Checkpoint for Monday 10 September 2012

6:47 PM.A visiting linguistics expert says the loss of language is more damaging than the loss of land for indigenous peoples; A member of the Taranaki Whanui iwi says a financial investigation into… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Daniel Schweimler begins with Andres Lopez Obrador - the man, who after losing Mexico's last presidential election, has now quit his left-wing coalition to form a new political youth movement. Audio

6:39 PM.The Wellington City Council is more than doubling its contribution to build a national war memorial park. Audio

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

6:25 PM.An Auckland beekeeper is scrambling to figure out why hundreds of thousands of bees have disappeared from his hives, before it kills his business. Audio

6:22 PM.Fisher and Paykel Appliances' stock has reached a three year high after after its cornerstone shareholder, Haier, signalled it intends to make a takeover offer. Audio

6:18 PM.Engineers have questioned the thoroughness of building inspections and whether they're robust enough to pick up sub standard work. Audio

6:14 PM.Misleading its customers has now cost Vodafone almost one and a half million dollars over the last year - the most any company has had to pay for breaching the Fair Trading Act. Audio

6:12 PM.Our Bay of Plenty reporter, Lorna Perry has been gauging reaction from locals - she's outside a sportsbar in Kawerau. Audio

6:06 PM.The Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, says the cut in production at the Tasman Mill in the Bay of Plenty will be devastating for the town of Kawerau. Audio

5:55 PM.The Ministry of Justice is investigating its criminal record checks to find out if they're working properly. Audio

5:52 PM.To Japan now, where the Prime Minister John Key has visited one of the areas worst hit by the deadly tsunami last year. Audio

5:49 PM.The Principal of Kawerau Intermediate School, Daryl Aim, says the halving of production at the town's pulp and paper mill will have a big impact on the Eastern Bay of Plenty town; A visiting… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.People in Shannon are being told to stay in doors with their windows closed after a petrol tanker crashed in the town near Palmerston North, spilling fuel. Audio

5:44 PM.A scientist has told a hearing into new water quality rules for Otago they are a dangerous mistake. Audio

5:40 PM.Teachers have been promised today that there'll be no repeat of the payroll mistakes that meant 5000 of them were paid too little and scores more weren't paid at all last week. Audio

5:35 PM.Hundreds of workers at Norske Skog's paper mill in Kawerau are in limbo over the fate of their jobs with the company announcing it's halving production. Audio

5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:25 PM.For the first time since 1995 the women's final was forced into a deciding third set with Williams surviving a ferocious comeback from the Belarussian who is seven years her junior. Audio

5:17 PM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

5:17 PM.A series of misleading promotions has cost Vodafone nearly one-point-five million dollars - the highest penalty ever imposed under the Fair Trading Act. Audio

5:12 PM.The Chinese firm, Haier, which has a 20-percent stake in the whiteware manufacturer, approached three of the company's major shareholders during the weekend. Audio

5:07 PM.Hundreds of angry and stunned paper mill workers in Kawerau are tonight in limbo over how many will lose their jobs with Norske Skog announcing its halving production. Audio

5:00 PM.More job losses - this time in Kawerau. China eyes-up Fisher and Paykel and Serena Williams wins the US Open. Audio