Checkpoint for Thursday 4 July 2013

6:54 PM.Petrol prices have risen to equal their record high and there's a warning they'll head higher still. Audio

6:51 PM.The money-saving rationale of giving the Government's electronic spy agency wider powers is being questioned. Audio

6:48 PM.The Auckland business consultant contesting the Maori Party presidency says it needs a young leader to take it into the future; Labour says if it gets back into power its would create 10-thousand… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.The trials and tribulations of the man who won New Zealand the 2011 Rugby World Cup will soon be turned into film. Audio

6:37 PM.The Labour Party is considering a possible 'man-ban' for electorates which are struggling to get good female representation. Audio

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

6:25 PM.New Zealand children may be the first generation in over a century to have a worse life expectancy than their parents. Audio

6:22 PM.Shares in Freightways dropped nearly seven percent today after the company's forecast earnings fell below market expectations. Audio

6:19 PM.A New Plymouth inquest has heard a gyrocopter that plunged to the ground killing two people in 2009 may have had stability problems. Audio

6:16 PM.Egyptian nationals living in New Zealand are largely backing the military sacking of the former president Mohammed Morsi. Audio

6:09 PM.The Dunedin city council subsidiary, Delta, has just announced it is closing down all its 20 million dollar civil construction businesses. Audio

5:56 PM.The father of the Oscar-winning New Zealand film maker, Jane Campion, has died. Audio

5:49 PM.The Auckland business consultant contesting the Maori Party presidency says it needs a young leader to take it into the future; Labour says if it gets back into power its would create 10-thousand… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Medical authorities are standing by a decision to discharge a patient from hospital into prison, six days before he died. Audio

5:42 PM.More on the political upheaval in Egypt. Audio

5:40 PM.Christchurch City councillors have voted unanimously to accept Government help to sort out the consents crisis, with some asking how council leaders allowed things to get into such a mess. Audio

5:36 PM.The penalty kick which had rugby fans all over New Zealand on the edge of their seats is about to be immortalised on screen. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Three nephews of the Mana Party leader Hone Harawira have been found guilty of assault or robbery in the Auckland District Court. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.The Labour Party is considering a possible 'man-ban' for electorates which are struggling to get good female representation. Audio

5:11 PM.The Christchurch mayor Bob Parker has hit back at suggestions he knew more than he's let on about the building consents crisis, saying those are scurrilous allegations. Audio

5:08 PM.The judge sentencing Pike River Coal over the deaths of 29 men in the West Coast mining disaster three years ago, says it's unjust that within a month of the tragedy the company was able to shut up… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Stinging comments from the Judge sentencing Pike River Coal over the deaths of 29 miners. Labour considers a 'man-ban' in some electorates and Harawira nephews found guilty of assault or robbery. Audio