Checkpoint for Monday 24 February 2014

6:55 PM.A group of Whangarei councillors is taking action that could scuttle the city's controversial Hundertwasser project. Audio

6:46 PM.An iwi in the Gisborne district is again seeking mandate from its people so it can finally negotiate a multi-million treaty package with the Crown - more than two decades after lodging tribal… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.In Mexico, police are hunting for the number two leader of the country's most powerful drug cartel, after capturing the gang's boss - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman over the weekend. Audio

6:39 PM.Fertility advocates say better compensation for egg donors is needed to boost dire donor numbers. Audio

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

6:28 PM.Chorus says it's making good progress on rolling out its part of the government's ultra fast broadband, or UFB, programme. Audio

6:23 PM.A boy kicked out of an Auckland secondary school after he walked out of a lesson, swore at a teacher, and closed a door on him, following a row over a skateboard can return after the High Court… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Police have brought in an engineering firm to see if they can lay manslaughter charges against the designer of the CTV building, Alan Reay. Audio

6:08 PM.The protestors who brought down the Government in Ukraine are now wondering what may lie ahead. Audio

5:56 PM.It was the half marathon that turned out to be more than a half marathon. Audio

5:48 PM.A panel of media specialists is to look for any political bias on TVNZ's Te Karere programme and other Maori output; An iwi in the Gisborne district is again seeking mandate from its people so it can… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A civil lawsuit against the directors of the failed Lombard finance company have been dropped - after the receivers' struck a ten million dollar deal. Audio

5:43 PM.Computer and IT systems have been down at Dunedin Hospital since just after midnight. Audio

5:40 PM.Police say they may never know exactly what killed Rutger Hale as he drove with his partner between Lake Hawea and Wanaka last October. Audio

5:37 PM.The Government is raising the minimum wage by 50 cents to $14.25 an hour from April the first. Audio

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

5:29 PM.The damage is worse than expected from the tornado and storm in North Canterbury. Audio

5:25 PM.A court has heard a Nelson school PE teacher jailed for having child porn considered committing suicide when his crimes came to light. Audio

5:24 PM.Police have brought in an engineering firm to see if they can lay manslaughter charges against the designer of the CTV building, Alan Reay. Audio

5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:12 PM.A boy kicked out of an Auckland secondary school after he walked out of a lesson, swore at a teacher, and closed a door on him, can return after the High Court quashed his exclusion. Audio

5:08 PM.It's been revealed that when police said a man who died in custody had been assessed by a doctor they meant the doctor had simply looked through a window at him. Audio

5:00 PM.The police reveal more about a young man who died in custody. A judge's backing for a boy kicked out of secondary school and a PE teacher is jailed for having child porn. Audio