Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 September 2014

6:53 PM.One of the long-lost ships from a doomed Arctic mission by the explorer, Sir John Franklin, has been found at the bottom of the ocean, just off King William Island. Audio

6:49 PM.Labour's candidate for Tamaki Makaurau claims the Crown doesn't trust tribes to keep land open to the public: Iwi are being urged by a Maori academic to collaborate with each other and other… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Pieces of Phar Lap's heart, missing for more than 80 years, have been discovered at the National Museum of Australia. Audio

6:42 PM.The co-author of a study - which shows teenage cannibas smokers are more likely to commit suicide - would like to see tougher penalities for people who supply the drug to young people Audio

6:38 PM.It took seven years to come to light, but now a South Auckland couple have been punished for registering a child as their own when he wasn't. Audio

6:35 PM.New Zealand shares were weaker today, the benchmark Top 50 Index shedding 7 points to 5237, reflecting major stocks passing the cut-off points for their dividends. Audio

6:25 PM.A hidden complex has been uncovered around Stonehenge in southern England using hi-tech scanning below the Earth's surface. Audio

6:21 PM.Australia is poised to lift its terrorism threat level from medium to high to indicate the chance of an attack has risen from 'possible' to 'likely'. Audio

6:17 PM.The State Services Commissioner is inviting a public servant warned by his bosses to stay out of politics to come forward so he can take up their concerns. Audio

6:12 PM.The Prime Minister has said the Government plans to open four more charter schools next year. Audio

6:09 PM.The latest 3News-Reid Research opinion poll has just been released and is little changed from last week's poll, with the National Party still holding a substantial lead over its rivals. Audio

6:07 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:58 PM.The Green Party wants to kickstart the country's gaming industry by giving developers up to nine million dollars over the next three years. Audio

5:55 PM.Labour's candidate for Tamaki Makaurau claims the Crown doesn't trust tribes to keep land open to the public. Peeni Henare says giving whenua back to iwi - which then hand it back to the Crown - is… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Career criminal Arthur Taylor and other inmates have asked a court to allow them to vote in the election, saying a blanket ban is unlawful. Audio

5:47 PM.Federated Farmers wants an extra 600 million dollars of government funding into agricultural research saying that's what's needed to stop New Zealand falling behind the rest of the world Audio

5:44 PM.Teenagers who smoke cannabis daily are nearly seven times more likely to attempt suicide than those who never use the drug. Audio

5:40 PM.More than a thousand people have applied for 80 new Kmart jobs in Whangarei. Audio

5:37 PM.Australia's former prime minister Julia Gillard says if she had a time machine, she would do things differently when she provided legal advice to set up a union slush fund for her former boyfriend in… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.New Zealand shares were weaker today, the benchmark Top 50 Index shedding 7 points to 5237. Audio

5:22 PM.The Fiji Government has been forced into an embarrassing backdown over its claim that 45 of its peacekeepers captured in Syria would be released this week. Audio

5:20 PM.The owner of a Kaitaia tourist lodge has appeared in court charged with drugging, indecently assaulting and filming young male guests. Audio

5:17 PM.The Productivity Commission is adamant that increasing the amount of land for building on will make houses cheaper. Audio

5:13 PM.The media have agreed to hold back on publishing details about blogger Cameron Slater's personal life, gleaned from his emails and private Facebook messages. Audio

5:08 PM.The State Services Commissioner is promising to protect the right of any public servant to be politically active in their own time and wants to hear from anyone who feels that right has been trampled… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.A promise to protect public servants from political backlash. Media agree not to publish details about Slater's personal life and a Far North man is charged with drugging, indecently assaulting and… Read more Audio