Checkpoint for Thursday 9 April 2015

6:53 PM.There's anecdotal evidence of tangata whenua ditching their archaeology courses for Maori studies; A Te Roroa elder says there's no way his iwi would have let the government chop down kauri to build a… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.Flocks of pigeons are running amok, pooping and diving on people in Browns Bay in Auckland. Audio

6:37 PM.A hunter has survived a 40-metre plunge off a North Canterbury cliff narrowly avoiding sharp rocks and a nearby river. Audio

6:24 PM.A man who tried to throttle a police dog and then attack two officers has had nine months added to a lengthy jail term. Audio

6:20 PM.TV3's flagship current affairs programme Campbell Live could be under threat of being axed with the announcement tonight that it's under review. Audio

6:16 PM.The police searching for a missing Southland boy for almost a month have revealed all the evidence so far points to him being the victim of a murder-suicide by his step-father Audio

6:12 PM.Two hundred and thirty two workers at Sanford's fish processing plant in Christchurch will be out of a job before the month is out. Audio

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

5:52 PM.There's anecdotal evidence of tangata whenua ditching their archaeology courses for Maori studies. Audio

5:50 PM.Three people have been arrested and charged with exploiting migrant workers at an Auckland restaurant chain. Audio

5:45 PM.Police chiefs have declined to comment on accusations that officers criticised over the poor investigation of an Auckland teen sex ring have been made the scapegoats. Audio

5:40 PM.About 300 people were forced to evacuate in central Auckland this afternoon after a fire broke out at a SkyCity restaurant. Audio

5:35 PM.The prison officers union says the 260 staff whose jobs are under threat are paying the price for the Government's decision to sink millions of dollars into private prisons. Audio

5:33 PM.For the latest on the markets Audio

5:27 PM.Rescuers who saved two men, clinging to their upturned kayak in the rough seas, say they were just half an hour away from death. Audio

5:25 PM.The Department of Corrections says a fatally-injured prisoner was not found for some time after he was attacked by three other inmates. Audio

5:22 PM.State highway three through the Manawatu Gorge between Ashhurst and Woodville is being closed because of a slip, and is expected to remain closed at least until tomorrow afternoon. Audio

5:16 PM.Southland police searching for a missing boy at Curio Bay say evidence points to a tragic murder-suicide and that John Beckenridge drove his step-son off a cliff into the sea. Audio

5:12 PM.More than two hundred seafood workers listened in disbelief this afternoon, in Christchurch, as they were told they'd be out of a job by the end of the month. Audio

5:06 PM.The jobs of 260 prison jobs are on the line as the Corrections Department moves to close parts of the country's oldest prisons. Audio

5:00 PM.Corrections plans to close prisons. 232 Sanford workers shocked at loss of jobs. Missing Southland Boy likely victim of murder-suicide- police. Another Manawatu Gorge slip. Details of prison death… Read more Audio