Checkpoint for Friday 13 September 2013

6:54 PM.The Waikato Regional Council will not review Mighty River Power's consent conditions for Lake Taupo - despite suggestions that the power company is eroding the lake's foreshore; Te Whakatohea Maori… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.Australia has elected a new government, with the Coalition Cabinet expected to be sworn in early next week. The election campaign was marked by arguments over public finances, the economy and boat… Read more Audio

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

6:22 PM.Consumer confidence has dipped slightly over the past month, but economists are warning not to read much into that. The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index fell from 123 in August to just under… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.Two key South Island highways remain closed tonight due to slips and avalanches. State Highway 6 between the Gates of Haast Bridge and Haast Pass Summit is closed by a 50 metre high slip - and has… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Auckland's council-owned water company has been ordered to pay just under 400-thousand dollars for failing to protect its workers from a deadly gas explosion in Onehunga two years ago. Audio

5:53 PM.For fifteen years and 104 tests, Vicki Wilson was firmly entrenched in the Australian netball side but she's now plotting its downfall in the opening Constellation Cup test in Invercargill on Sunday. Audio

5:46 PM.The Waikato Regional Council will not review Mighty River Power's consent conditions for Lake Taupo - despite suggestions that the power company is eroding the lake's foreshore; Te Whakatohea Maori… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Dental therapists come across hundreds of cases of suspected child abuse every year but often don't tell Child Youth and Family because they have no faith the service will do anything. An Otago… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.Relatives of a security guard who was killed on his first shift at work nearly two years ago, say they want the police to re-start their investigation into his death from the beginning. Audio

5:35 PM.A staunch critic of the Christchurch City Council who led protests against the chief executive's half a million dollar salary is furious about the latest payout to Tony Marryatt who's just resigned. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.The drug-buying agency, Pharmac, will review its funding for the whooping cough vaccination, but won't say when. Three babies have died since the latest outbreak of the disease began in August 2011… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.US and Russian officials will hold more talks in Geneva later today amid growing optimism over the prospects for a deal that would strip Bashar al Assad's regime of its chemical weapons stockpile. Audio

5:16 PM.Team New Zealand is just three wins away from the America's Cup, but with stronger winds predicted for Sunday's race the crew says anything could still happen and they won't rule out Oracle making a… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The head of the Christchurch City Council is being paid a golden handshake of just under 270 thousand dollars, an amount an employment lawyer says is surprisingly large. Tony Marryatt resigned this… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.With us is Hazel Armstrong, the lawyer who acted for Ms Gulland's Canadian-based mother, Margaret Penner. Audio

5:08 PM.Auckland's council-owned water company has been ordered to pay just under 400-thousand dollars for failing to protect its workers from a deadly gas explosion. Audio

5:00 PM.Watercare ordered to pay reparations; Lawyer for Ms Gulland's family on the sentence; Council chief resigns over crisis and gets large payout; Team NZ confident but not ruling out Oracle yet; Growing… Read more Audio