Checkpoint for Tuesday 23 October 2012

6:50 PM.A Tuhoe leader says the Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a penetrating, sound and honest report on how the Crown treated the iwi and Te Urewera over the past 116 years; The former chairman of the… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.To Latin America now, where Cuba's former leader, the 86 year old Fidel Casto has written an article strongly condemning rumours that he's on his death bed. Audio

6:38 PM.The Whanganui District Council has backed down on issuing trespass notices against sex offender Stuart Murray Wilson. Audio

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

6:28 PM.A new defence agreement between New Zealand and the Philippines has been signed at Parliament this afternoon. Audio

6:25 PM.New Zealand Oil and Gas won't be taking a stake in an offshore Taranaki field after existing permit holders exercised their rights to increase their holdings. Audio

6:22 PM.Five of this country's rarest kiwi have been airlifted to a new home on pest-free Motutapu Island. Audio

6:13 PM.Too many teenagers are being held in police cells for too long. Audio

5:56 PM.Many people saving for retirement through Kiwisaver are in the wrong scheme or at least need to check in case a shift would earn them better returns. Audio

5:52 PM.A New Zealand seismologist is backing the prison sentences handed out in Italy to six scientists who reassured people worried about multiple tremors that a big quake was not on the way. Audio

5:49 PM.A Tuhoe leader says the Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a penetrating, sound and honest report on how the Crown treated the iwi and Te Urewera over the past 116 years; The former chairman of the… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A former Otago University accounts manager who stole almost a quarter-of-a-million dollars using false computer invoices to feed a gambling addiction has been jailed for two years and seven months. Audio

5:38 PM.The Maori Council's lawyer Felix Geiringer joins us. Audio

5:36 PM.The sale of part of Mighty River Power has hit another snag but the Prime Minister says it won't disrupt the overall timetable. Audio

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

5:29 PM.One of the men accused of vandalising Jewish graves in Auckland is vowing to fight what he says it a false accusation, to the bitter end. Audio

5:26 PM.The Government is dismissing the Waitangi Tribunal's call for Tuhoe and other iwi to get back full ownership of Te Urewera National Park. Audio

5:24 PM.The mother who locked her five children in a van at the Skycity casino has been discharged without conviction. Audio

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

5:15 PM.Barack Obama has used the third and final presidential debate to belittle his rival Mitt Romney's credentials to be commander in chief , during a clash that was supposed to be all about foreign… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.The police have accepted the report's recommendations and say they're already making sure they're getting more detailed information from officers about when and why teenagers are held in cells. Audio

5:07 PM.Too many teenagers are being held in police cells for too long. Audio

5:00 PM.Too many teenagers are being held in police cells for too long. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney fight it out on foreign policy and the mother who locked her five children in a van at the Skycity is… Read more Audio