Checkpoint for Tuesday 16 July 2013

6:51 PM.The New Zealand born rugby league star Benji Marshall has announced he wants to switch codes. Audio

6:48 PM.Some major changes have been announced for the way Whanau Ora is governed; The Maori Boys' Boarding school, Te Aute College, has appointed a new principal - after being under the directive of a Crown… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.More now on the trial of the former Goldman Sachs trader, who called himself 'Fabulous Fab' - jurors have been told the case is all about "Wall Street greed". Audio

6:37 PM.Business confidence among farmers has improved dramatically, reaching its highest level in five years. Audio

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

6:26 PM.The lawyer for a teenager, whose former boss has been ordered to pay almost 40-thousand dollars for sexual harassment, says his client will probably never see a cent. Audio

6:22 PM.The Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income says New Zealand needs to decide soon whether to introduce annuity in retirement while the KiwiSaver scheme is still young. Audio

6:17 PM.Tough marking by intermediate schools may be dragging down the national standards' pass rates for children in years seven and eight. Audio

6:14 PM.New Zealand has less than 12 hours hours to convince the major players in Antarctica, that they would not be breaking international law by establishing the world's biggest marine protected area. Audio

6:08 PM.To the US now where the country's Attorney General has described the killing of an unarmed black teenager was unnecessary and tragic and says the investigation into his death will continue. Audio

5:54 PM.A Wellington mayoral candidate says he does not think a leaked email suggesting the former chief executive should rot in hell will be a turn-off for voters. Audio

5:51 PM.The chief of the Defence Force has told a jury he now accepts that a New Zealand journalist was able to get onto a Crisis Response Unit base in Afghanistan. Audio

5:48 PM.Some major changes have been announced for the way Whanau Ora is governed; The Maori Boys' boarding school, Te Aute College, has appointed a new principal - after being under the directive of a Crown… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Economists say the pace of inflation is expected to pick up again, after hitting its lowest level in 14 years. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.The Government today has not ruled out new nationwide petrol taxes to help fund major transport projects in Auckland. Audio

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

5:21 PM.The lawyer for a teenager who was bullied and sexually taunted at work says the boy's unlikely to see a cent of his nearly 40 thousand dollars in compensation. Audio

5:18 PM.From next year, the private sector will be given the responsibility of allocating the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in Whanau Ora contracts Audio

5:12 PM.A former chair of the Otago District health board says the convicted fraudster Michael Swann is a sociopath who continues to show a lack of empathy and doesn't deserve parole. Audio

5:07 PM.The Prime Minister's plan to rush through new spy legislation has been dealt another blow with the Privacy Commissioner joining others criticising the Bill. Audio

5:00 PM.The Prime Minister's plan to rush through new spy legislation is dealt another blow. A convicted fraudster gets out of jail infuriating his former employer and the private sector will decide who gets… Read more Audio