Checkpoint for Thursday 16 August 2012

6:51 PM.A South Auckland retailer says a local high school's threat of legal action over uniform sales is unfair. Audio

6:48 PM.The MP for the Maori electorate of Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, is backing a local kaumatua who says a serial rapist will need help, when he settles in Whanganui; Chile's envoy to New Zealand says… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A sweeping immigration policy has come into effect in the US and has young illegal citizens flocking to apply for the right to live and work openly in the country. Audio

6:39 PM.To Australia now, where an inquiry into a disastrous ultramarathon in which runners got life-threatening burns has released its findings. Audio

6:36 PM.The inquiry into the February 2011 collapse of the CTV building has heard it was built using loopholes' in the building code of the day that were permitted. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:20 PM.Solid Energy says job cuts can't be ruled out as it struggles to cope with plunging coal prices and a persistently high New Zealand dollar. Audio

6:12 PM.Opposition parties demanded to know under what circumstances the Government finds it acceptable to release private information about New Zealand citizens, without their consent, in Parliament this… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.A new survey has found just under half of pensioners are finding retirement much tougher than they expected and a large number are borrowing to get by. Audio

5:57 PM.The National Party MP, Maggie Barry, is facing accusations her cross-party group on palliative care is simply being used as a front to oppose euthanasia. Audio

5:53 PM.A kiwi dad has been hailed a hero after saving his young from rising floodwaters, but here's the twist, in this case kiwi refers to the bird. Audio

5:49 PM.The MP for the Maori electorate of Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, is backing a local kaumatua who says a serial rapist will need help, when he settles in Whanganui; There are hopes an annual report… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.New Zealand researchers say they've proved babies don't have a moral compass - a finding that casts doubt on a landmark 2007 Yale study which suggested infants could distinguish between 'goodies and… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.The High Court has ruled America's Federal Bureau of Investigation must let the MegaUpload founder, Kim Dotcom, see evidence to be used against him in his extradition case. Audio

5:39 PM.A case involving serious allegations of sexual and physical abuse has been brought to an end by the trial judge, who ruled evidence from the children involved was too unreliable to go before the jury.

5:36 PM.The government has moved to reduce the death toll in the commercial fishing industry which has an injury rate double that of mining. Audio

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

5:24 PM.A new survey has found just under half of all pensioners cannot afford retirement. Audio

5:23 PM.A fisherman who spent four months in hospital after a maritime accident which killed two of his crew is backing the government's move to slash the sector's injury toll. Audio

5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.Parliament's Speaker Lockwood Smith has given the Social Development Minister a severe telling off as she tried to answer questions on poverty this afternoon. Audio

5:15 PM.An experienced skydiver whose parachute failed to open properly above Motueka this afternoon has been badly injured. Audio

5:12 PM.The pilot of the skydiving plane that crashed killing nine people at Fox Glacier had a history of illegal stunts, according to the CAA. Audio

5:08 PM.The fishing company Sanford may pull out of using its American port now it's been found guilty by a US jury of dumping oily waste into the waters off American Samoa and falsifying log books. Audio

5:00 PM.The fishing company Sanford is found guilty by a US court. A sky diving pilot with a history of risky stunts and struggling to survive in retirement. Audio