Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 May 2014

6:58 PM.Inland Revenue is warning people about a scam where someone knocks on your door saying they're a tax agent trying to make sure you've got a tax refund. Audio

6:55 PM.Food manufacturers are urging MPs to wait and see what happens in Australia before agreeing to plain packaging of cigarettes and tobacco. Audio

6:52 PM.A former SAS corporal has been sentenced to further time in jail for stealing money, intended for a a youth cancer charity, while he was serving in the army. Audio

6:49 PM.A high-ranking official from the south east Asian country of Myanmar has praised New Zealand's system for helping Maori regain their land; A Commissioner hearing Ngai Tahu's application to convert… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.The former Black Caps bowler Darryl Tuffey has just put out a statement, denying he was involved in or benefitted from match fixing or spot betting. Audio

6:44 PM.The Kapiti Coast District Council chambers have been the battleground for the latest clash between anti-fluoride activists and health officials. Audio

6:37 PM.The author of a study into protection orders says eight years on nothing's been done about many of their key recommedations for making women safer. Audio

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

6:21 PM.The Labour MP, Shane Jones, has given a lively and lighthearted account of his time as an MP in his valedictory speech to Parliament. Audio

6:17 PM.The Otago coroner says there is no obvious way to make the horse racing industry safer, after looking into how a young jockey died after falling on her head. Audio

6:12 PM.The New Zealand Cricket captain Brendon McCullum will hold a news conference tomorrow following the leak of his testimony to the ICC's Anti Corruption Unit. Audio

6:08 PM.The police are talking to two suspects after a shooting in Ranui in West Auckland that left one man dead and another critically injured. Audio

5:57 PM.A Wellington strip club has been fined and ordered to pay Court costs after it fell foul of the smokefree laws. Audio

5:54 PM.University bosses have chastised MPs for taking a dismissive and cavalier attitude to submissions on a major change in the way the universities are governed. Audio

5:46 PM.High-ranking officials from the south east Asian country of Myanmar have praised the system used to help Maori regain their land; A Commissioner hearing Ngai Tahu's application to convert part of the… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.An Australian who umpired the Black Caps' games in England at the time Brendon McCullum says a matchfixer approached him, says the ICC is incapable of cleaning up corruption. Audio

5:36 PM.Thailand's acting Prime Minister has issued a plea for the army to act peacefully and within the constitution following its imposition of martial law. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:23 PM.The father of a jockey killed at a north Otago racecourse has for the first time seen the video of her horse suddenly falling. Audio

5:20 PM.The independent MP, Brendan Horan, has used parliamentary privilege to accuse New Zealand First of misusing its taxpayer-funded Leader's Office Fund. Audio

5:18 PM.John Banks' lawyer has accused Kim Dotcom's estranged wife Mona of telling a court what the internet businessman has coached her to say. Audio

5:08 PM.One person is dead and another critically injured after a shooting in Ranui in West Auckland. Audio

5:00 PM.One person is dead and another critically wounded in a shooting in West Auckland. Is the ICC incapable of cleaning up corruption in cricket? and video evidence of a horseracing accident where a jockey… Read more Audio