Checkpoint for Thursday 30 January 2014

6:58 PM.A cat is back home with its family northwest of Auckland after going missing nearly a year ago. Audio

6:51 PM.A group of mining protesters will hikoi from Cape Reinga to Waitangi to confront politicians who will gather there next week; A professional misconduct charge against the Treaty solicitor, Donna Hall… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.The owners of a seven-storey office building under construction in the Christchurch city centre says it's been a disaster trying to get tenants to move into the CBD. Audio

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

6:25 PM.An Australian reporter is among twenty journalists in Egypt facing trial charged with aiding a terrorist organisation and spreading false news. Audio

6:21 PM.Many retailers are struggling with several issuing profit warnings in recent weeks - but Briscoes Group says it's had a record year. Audio

6:18 PM.A toilet paper factory's expansion that opened today in Kawerau is bringing new jobs in a North Island timber town more used to hearing about job cuts. Audio

6:15 PM.The woman on trial over the sinking of the Easy Rider in Foveaux Strait has told the court she is nothing more than a test case for Maritime New Zealand. Audio

6:11 PM.A law professor says the Corrections Department must explain just how a convicted rapist was able to phone one of his victims from behind bars. Audio

6:08 PM.Environmentalists are calling on the Government to radically expand how much 1080 is dropped to cover all conservation forests. Audio

5:57 PM.The Governor General says the country's flag may be outdated, weighing in to the debate a day after the Prime Minister put changing the design back on the agenda. Audio

5:53 PM.Auckland's mayor is apologising for what he's calling the mistaken destruction of a garden meant to strengthen diplomatic ties with the Japanese city of Fukuoka. Audio

5:50 PM.A professional misconduct charge against the Treaty solicitor, Donna Hall, has been thrown out; A group of mining protesters will hikoi from Cape Reinga to Waitangi to confront politicians who will… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.An independent review is underway into how Maritime New Zealand handled the search for the missing yacht Nina. Audio

5:44 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, has called on the Labour leader David Cunliffe to apologise for misleading voters about Labour's baby bonus policy. Audio

5:37 PM.The risky wandering of a mob of rogue cattle in the Tongariro National Park, where they've been endangering traffic, has come to a brutal end. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:25 PM.The housing market has had some relief today with the Reserve Bank holding off yet again on raising the benchmark interest rate, and new figures out showing a big rise in homes being built. Audio

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

5:17 PM.Mighty River Power shares have hit an all time low after the company revealed it's losing market share and sales volumes are falling. Audio

5:15 PM.Peter Dunne has resumed his ministerial duties but dodged giving a direct answer in the House on whether he leaked a report into the Government's spy agency. Audio

5:13 PM.New Zealand investigators have cracked an international child abuse network, helping to rescue the grandaughter of a man arrested in the UK as well as safeguarding three children in this country. Audio

5:07 PM.A serial rapist who used a prison phone to call one of his victims and try to persuade her to change her story, has been jailed indefinitely. Audio

5:00 PM.A serial rapist who used a prison phone to call one of his victims is jailed indefinitely. Investigators here crack an international child abuse network and Dunne dodges questioning in House on… Read more Audio