Checkpoint for Friday 20 February 2015

6:52 PM.Latest news from the Te Manu Korihi team. Audio

6:35 PM.A spat broke out this week between Labour and the Greens over the membership of the top-level Intelligence and Security Committee. Audio

6:26 PM.An eccentric sandstone property, reputed to have been designed to hide German troops for an invasion of Sydney, is going up for sale. Audio

6:22 PM.A great pair of lungs and some sharp ears saved a truck driver's life after he ended up in the Buller River early this morning. Audio

6:12 PM.An Auckland schoolboy accused of king hitting a bus driver on Monday, breaking his cheekbone, had a run-in with the driver months earlier. Audio

5:52 PM.Six giant 80-year-old pohutukawa trees that Auckland Transport wanted to cut down to widen a main road have been saved following a community campaign. Audio

5:49 PM.A Northland regional councillor is criticising the the latest stage in plans to change the law surrounding Maori land; the mayor of Kapiti says his council intends to appoint an iwi commissioner by… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A police inspector has told a jury that Mark Lundy's car did not appear to have been cleaned or wiped down when he examined it. Audio

5:43 PM.A Kaikoura woman who rang police about a baby locked in a campervan in the midday heat says she'd have smashed the window herself if the officers hadn't arrived so quickly. Audio

5:38 PM.Tropical Cyclone Marcia is lashing the coast of central Queensland. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.It's been a disastrous day so far for England against New Zealand, on the heels of their drubbing by Australia in their first match. Audio

5:24 PM.A truck driver clung to a tree to keep from being swept away after plunging into the Buller Gorge early today. Audio

5:21 PM.The sister of a murdered North Otago farmhand has told his killers she will never be able to forgive their lack of remorse. Audio

5:14 PM.The Government's given a Northland charter school bedevilled by truancy and low enrolment four weeks to shape up or be shut down. Audio

5:10 PM.An Auckland schoolboy accused of king hitting a bus driver, breaking his cheekbone, had months earlier been ordered off by the driver for eating fish and chips. Audio

5:08 PM.The sister of the convicted murderer and paedophile Phillip John Smith has denied helping her brother escape custody and will face a jury trial. Audio

5:00 PM.Woman accused of helping Phillip Smith escape is his sister; schoolboy had run-in wtih driver before king-hit attack; charter school given 4 weeks to shape up or shut down; sister of murdered man says… Read more Audio