Checkpoint for Thursday 6 December 2012

6:50 PM.The Maori Party is urging the Government to act with integrity on the Waitangi Tribunal report into Kohanga Reo; Legislation has been passed enabling Whanganui and Wanganui to be used as alternative… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Doctors and nurses are taking on more leadership jobs in hospitals. Audio

6:37 PM.The inquest into the deaths following the collapse of the CTV building has finished with the coroner, Gordon Matenga, passing on his condolences to the victims' families. Audio

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

6:28 PM.New Zealand directors are facing more scrutiny from shareholders in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Audio

6:24 PM.Nikki Pender is a lawyer who looked at sueing the department over the killing of Karl Kuchenbecker in Lower Hutt by Graeme Burton in 2007 when he'd been paroled from prison after serving time for… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.A settlement between Susan Couch and the Corrections Department comes into force at seven tonight. Audio

6:15 PM.The Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, fought back today against the Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, who's accused him of misleading MPs about the big profits at banks. Audio

6:14 PM.Our reporter Todd Niall is in Hobsonville, Audio

6:14 PM.The wind's cut a swathe further south with many trees brought down around Lake Rotorua. Audio

6:09 PM.Three people have been killed and 250 people evacuated after a severe storm and tornadoes swept across west Auckland this afternoon ripping into houses and a big construction site in Hobsonville where… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister says if Labour's Phil Goff doesn't apologise for his attack on a government appointee, he should be sacked. Audio

5:48 PM.Legislation has been passed enabling Whanganui and Wanganui to be used as alternative official geographic names; The Maori Party is urging the Government to act with integrity on the Waitangi Tribunal… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Relatives of one of the two men accused of killing a Radio New Zealand journalist have given accounts of what they were told by one of the men after the attack in December last year. Audio

5:44 PM.For the latest on the emergency response in Auckland the Minister of Civil Defence, Chris Tremain is with us. Audio

5:38 PM.Metservice says the worst of the weather has passed in Auckland, but there are still thunderstorm warnings for other parts of the country and possibly more small but damaging tornados. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.An American firefighter says if teams had got to the CTV collapse earlier that could have made a real difference to the chances of finding people alive. Audio

5:24 PM.Kim Dotcom's lawyer says the Internet tycoon will sue the police AND the Government's spy agency, after another win for the Megaupload founder in the High Court. Audio

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

5:20 PM.Radio New Zealand's business editor Patrick O'Meara is one of those stranded at Auckland Airport, and is with us. Audio

5:18 PM.Clive Manley is and Auckland Civil Defence controller. Audio

5:16 PM.Our reporter Todd Niall is at the scene of the school construction site where three people died and seven where injured. Audio

5:14 PM.Our reporter Bridget Mills is at Whenuapai Air Force Base where 250 evacuees are being looked after. Audio

5:12 PM.Deborah Booty lives in a Defence house on Wallingford Way. Audio

5:09 PM.Sam Nuttall is a plumber who was working on a high school construction site where three the three people where killed. Audio

5:08 PM.Three people have been killed and 250 people evacuated after a severe storm and tornadoes swept across west Auckland this afternoon ripping into houses and a big construction site in Hobsonville where… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Three people are killed as a major storm rips through Auckland. Kim Dotcom prepares to sue the police and the Government's spy agency. CTV inquest hearings expert witness says changes needed to Usar. Audio