Checkpoint for Wednesday 24 September 2014

6:48 PM.Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is worried about the impact raids carried out at Hawkes Bay Seafoods will have on its whanau; The Northland chief executive of Ngai Takoto says local government is… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A defunct quad biking company has been fined 120 thousand dollars for numerous safety failings that led to an Australian tourist being killed. Audio

6:39 PM.China is pledging for the first time to take firm action to tackle climate change, telling a UN summit it aims to make deep emissions cuts by 2020. Audio

6:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar fell as much as four-fifths of a US cent today before recovering about half that. Audio

6:25 PM.An Auckland company is taking a new idea to Hollywood.... it's new software that forecasts who might want to go to which movie. Audio

6:18 PM.Solid Energy says it won't put anyone else at risk in any re-entry into Pike River mine, and that its board is rightly worried about directors' liability. Audio

6:12 PM.Dairy New Zealand expects between a fifth and a quarter of farmers will have to go back to the bank to get them through the next season. Audio

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

5:56 PM.An eco house builder is shocked that a wall has been stolen from a partly-built home near Christchurch and he suspects industrial espionage. Audio

5:53 PM.Australia's Parliament is debating the Government's counter-terrorism laws, which would make it easier for intelligence officials to access computers and give them more legal immunity when carrying… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A Far North iwi leader says local government is archaic and 30 years behind the times in partnering with Maori. Audio

5:44 PM.The Chinese government is for the first time willing to take firm action to cut its carbon emissions. Audio

5:39 PM.Investors in the failed Ross Asset Management have written to the Minister of Commerce, claiming weak regulations are stopping them from recovering more of their lost investments. Audio

5:36 PM.People caught sleeping rough in abandoned buildings in Christchurch have been ordered to stay away from each other while out on bail. Audio

5:33 PM.The New Zealand dollar fell as much as four-fifths of a US cent today before recovering about half that. Audio

5:26 PM.Police in Australia say the suspected terrorist shot dead in Melbourne last night was in their sights for months and his passport had just been suspended. Audio

5:24 PM.A 17 year-old Manurewa man has been arrested and charged with attacking 43 year-old Lucy Knight the 'good samaritan' who came to the aid of an older woman outside a supermarket in Northcote yesterday… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Solid Energy, is aiming to decide by the end of next month whether to re-enter the main tunnel at Pike River mine, Audio

5:13 PM.Dozens of fishery officers and police raided a large family-owned Hawkes Bay fishing company this morning targeting its operations across the country. Audio

5:08 PM.Fonterra's falling payout threatens up to a quarter of dairy farmers with making a loss this season as well as delivering a five-billion-dollar body blow to the economy. Audio

5:00 PM.The dairy farmer paycut could deliver a five-billion-dollar body blow to the economy. Raids on a large Hawkes Bay company suspected of illegal fishing and - a man is arrested and charged over the… Read more Audio