Checkpoint for Wednesday 17 July 2013

6:55 PM.Government ministers have put been put through the hoops in the debating chamber today, in the Youth Parliament. Audio

6:52 PM.Dairy farmers are cautiously optimistic that continuing strong world milk prices will flow into a higher than expected dairy payout this season. Audio

6:49 PM.The media were kicked out of a hui about Maori education in Auckland this morning at the Education Minister's request; Te Arawa tribe, Ngati Makino, isn't buying the Rotorua District Council's… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.More now on the Government wanting to install red-light cameras at intersections nationwide to try reduce the number of crashes caused by running a red light. Audio

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

6:24 PM.A construction firm that's partnered up with a massive Chinese company to bid on key Christchurch rebuild projects, say it is not ruling out bringing over labour from China. Audio

6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:18 PM.The former head of Antarctica New Zealand says Russia may have scuttled attempts to turn the Ross Sea into the world's largest marine reserve, to protect their fishing industry elsewhere. Audio

6:15 PM.Jurors hearing a defamation trial in the High Court in Wellington have been given a list of five questions to work their way through as they deliberate on their verdict. Audio

6:09 PM.Campaigners fighting to stop an 11 kilometre bus tunnel being build through Fiordland National Park are thrilled the Conservation Minister has vetoed the plan. Audio

5:52 PM.To Canada now, where for the first time reporters have been allowed to get close to the blast site of an oil train that derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic. Audio

5:49 PM.Te Arawa tribe, Ngati Makino, isn't buying the Rotorua District Council's explanation about why it hasn't started an internal inquiry in to how it deals with iwi; The media were kicked out of a hui… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The Government wants to install cameras at intersections nationwide to try reduce the number of crashes caused by running a red light. Audio

5:38 PM.Cabinet papers show the ministries of Education and Social Development have been planning to share information so they can assign ID numbers to under-five-year-olds. Audio

5:35 PM.The families of those killed in the CTV building in Christchurch want the site to become a memorial. Audio

5:32 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.A court has heard a text message sent from an Auckland lawyer's phone, on the day she's accused of smuggling contraband into a prison, says she wasn't coping, and was terrified. Audio

5:20 PM.More on our top story now - with the Conservation Minister declining a Milford Dart project to put a tunnel through the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks. Audio

5:16 PM.Cuba has admitted being behind a stash of weapons found on board a North Korean ship seized in the Panama Canal. Audio

5:12 PM.A New Zealand construction firm that's partnered up with a massive Chinese company to bid on key Christchurch rebuild projects, say it is not ruling out bringing over labour from China. Audio

5:07 PM.The Conservation Minister has said "No" to a controversial plan to put an 11 kilometre bus tunnel through Fiordland National Park. Audio

5:00 PM.The Conservation Minister says No to a Milford Tunnel plan. Conversations revealed between a convicted murderer and his lawyer accused of smuggling him an i-phone and cigarettes and Cuba admits being… Read more Audio