Checkpoint for Friday 27 March 2015

6:54 PM.A South Taranaki tribe has accepted an apology from the Crown in Hokitika for illegally detaining their ancestors without trial; The Auckland Council says only 36 bids to carry out work on sites of… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.The conduct of the Government's electronic spy agency has again come under scrutiny this week with allegations that in 2013 it spied on those competing for the job as the director-general of the World… Read more Audio

6:28 PM.A prominent Australian opponent of same-sex marriage has come out in support of daughter's gay wedding in New Zealand - a move which has a lot of people scratching their heads. Audio

6:26 PM.China is using soft diplomacy to counter fears about its growing military presence in the Pacific region. Audio

6:21 PM.A leading sports psychologist says the Black Caps have momentum behind them but need to stay in the moment ahead of Sunday's Cricket World Cup final. Audio

6:18 PM.The Australian cricketers are heavily favoured to win a 5th World Cup title when they take on New Zealand in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. Audio

6:14 PM.Police have apologised to the family of a man who died in a station cell last year and say it was totally unacceptable officers didn't help Sentry Taitoko as he bashed his head repeatedly on the… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:57 PM.Descendants of the Gallipoli artist Horace Moore-Jones have joined with the Governor of the Turkish province of Canakkale to unveil a statue of him in Hamilton today. Audio

5:50 PM.A South Taranaki tribe has accepted an apology from the Crown in Hokitika today for illegally detaining their ancestors without trial in the South Island in the 1800s. Audio

5:48 PM.NASA says today's long-awaited launch of its space balloon from Wanaka went perfectly. Audio

5:44 PM.The defence in the Lundy retrial is once again pointing its finger at Christine Lundy's brother Glen Weggery suggesting he may have been the killer. Audio

5:42 PM.The police have found metal wreckage in a cove at Curio Bay likely to be the car at the centre of a search for a missing Southland boy but they won't say if anyone is inside. Audio

5:37 PM.The Civil Aviation Authority here has rushed through a new rule banning pilots from being left alone in the cockpits of big planes. Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The Australians are heavily favoured to win a 5th Cricket World Cup when they take on New Zealand in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. Audio

5:23 PM.Our political editor Brent Edwards joins us. Audio

5:20 PM.Today in Northland the Prime Minister revealed the Government backed away from announcing planned major investments because of the fierce criticism it copped over the bridges. Audio

5:17 PM.The brother of Auckland murder victim, Shalvin Prasad, says today's guilty verdicts hold the two killers to account, and brings some closure to his family. Audio

5:11 PM.Lawyer Ron Mansfield says the reports describe events that are all too familiar and doomed to continue unless the government takes urgent action. Audio

5:09 PM.Sentry Taitoko was high on LSD, meth, alcohol and cannabis when he bashed his head more than a hundred times on the concrete walls and floor of his police cell. Audio

5:00 PM.Police failed prisoner who bashed his head 100 times, Lawyer says police failings will continue, Shalvin Prasad's killers are found guilty of murder, Key cans by-election spend-up, Andreas Lubitz… Read more Audio