Checkpoint for Friday 23 November 2012

6:52 PM.The Waikato-Tainui leadership is being told by the Maori King to step down and seek re-election from the tribe's people; An Auckland urban authority has failed to convince the courts that the Crown… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.After a tumultuous annual conference last weekend the Labour Party might be hoping it has finally put an end to the speculation about the party's leadership. David Shearer put his stamp on the party… Read more Audio

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

6:26 PM.Cabinet papers show the government's one-billion-dollar plan for reorganising Christchurch schools in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes is one of the most expensive options it could have chosen. Audio

6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:14 PM.Tony Hall succeeds George Entwistle as the Corporation's new Director-General. Audio

6:14 PM.Amnesty International investigators are describing conditions at Australia's immigration detention centre on the Pacific Island of Nauru, as appalling. Audio

6:08 PM.Mr Key is the first New Zealand Prime Minister to visit the country, which for years has been run by a military junta. Audio

5:57 PM.NIWA is about to release a new high resolution chart of New Zealand's sea floor. Audio

5:50 PM.New Zealand will try to stop an international move by governments to take over the running of the internet. Audio

5:46 PM.The Waikato-Tainui leadership is being told by the Maori King to step down and seek re-election from the tribe's people; An Auckland urban authority has failed to convince the courts that the Crown… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.New police figures show almost 30-thousand people have been issued with tickets for calling or texting on their mobile. Audio

5:40 PM.Pressure is mounting on the government to help fund Auckland's billion dollar rail tunnel. Audio

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

5:25 PM.A ship crawling with hundreds of plague soldier beetles has been seized by biosecurity officials at the Port of Wellington. Audio

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

5:18 PM.A union is taking legal action in a bid to get home-care givers paid, for the time they spend travelling between clients. Audio

5:11 PM.The lawyer for a Hawkes Bay teenager who threw petrol over a guest at his 17th birthday party and set him on fire has told the High Court in Napier he's never seen such drunken lunacy before. Audio

5:07 PM.The Financial Services Council says a new law allowing retirement savings to be transferred between Australia and New Zealand is a major break-though that will boost the sharemarket. Audio

5:00 PM.Bringing retirement savings home from Australia. A teenager is jailed for pouring petrol over a friend and setting him on fire. Cracking down on drivers flouting the law on cellphones. Audio