Checkpoint for Monday 10 November 2014

6:55 PM.The one- time head of TVNZ and Telstra Rick Ellis is Te Papa's new chief executive. Audio

6:53 PM.The amount developers have to pay the Christchurch City Council to build new homes in rural areas could be about to rise 30 percent. Audio

6:52 PM.The Department of Internal affairs has released a press statement on Smiths' passport Audio

6:48 PM.The last surviving 28th Maori Battalion veteran to leave Wairarapa for the second World War has died at the age of 88; An independent inquiry has found child abuse and family violence amongst Maori is… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.In Australia, drones are stopping water-bombing helicopters from fighting out-of-control bushfires. Audio

6:41 PM.A man who used to beat up his family says sharing stories of abuse is the way to stop it. Audio

6:36 PM.An Australian dairy company has dropped its halal accreditation and scrapped a 50 thousand dollar a year deal over claims that fees it pays are being used to fund terrorism. Audio

6:33 PM.People have been doing u-turns and heading the wrong way on the Auckland motorway after a driver died when his rubbish truck rolled. Audio

6:26 PM.The Green Party hopes a new Free Trade Area proposed for the Asia-Pacific will stymie the economic ambitions of the United States. Audio

6:24 PM.Environmental groups have gone to the High Court in Wellington today to try to overturn the resource consents granted for the huge Ruataniwha dam. Audio

6:21 PM.A woman has been awarded four-thousand-dollars after she was fired from her bartending job for objecting to a rape joke. Audio

6:16 PM.The Mexican President is coming under huge pressure as protests escalate over the massacre of 43 student teachers two months ago. Audio

6:12 PM.The Department of Corrections says the woman who sponsored fugitive killer Phillip Smith picking him up from prison won't tell them where she took Smith or how he got a passport. Audio

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

5:53 PM.People and groups keeping Te Reo Maori alive have been recognised. The Nga Tohu Reo Maori awards have been held in Rotorua. From Te Manu Korihi news, Laura Bootham reports. Audio

5:51 PM.The Minister of Finance says financial lending restrictions imposed on low deposit mortgages are on the way out, a move the Opposition says will help first-home buyers. Audio

5:45 PM.The New Zealand dollar rallied, as profit takers sold U.S. dollars. Audio

5:37 PM.Corrections national commissioner, Jeremy Lightfoot, is with us. Audio

5:34 PM.The Department of Corrections says it has not failed in relation to the child molester and murderer Phillip Smith. Audio

5:28 PM.On the heels of the All Blacks' close call against England, their coach Steve Hansen is accusing television producers of interfering in games by replaying questionable calls too many times. Audio

5:25 PM.A Catholic priest from Blenheim has been discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a teenaged boy. Audio

5:20 PM.Thousands of Aucklanders crashed the council's website today as they looked for the new values it's put on their homes. Audio

5:15 PM.The Prime Minister says the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal could be put on ice if it's not struck soon. Audio

5:11 PM.Lynda is the aunt of the boy Smith abused. Audio

5:07 PM.The child molester and murderer Phillip Smith is now an international fugitive, fleeing New Zealand on a passport in his birth name two days before authorities were even aware he'd gone. Audio

5:00 PM.A killer and child abuser tricks prison officers and flees to Chile. Is the Pacific free trade deal about to fail? And Aucklanders crash a website on how much their houses are worth. Audio