Checkpoint for Friday 5 October 2012

6:54 PM.Driving at night in New Zealand is three times more dangerous than in other developed countries - and lighting could be to blame. Audio

6:52 PM.The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has challenged secondary school teachers to pronounce Maori and Pasifika students names correctly; The Post Primary Teachers' Association is surprised by the… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.The Prime Minister may have thought a flurry of inquiries, investigations and reviews into the illegal surveillance of Kim Dotcom would have put the whole saga to rest, but that has not been the case… Read more Audio

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

6:26 PM.The Christchurch property developer, Amherst Properties, has been given the green light to develop an office and retail block just outside of the central business district. Audio

6:23 PM.The Director of Civil Defence, John Hamilton, says he wants to make sure that community groups and his agency work together more effectively during an emergency. Audio

6:18 PM.The head of the Civil Defence has rejected one of the major recommendations in a report on how to improve the response to the next big disaster. Audio

6:10 PM.A new treatment that injects cells from a piglets brain into the brains of people with Parkinson's disease is one step closer. Audio

6:07 PM.A soldier has been found dead after a five-hour stand off at the Linton Army Camp, near Palmerston North. Audio

5:54 PM.Seismologists studying the Canterbury earthquakes say aftershocks from the September 2010 quake were so unusually strong because of the type of rocks along the faultline. Audio

5:48 PM.The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has challenged secondary school teachers to pronounce Maori and Pasifika students names correctly; The Post Primary Teachers' Association is surprised by the… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.As Ports of Auckland workers rally to mark more than a year of their bitter industrial dispute, the Maritime Union is warning the company will lose more staff if the standoff isn't resolved soon. Audio

5:42 PM.The Courts Minister has called for a fresh report into Oamaru's historic courthouse after the local council said the cost for earthquake strengthening was about 10 times too high. Audio

5:36 PM.A new investigation has found the management of the rescue effort at the CTV building where 115 died in last year's February earthquake, wasn't good enough. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Health officials are warning that touching farm animals can be lethal, after a three year old Canterbury girl became critically ill from bottle feeding a lamb with unpastuerised milk. Audio

5:22 PM.The Corrections Department is backing away from suggestions it might start telling the police about who fails its pre-employment drug tests. Audio

5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:11 PM.The head of the Civil Defence has rejected one of the major recommendations in a report on how to improve the response to the next big disaster. Audio

5:07 PM.A soldier has been found dead after a five-hour armed stand off at the Linton Army Camp, near Palmerston North. Audio

5:00 PM.Soldier dead after Linton standoff. Confusion and inefficiency put people at risk in February quake. Prisons back away from police alert on drug tests. Health officials warn touching farm animals can… Read more Audio