could shoot him dead in the bush at close range. Audio

5:10 PM.The Defence Force says DBP was widely used in New Zealand and overseas until the mid to late 70s and was phased out after that. Audio

5:07 PM.A world first study triggered by a New Zealand veteran has found that an insecticide soldiers used decades ago could be linked to deformities and breast cancer in their children. Audio

5:00 PM.Deformities could be linked to insecticide used by soldiers, Toxicologist on world-first findings, Auckland mother disbelieving after hunter pleads guilty over death, 69 pieces of ivory seized in… Read more Audio