Checkpoint for Tuesday 9 June 2015

6:54 PM.Apple's announced a big new app that combines streaming songs and music videos with an internet radio station. Audio

6:53 PM.Parliament's Justice and Electoral committee looks likely to consider holding an inquiry into euthanasia, but its members are already clearly split. Audio

6:49 PM.A group of academics is calling for more rigorous training to ensure Māori receive better care at the end of their lives; A South Wairarapa Māori Standing committee representative is disappointed… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Locals have stared down developers at an unspoilt Coromandel beach. Audio

6:39 PM.A Delta Force commando raid on Islamic State last month has snared a treasure trove of secrets about how the terrorists operate. Audio

6:34 PM.In Australia an inquest has heard how a paramedic jumped off a cruise ship to try to save his girlfriend, plunging six stories into the ocean. Audio

6:25 PM.At an emotion-charged sentencing in Dunedin, a tourist who killed a 5 year old girl by driving on the wrong side of the road has been sent to prison for 18 months. [regions Otago Audio

6:20 PM.An apparent turn-around in the Government's finances has raised the possibility it might make surplus this year after all. Audio

6:16 PM.The Government's opened the way for a Nelson teenager locked in a coma to be given medicinal marijuana. Audio

6:12 PM.More details are emerging about the North Canterbury quarry where the police are hoping to get to the body of Murray Taylor tonight. Audio

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

5:54 PM.A group of academics is calling for more rigorous training to ensure Māori receive better care at the end of their lives. Audio

5:50 PM.The Australian government is investigating nearly 200 cases of foreign investment and is offering a grace period for lawbreakers who turn themselves in. Audio

5:48 PM.One of the boys accused of taking part in a fatal dairy robbery told the police it was his friend who stabbed the dairy owner. Audio

5:43 PM.Political Editor Brent Edwards on workplace safety law. Audio

5:40 PM.Opposition parties say it's alarming quarries in New Zealand are virtually unregulated because of the Government's hands-off approach to workplace safety. Audio

5:36 PM.A tourist driver who killed a five year Oamaru girl has been jailed for 18 months and must pay more than $60, 000 in reparations. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.An asbestos scare has shut down a work site by a busy footpath and road in central Christchurch. Audio

5:25 PM.A super city for Wellington has been canned. Audio

5:21 PM.The debt-laden Southern District Health Board has till Thursday to make its case to the Government to avoid being sacked and replaced by a commissioner. Audio

5:18 PM.A Nelson teenager who has been in an induced coma for weeks can now be given medicinal marijuana. Audio

5:14 PM.Brett Murray is Worksafe's general manager of High Hazards. Audio

5:11 PM.Our reporter Georgina Stylianou is in Waikari. Audio

5:08 PM.Rescuers have reached the top of a digger where a man is presumed dead after more than a thousand tonnes of rock crashed onto his machine at his North Canterbury quarry. Audio

5:00 PM.Police hope to get body out of digger tonight, RNZ reporter is in Waikari - North Canterbury quarry, Worksafe responds - North Canterbury quarry, Minister approves cannabis oil for teen in coma… Read more Audio