Checkpoint for Thursday 11 October 2012

6:50 PM.A Waikato based Maori health organisation has welcomed a Government initiative to develop a database of hapu members who can looked after children taken from abusive homes; An Eastern Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.There's never been a better time to buy and eat healthy food, with the cost of fruit and vegetables, like capsicums cucumbers and strawberries, leading a fall in food prices nationwide. Audio

6:44 PM.Labour is making fresh claims about what the Prime Minister John Key knew about Kim Dotcom and when. Audio

6:40 PM.The residents of a leaky Auckland building are thrilled to be given the go-ahead to sue the former North Shore City Council. Audio

6:36 PM.The first of more than 80 ship loads of tourists are about to descend on Akaroa as the cruise season kicks off, but there's trouble brewing on shore. Audio

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

6:27 PM.Wellington's Zealandia is home to a transgender bellbird, possibly the only one of its kind. Audio

6:24 PM.The craft brewer, Moa Group, will list on the stock exchange next month to raise up to 16 million dollars to go toward building a bigger brewery. Audio

6:20 PM.The continuing fallout over Maori water rights has claimed a high profile casualty within Maoridom. Audio

6:08 PM.The Children's Commissioner, Russell Wills, is backing the Government's plan to identify and closely monitior at risk families to keep vulnerable child safe from abusers. Audio

5:56 PM.New Plymouth's only free youth health clinc is to close because of a lack of money. Audio

5:52 PM.The Obama administration's handling of the fatal attack on a US consulate in Libya last month, has become a major election point, just weeks before Americans go to the polls. Audio

5:49 PM.A 15-hundred strong security force will be present at the 10th anniversary commemorations of the Bali bombings. Audio

5:46 PM.The Mataatua Assembly which is a collective of ten Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi , has told the Prime Minister it wants control of granting water consents; A Waikato based Maori health organisation has… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Government is to put families under greater surveillance as it attempts to tackle child abuse and neglect. Audio

5:37 PM.A Canadian naval officer has pleaded guilty to handing over secrets to Russia in a four-year espionage operation, during which he had access to intelligence from Australia and New Zealand. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.Angry protestors determined to save the historical Cranmer Courts in Christchurch disrupted a council meeting this morning and were thrown out. Audio

5:24 PM.Lawyers say councils could now be liable for any building consents they grant to commercial properties following a landmark Supreme Court ruling today about a leaky Auckland building. Audio

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

5:17 PM.Lance Armstrong stands accused of cheating his way to the top of cycling with the most elaborate doping operation ever, with the evidence, all one thousand pages of it, released earlier today by the… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Listening to that is the chief social worker at Child Youth and Family - Paul Nixon. Audio

5:08 PM.The Social Development Minister is being accused of ignoring the high rates of child poverty in New Zealand, in her new proposals to tackle the abuse of vulnerable children. Audio

5:00 PM.Profiling thousands of families to stop child abusers. The case for how Lance Armstrong cheated his way to the top and Bob Parker clashes with protestors in the council chamber. Audio