Checkpoint for Wednesday 5 February 2014

6:48 PM.The people of the north are urging those at Waitangi to pay attention to their concerns with mining and the treaty negotiations process; and some hapu - who say they've been cut out of the Treaty… Read more Audio

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

6:27 PM.The Electricity Authority says power companies have been absorbing rising costs over the last three years, rather than passing it on fully to customers. Audio

6:23 PM.An inquest is due to begin on how a woman lay dead in her Sydney home for eight years even as her family fight over her estate. Audio

6:19 PM.Opponents of the highway flyover in Wellington say the Transport Agency should not be allowed to put up a building to screen the Basin Reserve which is historicly significant. Audio

6:14 PM.New guidelines for schools have sailed close to the margins of the law in order to give principals the powers they say they need to keep their schools free of drugs and weapons. Audio

6:09 PM.Waitangi marae has turned on a different sort of surprise for the Prime Minister today - John Key and government MP's were welcomed this morning with a powhiri that was almost without acrimony, except… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.The flu vaccine for this year has been upgraded to include two new strains of the virus which could hit New Zealand in the coming months. Audio

5:53 PM.Dunedin's leaders are buzzing about a group of Chinese and other foreign investors who want to build a 60 million dollar international school in the city. Audio

5:50 PM.The people of the north are urging those at Waitangi to pay attention to their concerns with mining and the treaty negotiations process; as Leigh mentioned....some hapu - who say they've been cut out… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A coroner has found a dunken Wellington man fell head first into a two thirds full stormwater drain trying to get back the car keys he dropped, after a night on the town. Audio

5:38 PM.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in four-and-a-half years, but wage growth remains subdued. Audio

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

5:29 PM.A man emptied a bucket of dead fish near the Prime Minister as he left the Waitangi marae on what's been an otherwise largely peaceful day ahead of tomorrow's commemoration of the Treaty. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:23 PM.New guidelines for schools have sailed close to the margins of the law in order to give principals the powers they say they need to keep their schools free of drugs and weapons. Audio

5:18 PM.The Crown has dropped its million dollar civil lawsuit against three men who vandalised the Waihopai spy base, after years of pursuing them through the courts. Audio

5:14 PM.Rae Portman's mother is having to come to grips with losing her daughter and her unborn grandchild in a drug deal that went terribly wrong. Audio

5:10 PM.Linda Barlow says the worst mistakes were made before she got to hospital but the Health and Disability Commissioner says she got poor care from the staff there as well. Audio

5:07 PM.A self-employed midwife now faces possible legal action for the multiple failures that lead to a baby's death in 2009. Audio

5:00 PM.The failings of midwife and Waikato Hospital which led to the death of a baby. Rae Portman's killer is jailed for at least 21 years and school students can be breathalysed and tested for drugs. Audio