Checkpoint for Thursday 4 June 2015

6:55 PM.The FBI says it has uncovered a plot by two men in Boston to capture and behead police officers. Audio

6:50 PM.Labour tries to call PM's bluff on live sheep export deals with Saudi Arabia but government blocks move to table the vital cabinet papers in the House; Former Health Minister Annette King and current… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.The demand to provide a growing number and range of activities outside of the classroom is impacting on cash-strapped schools; Te Ohu Kaimoana won't be the one that got away, after iwi across the… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Critics have dismissed the first annual reports from charter schools. Audio

6:40 PM.The Housing Minister, Nick Smith, is continuing to bat away questions about possible legal action over his plans to sell up to 500-hectares of land in Auckland for housing. Audio

6:36 PM.Australian officials have signalled the end of the search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370. Audio

6:25 PM.The Kiwi inventor of a revolutionary jet pack that's set to go on sale next year has suddenly quit the company he founded. Audio

6:22 PM.Wellington's 152-year-old Department store Kirkcaldie and Stains is closing if shareholders give it the green light. Audio

6:17 PM.A coroner has ruled that a cold, damp and leaky Otara home may have contributed to the death of a toddler who lived there. Audio

6:13 PM.Dunedin's Civil Defence Controller, Ruth Stokes, with the latest information regarding the situation in the city. Audio

6:11 PM.At least two hundred properties have been flooded in Dunedin but that number could rise further as the city cleans up from a once in nearly 200 year deluge. Audio

6:05 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:52 PM.Doctors and teachers working in Australia's controversial immigration detention centres could be jailed for up to two years if they speak out against them. Audio

5:49 PM.The demand on schools to provide a growing number and range of activities outside of the classroom is afffecting on cash-strapped schools. Audio

5:46 PM.A boy has confirmed to the High Court in Auckland that he didn't tell police all the truth about what he knew of a fatal west Auckland dairy stabbing. Audio

5:43 PM.Wikileaks has released another batch of secret documents which critics say show New Zealand is pushing for deregulation in world trade negotiations. Audio

5:40 PM.The Government has blocked Labour's attempts to table 2007 Cabinet papers in Parliament over the controversial sheep deal with a Saudi businessman. Audio

5:38 PM.Convicted double murderer Scott Watson is a step closer to giving a behind-bars interview to a magazine. Audio

5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar has seen some volatility, following the release of some weaker-than-expected economic data across the Tasman. Audio

5:29 PM.Glen Martin, the man who turned a distant dream into a multi-billion dollar company to create and build a flying jet pack has stunned the aviation world today by resigning. Audio

5:25 PM.A Judge has fined Wellington's port company nearly 61-thousand dollars over the death of an employee who was crushed after two stacks of pulp bales were pushed together by a forklift driven by a… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Housing New Zealand spokesperson Kay Read responds. Audio

5:17 PM.A coroner has ruled that a cold, damp and leaky south Auckland home may have contributed to the death of a toddler who lived there. Audio

5:15 PM.More now on the aftermath of the Dunedin flooding. Fresh from the latest civil defence briefing is Dunedin Mayor, Dave Cull. Audio

5:11 PM.A Dunedin man who crashed into a two metre hole in the road caused by a slip along the Otago Peninsula says he'll be buying a lotto ticket. Audio

5:07 PM.At least two hundred properties have been flooded in Dunedin in what being described as the heaviest rain the city's had in nearly two hundred years. Audio

5:00 PM.South Dunedin struggling to clear water; Driver slips off the road in Dunedin's weather chaos; Dunedin's Mayor has more; State House partially responsible for a toddler's death; Housing NZ says it… Read more Audio