Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 January 2014

6:54 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner has faulted a male mental health nurse who groomed a patient then had a sexual relationship with her. Audio

6:49 PM.The national association of Kura Kaupapa Maori is urging kura Maori to carry out background checks on new staff despite whanau connections or assurances; The Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, has… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.A man faces prison time after pleading guilty to a drugs charge despite claiming he was forced to help a drug mule because he was told that if he didn't, his family back in Nigeria would be killed. Audio

6:40 PM.A coroner is recommending inflatable fences be put up at raceways after an experienced motorcylist came off his bike then slid head first into a barrier made of tyres. Audio

6:37 PM.The first shots of the election year have been exchanged in Parliament, with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition drawing a bead on each other's policies. Audio

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

6:25 PM.In Australia, the country has been rocked by reports that the country's trade union has formed corrupt relationships with organised crime figures. Audio

6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:19 PM.The Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, says the Prime Minister is being petty, nasty, and unbecoming for singling him out as being absent a lot from Parliament. Audio

6:17 PM.Auckland's water company is looking at increasing how much it takes from the Waikato river to cope with the city's ballooning population. Audio

6:14 PM.Principals say all schools should run police checks on non-teaching staff but some have not been doing this. Audio

6:09 PM.Returning now to our top story on the findings a third of schools are at risk of hiring or failing to detect staff who are a danger to students. Audio

5:51 PM.The Labour Party's sixty-dollar-a-week baby bonus will apply to families who earn much more than $150,000 a year. Audio

5:48 PM.The national association of Kura Kaupapa Maori is urging kura Maori to carry out background checks on new staff despite whanau connections or assurances; The Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira, has… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner is critcising a doctor for diagnosing a 48 year old woman with a migraine and sending her home, only for her to die from a serious brain bleed. Audio

5:39 PM.Back to our top story on the findings a third of schools are at risk of hiring or failing to detect staff who are a danger to students. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.Friends of Lorde are celebrating her double Grammy success at Takapuna Grammar School, where she studied before striking it big. Audio

5:26 PM.The lone survivor of the Easy Rider sinking in Foveaux Strait which claimed eight lives has told a court the boat was loaded to capacity as it set sail from Bluff Harbour. Audio

5:22 PM.The electricity industry watchdog says households have not been overcharged on their power bills but in fact for years had been paying too little. Audio

5:18 PM.A Queenstown man is today counting himself the luckiest person alive after tipping his ute over a cliff and tumbling into the Kawarau River from the height of a 10 storey building. Audio

5:15 PM.The Government has signaled it's working on its own policy to extend paid parental leave, but may still veto a Labour Party MPs bill to extend the entitlement to 26 weeks. Audio

5:07 PM.The schools watchdog has found a third of schools are at risk of taking on staff who may be a threat to their students. Audio

5:00 PM.A third of schools are risking taking on staff who may be a threat to their students. Longer paid parental is in National's sights as well as Labour's and we hear from the ute driver about his… Read more Audio