Checkpoint for Monday 3 March 2014

6:53 PM.Six iwi have bought into a large forestry business, which is valued at two and a half billion dollars; The Northland tribal group Ngati Hine has voted to pull out of the planned settlement for… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.Forty Chinese-made locomotives remain quarantined today after the shock discovery of asbestos in them. Audio

6:43 PM.New papers show the Great Barrier Reef's watchdog opposed the massive dumping of dredge spoils, but a short time later went on to approve it. Audio

6:39 PM.The Department of Conservation says the egg was found by rangers a few days before it was due to hatch and was repaired with glue and tape. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:34 PM.Transpacific Industries says it will sell its New Zealand waste managment business to the Beijing Capital Group for 950 million dollars. Audio

6:27 PM.In Hollywood, the biggest night of the year is drawing to a close at the Oscars - although for Alfonso Cuaron's cast and crew on the film Gravity - the night is likely to be just beginning. Audio

6:24 PM.Police have described a car crash with seven teenagers, including an unlicensed driver and two passengers in the boot, as a journey doomed from the start. Audio

6:20 PM.A senior health practitioner convicted of sexual offences says what he has done made him feel like a monster. Audio

6:17 PM.A former mayor of the Central Hawkes Bay has gone on trial at the High Court charged with misleading investors in a failed finance company. Audio

6:09 PM.As Ukraine gets ready for war, Washington is threatening to isolate Russia's economy after Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour, in Moscow's biggest confrontation with the… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Fisher and Paykel is expanding its Dunedin design centre and hiring an extra 73 staff, helped by a two million investment by the city's council. Audio

5:48 PM.The government has confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge won't being visiting the Maori King at Turangawaewae Marae, because they only had an hour and a half to spare; Six iwi have bought into a… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.A Wellington mother says her faith in the police has not been restored despite a constable saying he was embarrassed about not investigating an attack on her son. Audio

5:39 PM.The family of a man who died in police custody is questioning what right officers had to arrest him in the first place since he wasn't in a public place but at his brother's home. Audio

5:36 PM.The Crown says the fatal beating of a Featherston supermarket worker was a vigilante attack carried out in retaliation for a rape. Audio

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

5:27 PM.A playdate with ten strangers in Wellington looks set to be Prince George's first royal engagement. Audio

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

5:20 PM.The asbestos test results from forty Chinese-made locomotives are expected to be out tomorrow and meantime the engines remain quarantined. Audio

5:18 PM.Senior Sergeant Brendon Keenan is with us. Audio

5:16 PM.Four dogs have attacked and critically injured a young girl in Murupara, badly mauling her face. Audio

5:16 PM.Four dogs have attacked and critically injured a young girl in Murupara, badly mauling her face. Audio

5:13 PM.The Prime Minister says Russia's action in the Ukraine are so serious they're threatening New Zealand's free trade deal its been negotiating with country's in the region. Audio

5:07 PM.NATO is urging Russia to immediately withdraw forces back to its bases and is warning its actions in Ukraine are a breach of international law. Audio

5:00 PM.Russia's actions in Ukraine threaten a trade deal with New Zealand. Four dogs attack and seriously injure a seven year girl and a playdate with Prince George at Wellington's Government House. Audio