Checkpoint for Wednesday 24 July 2013

6:53 PM.Six thousand tickets to two shortened All Black games in Lower Hutt in a fortnight have sold out within 20 minutes. Audio

6:49 PM.The Kohanga Reo National Trust Board has moved quickly to pay back nearly 800-thousand dollars of funding it shouldn't have received; Funded television hours have been cut for companies wanting to bid… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The New Zealand born archeologist who discovered real life hobbits has died. Audio

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

6:29 PM.More people drink to excess in Otago and Southland than anywhere else in the country. Audio

6:21 PM.One of Australia's most notorious child killers has died in hospital without revealing anything about other unsolved cases he's a suspect in. Audio

6:18 PM.Australasia's oldest credit information bureau says New Zealanders will increase their savings in the coming months, despite low interest rates and signs the economy is picking up. Audio

6:16 PM.About 70 cleaners and their supporters gathered outside Parliament this afternoon, singing and banging buckets, to protest changes to employment law. Audio

6:08 PM.Scientists have found parts of Marlbrough moved five centimetres to the east after Sunday's six-point-five magnitude earthquake near Blenheim. Audio

5:55 PM.The former US Congressman Anthony Weiner, who is now running to be New York's next mayor, has owned up to sending more sexually explicit texts and photos to a young woman. Audio

5:51 PM.Surf life savers have updated they way they respond to shark attacks after the death of swimmer Adam Strange off Auckland's Muriwai Beach in February. Audio

5:48 PM.The Kohanga Reo National Trust Board has moved quickly to pay back nearly 800-thousand dollars of funding it shouldn't have received; Funded television hours have been cut for companies wanting to bid… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Maniac - a horror movie about a serial killer and starring Elijah Wood will only be shown in film festivals following a decision by the Censor's office. Audio

5:40 PM.The owners of some inner city apartment buildings are asking the Government for the same help to strengthen their buildings as it might give commercial premises. Audio

5:37 PM.The Auckland council has given a green light to a smoking ban in public places across the region. Audio

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

5:26 PM.A court has heard that Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, refused a police request to move his car because he was trying to keep protestors on the roof of a state house safe. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.Pilots of small aircraft are being warned not to rely too much on their navigational instruments after the death of a microlight pilot. Audio

5:15 PM.Three people have died and as many as 160 asylum seekers have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Java. Audio

5:11 PM.The police in Canterbury are already getting phone calls about the mysterious disappearance of a man 22 years ago. Audio

5:07 PM.An Auckland family are stranded in Shanghai, China waiting for their premature baby to be well enough to travel back home. Audio

5:00 PM.An Auckland family is stranded in China with their seriously ill prem baby. Police investigate the mysterious disappearance of Terence Hendry 22 years ago and another boat with 200 asylum seekers on… Read more Audio