Checkpoint for Friday 22 August 2014

6:55 PM.The Christchurch City Council and the government are spending 17-million dollars to prevent landslides from damaging homes. Audio

6:52 PM.The Crown's returned an historic flag to Ngai Tuhoe, to help restore injustices the iwi has suffered at the hands of the previous governments. Some Te Puni Kokiri staff are going to have to reapply… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.More than a week on from the release of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics, the Prime Minister, John Key, is still having to deal with its consequences. Audio

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

6:25 PM.The link between diet and depression is being explored in a new study at Australia's Deakin University. Audio

6:22 PM.It's been revealed today the blogger Cameron Slater is facing prosecution for breaching the privacy of an Auckland businessman. Audio

6:22 PM.The police have charged an 18 year old Cromwell woman for giving a bottle of vodka to a 16 year old girl who almost died. Audio

6:18 PM.Wellknown blogger David Farrar appears keen to subject himself to outside scrutiny, but other bloggers say joining the Online Media Standards Authority would be too expensive and do little for them. Audio

6:12 PM.After a long and bitter history with the Crown, Ngai Tuhoe have accepted an apology for the Crown's wrong-doings, brutal confiscation of their lands and loss of life. Audio

6:05 PM.After a long and bitter history with the Crown, Ngai Tuhoe have accepted an apology for the Crown's wrong-doings, brutal confiscation of their lands and loss of life. About two thousand people… Read more Audio

5:58 PM.Craft beer sales are booming, with some brewers predicting it will soon become the new wine. Audio

5:54 PM.A former Wallabies captain is picking tomorrow's match against the All Blacks as their team's best chance yet of breaking a nearly 30-year losing streak. Audio

5:51 PM.A new forestry co-operative bankrolled by wealthy Chinese and Australian investors is hoping to cash in on this country's so-called 'wall of wood'. Audio

5:48 PM.Spending by foreign students will jump by 100-million-dollars this year on the back of rising enrolments. Audio

5:44 PM.A group of lawyers in the U.S are investigating what they call an epidemic of police brutality in 25 different states. Audio

5:40 PM.The Labour Party says staff in the Prime Minister's office should be questioned under oath over the SIS inquiry - and John Key says he's prepared to answer under oath too. Audio

5:38 PM.A drug mastermind who's already in jail for smuggling LSD inside a Harry Potter book - has today been sentenced to a further five years for importing 28 kilos of ecstasy; hidden in granite statues. Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

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

5:28 PM.A high-level review spearheaded by the Prime Minister's top science advisor has declared fluoridated water is safe to drink. Audio

5:21 PM.The police have joined the hunt for 152 missing cars, vans and scooters, with the Dunedin City Council concluding it's been fleeced out of one-and-a-half million dollars or more. Audio

5:18 PM.Tuhoe have accepted an apology from the Crown for killing their ancestors and brutally taking their land, but say they will never forget what happened. Audio

5:14 PM.Our political editor Brent Edwards joins us. Audio

5:10 PM.The Prime Minister says he's prepared to answer questions under oath in the official investigation into the release of spy agency documents to a blogger in 2011. Audio

5:00 PM.John Key 'prepared to answer questions under oath', Analysis from Brent Edwards, Tuhoe apology: Crown hopes to confront the past, Police join hunt for Dunedin city's 152 missing fleet vehicles… Read more Audio