Checkpoint for Monday 16 June 2014

6:51 PM.The Mental Health Foundation has developed a new resource to help whanau prevent suicide; The Glenn Inquiry has found that the cause behind the high rate of child abuse and domestic violence amongst… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.To Australia now, where a major honey maker has taken the unusual step of telling consumers to use less on their toast. Audio

6:38 PM.More now on the fire that risked up to forty students' lives at Opotiki College in the Bay of Plenty. Audio

6:35 PM.The Environment Minister Amy Adams is being told by critics to effectively put up or shut up when it comes to her critisism of Auckland's housing plan. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:23 PM.A park ranger had to use a plank of wood to fend off a dog that had attacked two horses at the weekend, biting chunks out of their chest and legs. Audio

6:21 PM.A Wellington health board leader says she wants a new children's hospital built within the next decade. Audio

6:18 PM.The Labour Party says its plan for rockfall protection in Christchurch's Port Hills will save money, as well as homes. Audio

6:12 PM.A fire at a Bay of Plenty school put up to forty students' lives at risk because there were no fire alarms. Audio

6:09 PM.The first report of the Glenn Inquiry recounting harrowing testimony from five hundred survivors, frontline workers and offenders is calling for an overhaul of the Family Court. Audio

5:55 PM.An Auckland councillor wants the city to slash bar hours in part because the council can't afford more public transport in the early hours. Audio

5:50 PM.A baby has died after a senior doctor failed to order an emergency caesarean quickly enough. Audio

5:47 PM.The Glenn Inquiry has found that the cause behind the high rate of child abuse and domestic violence amongst Maori is rooted in colonisation; The Mental Health Foundation has developed a new resource… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.More now on the Glenn inquiry into family violence which says it's exposed the Family Court as broken and alarmingly dysfunctional and a hazard to those using it. Audio

5:36 PM.A 23-year-old foreign tourist has been sentenced for causing the death of a woman after the campervan he was driving collided with her car. Audio

5:33 PM.The manager of Dunedin stadium is making absolutely no apologies for a heavy tackle on a streaker at Saturday night's All Blacks test. Audio

5:30 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

5:21 PM.A mother has described a harrowing account of how her horse had chunks bitten out of its legs and chest by a vicious dog while she was out riding with her children at the weekend. Audio

5:14 PM.A senior doctor ignored warnings from midwives and delayed carrying out an emergency caesarean with tragic results. Audio

5:12 PM.Labour and the Greens are pinning the blame on the Government and calling for a radical overhaul and national strategy to combat family violence. Audio

5:07 PM.The Glenn inquiry into family violence says its report has exposed the Family Court as broken and alarmingly dysfunctional and a hazard to those using it. Audio

5:00 PM.The Family Court is described as broken, alarmingly dysfunctional and a hazard to those using it. A senior doctor is censured for failing to order an emergency caesarian quick enough and dg attacks… Read more Audio