Checkpoint for Monday 29 October 2012

6:53 PM.The Far North iwi, Te Rarawa will put some of its Treaty settlement money into combating youth suicide after a rise in teenagers killing themselves. Audio

6:49 PM.A national body representing many kura kaupapa says a Ministry of Education message that's angered principal and teachers groups is vital - to help lift the results of under performing students; The… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The former Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the Accident Compensation Corporation needs to be incorporated into a government department, to make it more accountable. Audio

6:41 PM.The latest archaeological survey at Gallipoli has turned up nearly five-hundred relics - three times that found the year before. Audio

6:38 PM.It's just over a week until the US presidential election and with an increasingly tight race between incumbent president, Barack Obama, and Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, pundits are looking at… Read more Audio

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

6:29 PM.Auckland's new electronic public transport ticketing has so far managed it's first day in the hands of weekday commuters. Audio

6:26 PM.People in Vanuatu are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow in the country's general elections. Audio

6:23 PM.The owner of the country's only alumimium smelter says it's immediately halted 70 million dollars worth of planned capital spending while it struggles with low prices and a high New Zealand dollar. Audio

6:20 PM.An Australian fertility expert is warning of mounting scientific evidence that shows men should be fathering babies before they turn 35. Audio

6:16 PM.A drug which some are calling the most dangerous legal high is likely to be the next synthetic cannabis product to be banned. Audio

6:13 PM.The Northeast of the United States is effectively shut-down, as communities up-and-down the Atlantic coast brace themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Audio

6:09 PM.A plan to build an open cast coal mine on the West Coast's Denniston plateau, is being challenged in the Environment Court. Audio

5:54 PM.The company which owns a chain of resthomes has apologised to the family of a sick 93 year old man who didn't get the nursing care he needed and was ignored when he complained. Audio

5:50 PM.The Government's backing some suggestions to try and make it cheaper and easier for Maori to build a roof over their heads; A national body representing many kura kaupapa says a Ministry of Education… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Kura kaupapa Maori-immersion schools are defending the Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, in a row with teachers' and principals'. Audio

5:35 PM.The Auckland Council's push for higher density but more affordable housing has been given a boost by the Government. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:26 PM.Tame Iti and three others convicted of firearms offences at military style camps in Te Urewera National Park have lost their appeal. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.Our correspondent Liling Tan is in midtown New York, she says the storm's expected to hit in about 12 hours time. Audio

5:17 PM.An inquest has heard police arriving at the collapsed CTV building weren't trained or equipped well enough to deal with the scale of the distruction. Audio

5:10 PM.The Auckland council says the Government has given its clearest signal yet that it's OK with making housing in the city denser to bring down the costs of living there. Audio

5:07 PM.A court has heard graphic evidence that a two year Auckland boy was hit so hard by his mother's partner that his pancreas and liver were splt in half, killing him. Audio

5:00 PM.Evidence of horrific injuries which killed a two year old boy. Making housing affordable with more high density homes and New York city comes to a virtual standstill as it braces for one of the… Read more Audio