Checkpoint for Monday 8 July 2013

6:50 PM.Mistakes by family doctors and a medical centre meant a woman at high risk of bowel cancer waited four months to hear she had the disease. Audio

6:47 PM.A conference of Maori IT leaders says young Maori need to stop perceiving the internet as a Pakeha career path; Ngati Kahungunu has moved fast to appoint an new chief executive to its commercial arm… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.The Christchurch City Council's credit rating has been cut from AA minus to A plus to add to its building consents woes. Audio

6:39 PM.The Real Estate Institute says Canterbury and Auckland are almost entirely responsible for a $22,000 jump in the national median house price. Audio

6:35 PM.Investigators say the pilot of a Boeing 777 that crashed at San Francisco airport tried to abort the landing just seconds before the plane hit the ground. Audio

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

6:25 PM.The Government is rejecting claims that job and money cuts and restructuring at the Department of Conservation have left it dead in the water. Audio

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

6:14 PM.A conflict that's paralysed the multi-million dollar Crown Forestry Rental Trust is heading for the High Court. Audio

6:11 PM.The Prime Minister says he's willing to make changes to spy agency legislation to get enough support to pass it, including the introduction of an oversight panel. Audio

6:07 PM.The man shot dead in gun fight with police on an Auckland motorway was a former soldier discharged from the Army for disciplinary reasons. Audio

5:55 PM.Debt in the agriculture sector has reached a record high of almost 51-billion dollars and agribusiness experts say up to one fifth of indebted farmers are at severe risk. Audio

5:51 PM.The head of the Maori Language Commission says this year's Maori language week theme of Maori names and Maori place names related to a lot of New Zealanders - and sparked a lot of interesting… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.The lawyer for a war correspondent suing the chief of the defence force for defamation is arguing that the military set out to damage his reputation because it didn't like what he was reporting. Audio

5:43 PM.More now on Finance Minister, Bill English, blaming over-zealous Treasury officials for suggesting money from partial asset sales could be used to prop up financially troubled Solid Energy. Audio

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

5:28 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, has blamed over-zealous Treasury officials for suggesting money from partial asset sales could be used to prop up financially troubled Solid Energy. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:17 PM.The Prime Minister says he's willing to make changes to spy agency legislation to get enough support to pass it, including the introduction of an oversight panel. Audio

5:14 PM.Caleb Henry's facebook page is dominated with photos of him in military clothes, holding weapons and containing posts where he's made derogatory comments about the police. Audio

5:07 PM.The man shot dead in gun fight with police on an Auckland motorway was a former soldier discharged from the Army for disciplinary reasons. Audio

5:00 PM.A man shot dead during a gun fight with police was a former soldier. John Key says he's willing to make changes to controversial spy laws and Canada's prime minister describes a freight-train crash… Read more Audio