Checkpoint for Monday 15 April 2013

6:52 PM.The widow of the engineer who signed off the fatal CTV building is pleased there may soon be legal protection for engineers who choose to sound the alarm about potentially dangerous buildings. Audio

6:48 PM.An expert on Maori migration is warning New Zealanders against moving to Australia before they know what benefits and services they are entitled to; The Maori Trustee, who has returned from a trip to… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A police officer has told an inquest into the death of a teenager, who was one of 12 friends in a van that crashed near Rotorua, that texting and driving is a recipe for disaster. Audio

6:40 PM.The Police Association says the frustrations of a departing top detective are shared by many senior officers and only skim the surface of deeper problems nationwide. Audio

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

6:28 PM.It's not just Auckland motorists battling rush hour traffic tonight - but also a giraffe, en route to its new home. Audio

6:23 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:20 PM.Steady rain falling in parts of Northland today has brought relief for farmers - and people living on metal roads that have turned to dust in the summer drought. Audio

6:18 PM.A group of Air Force helicopter pilots has provided written statements to a disciplinary hearing at Ohakea Air Base, in support of a colleague charged with negligence. Audio

6:15 PM.The Government will proceed with changing the law to let the GCSB spy on New Zealanders legally, when it's helping out other law enforcement agencies. Audio

6:10 PM.A doctor who had sex a vulnerable patient is still practicing - that follows an investigation that revealed he sent the woman hundreds of explicit text messages, met her for numerous sexual encounters… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Several people have been injured in a tourist bus crash south of Waihi this afternoon. Audio

5:54 PM.Scientists want to investigate massive earthquakes in a deep ocean trench and drill into a submarine volcano under a plan to study New Zealand plate tectonics. Audio

5:51 PM.The Crown has described Hayden Miles killer as sadistic and said the attack was prolonged severe and amounted to torture. Audio

5:48 PM.An expert on Maori migration is warning New Zealanders against moving to Australia before they know what benefits and services they are entitled to; The Maori Trustee, who has returned from a trip to… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A three-metre tall giraffe is currently making her way through Auckland, on the way to her new home at Melbourne Zoo. Audio

5:42 PM.The widow of the council engineer pressured into signing off the CTV building says her husband would have raised the alarm if special whistleblowing laws for engineers had been in place. Audio

5:39 PM.One fund manager doubts plans by the Labour Party to reform the electricity industry if it becomes the Government will deter investors. Audio

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

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:24 PM.Kim Dotcom is back at the High Court in Auckland - seeking to get back some of his property which was seized during an illegal raid on his home. Audio

5:20 PM.The Government will proceed with law changes to allow the GCSB to legally spy on New Zealanders, when it's helping other law enforcement agencies. Audio

5:12 PM.Investigators have been called in after a Wellington commuter train ploughed into a concrete block barrier this morning. Audio

5:07 PM.A family doctor who is still seeing patients has been accused of exploiting and threatening a vulnerable woman patient he had sex with more than 30 times. Audio

5:00 PM.Why is a doctor who had sex with a vulnerable patient still practicing? A commuter train slams into a concrete wall in Lower Hutt and making it legal for the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders. Audio