Checkpoint for Friday 7 December 2012

6:56 PM.Ngati Toa says the signing of its multi-million dollar Treaty of Waitangi settlement today is an opportunity for the tribe to reflect on its long journey to get there; Waikato-Tainui says it can't… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.Over the past fortnight, Climate Change Ministers from around the world have been meeting for talks in Doha, Qatar, just weeks before the only binding treaty to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions… Read more Audio

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

6:22 PM.The listed fruit producer and exporter, Turners and Growers, says it will lose money for the second year in a row with the value of its kiwifruit orchards hit hard by the PSA virus. Audio

6:18 PM.The Otago Settlers Museum is aiming to triple visitor numbers and become a must-see cultural destination as it reopens after a 37-million dollar upgrade. Audio

6:15 PM.The head of New Zealand Cricket concedes it's handled the ousting of Ross Taylor as captain of the Black Caps poorly but David White says he needed to go to improve the side's performance. Audio

6:12 PM.Some people in Whenuapai are preparing for a weekend without electricity, after the tornado cut a swathe through their neighbourhood on it's way towards Hobsonville. Audio

6:07 PM.Hundreds of West Aucklanders are still homeless after yesterday's tornado which tore through Hobsonville and Whenuapai, destroying houses and ripping power lines and trees to the ground. Audio

5:49 PM.The Government wants all quake prone commercial buildings fixed within 15 years, estimating that will add $700 million dollars on top of existing costs. Audio

5:45 PM.Ngati Toa says the signing of its multi-million dollar Treaty of Waitangi settlement today is an opportunity for the tribe to reflect on its long journey to get there; Waikato-Tainui says it can't… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.The Auditor General says forecasts for average rate increases of five per cent a year are reasonable considering cost pressures facing councils. Audio

5:37 PM.Christchurch schools battling to survive have delivered their alternative plan to government today in a bid to save some of the 39 schools selected to close or merge. Audio

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

5:26 PM.The cricketer Ross Taylor has pulled out of New Zealand's tour of South Africa after he was stripped of the captaincy of the one day and twenty twenty teams. Audio

5:23 PM.Clive Manly is the civil defence controller in Auckland, and has the latest on the clean-up in Hobsonville. Audio

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

5:18 PM.The Property Council's Chief Executive Connal Townsend says today's report is good but adds it may be massively underestimating the number of quake-prone buildings out there, and thus the bill to fix… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.The Government has put a 15 year deadline and a one-point-seven billion dollar pricetag on bringing as many as 25 thousand earthquake-prone commercial buildings up to standard. Audio

5:12 PM.Some people in Whenuapai are preparing for a weekend without electricity, after the tornado cut a swathe through their neighbourhood on it's way towards Hobsonville. Audio

5:08 PM.Hundreds of West Aucklanders are still homeless after yesterday's tornado which tore through Hobsonville and Whenuapai, destroying houses and ripping power lines and trees to the ground. Audio

5:00 PM.Hundreds of West Aucklanders are still homeless, The clean-up in Whenuapai, 1.7 billion pricetag on quake strengthening, Clean up in Hobsonville, Ross Taylor stripped of Black Caps captaincy. Audio