Checkpoint for Tuesday 19 March 2013

6:57 PM.It's ten years today since the invasion of Iraq began and Britain is grappling with the assessment of its role in the war as Olly Barratt explains. Audio

6:55 PM.Fewer than a dozen people in the country's drought zones have signed up for the governments' Rural Assistance package. Audio

6:52 PM.A man has to pay over 50 thousand dollars for cutting down native trees in a special ecological area so he could have a clear view of Tauranga Harbour from his spa pool. Audio

6:49 PM.Iwi, scientists and children marched on Parliament today demanding a stop to the commercial fishing of longfin tuna or eels; An attempt to set up a tribal parliament for Te Arawa by May has stalled; A… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.A high chief has criticised the Fijian Government's decision to appoint the chairpersons of provincial councils. Audio

6:42 PM.A coroner says a deerstalker shot dead last year by his friend could still be alive today if recommendations from a previous inquest had been followed and made into law Audio

6:35 PM.The cost of fixing the school payroll system, Novopay, hit 11-million-dollars today with the announcement of a six-million-dollar compensation package for schools Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.The Government has all but ruled out taxing the personal use of work cellphones, tablets and laptops. Audio

6:21 PM.Infuriated Cypriots have taken to the streets as the government hopes to push a divisive tax on people's savings through parliament - it's a move to avoid a default that could re-ignite the eurozone… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.Exports of high-tech goods and services have grown four percent over the last two years to be worth one-point-six billion dollars. Audio

6:11 PM.Nurses and doctors have hit out at a High Court decision naming four of their colleagues who cared for a young man whose meningitis went undiagnosed for four hours. Audio

6:08 PM.The Government is paying six million dollars to compensate schools for the additional work foisted on them by the beleaguered Novopay system. Audio

5:56 PM.Nurses have reacted angrily today to a High Court decision that has named four health professionals involved in the care of a patient who died. Audio

5:52 PM.The Maori Party is looking at an unusual leadership arrangement to accommodate the ambitions of all three MPs. Audio

5:50 PM.More now on the man shot dead in Kinleith near Tokoroa - our reporter Andrew McRae has the latest. Audio

5:47 PM.Iwi, scientists and children marched on Parliament today demanding a stop to the commercial fishing of longfin tuna or eels; An attempt to set up a tribal parliament for Te Arawa by May has stalled; A… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A Nelson man who went on a six hour crime spree across the city has admitted to police he was planning to fly a stolen plane into the courthouse. Audio

5:40 PM.The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, is under attack for failing to declare a New York-based bank account with more than $50,000 in it. Audio

5:38 PM.A coroner says it's highly likely a deerstalker shot dead last year by his friend, would be alive today if recommendations from a previous inquest had been followed and put into law. Audio

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

5:27 PM.The Government will pay six million dollars in compensation to schools disrupted by the error-ridden Novopay but is still sticking with the payroll system. Audio

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

5:21 PM.A New Zealander who embezzled millions of dollars from the Queensland health service has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Audio

5:17 PM.A Dunedin woman who pulled a man to safety from a blazing council flat last night is being called a hero. Audio

5:14 PM.Two women criticised by a coroner for not calling the police on the night Auckland woman Iraena Asher disappeared, have gone to Court to get the comments quashed. Audio

5:13 PM.A person has been shot dead in Kinleith near Tokoroa - details are still emerging but out reporter Andrew McRae is with us. Audio

5:09 PM.Earlier this month Epsom Girls Grammar in Auckland told us Novopay mistakes were getting worse. Audio

5:07 PM.The Government will pay six million dollars in compensation to schools disrupted by the error-ridden Novopay but is sticking with the payroll system even though it's unstable. Audio

5:00 PM.Six million dollars compensation for schools battling with Novopay. 14 years jail for a New Zealand fraudster claiming to be a Tahitian prince and a Dunedin woman pulls a man from a burning house. Audio