Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 June 2015

6:53 PM.An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations of abuse and poor conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.While some Maori leaders and mayors are celebrating the scrapping of a supercity proposal for the Wellington region, Porirua's mayor says it's a missed opportunity; Maoridom is mourning the death of… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Auckland's much loved music store Real Groovy is on the move. Audio

6:42 PM.A Texas police officer filmed man-handling a black teenager in a bikini and then pulling his gun on her friends has resigned. Audio

6:37 PM.Staff at the Wintergarden in Auckland's Doman are keeping a close watch on one of their prize plants, which is about to flower and give off the smell of rotting flesh. Audio

6:35 PM.Bruce Porter was on a day out diving at the Poor Knights Islands in February 2014 when he ended up dead, killed by the propeller of the dive company's boat. Audio

6:27 PM.An Auckland teacher who masturbated in an empty classroom gets to keep his name secret for at least one more week. Audio

6:25 PM.The owner of a horse that was hit and killed on a busy Wellington street this morning, still has no idea why a man made the bizzare decision to take it on an early morning ride. Audio

6:22 PM.The New Zealand Airforce has helped rescue a father and his six year old son who were adrift in an open boat off the Cook Islands. Audio

6:15 PM.Medic Alert is using the case of a woman who died an agonising death after a doctor gave her the wrong antibiotic, to argue for urgent change. Audio

6:12 PM.More now on the recovery this afternoon of the body of the digger driver from a North Canterbury quarry. Audio

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

5:54 PM.A political giant from the Washington beltway has pleaded not guilty in a case involving millions of dollars, sex and wrestling. Audio

5:50 PM.While some Māori leaders and mayors are celebrating the scrapping of a supercity proposal for the Wellington region, Porirua's mayor says it's a missed opportunity. Plans to join all nine councils in… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A teenage witness has told the High Court in Auckland that an older boy encouraged a 13 year-old to rob the local shoe shop. Audio

5:44 PM.A doctor says babies are being condemned before they're born, because the Ministry of Health doesn't know who's caring for more than 10% of pregnant women. Audio

5:37 PM.The government says Queenstown is the most expensive place to buy a house and its first special housing area there will go some way to fixing that. Audio

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

5:27 PM.Fonterra's Chief Executive, fresh from revealing he'll cut hundreds of jobs, is defending the company's performance and promising an overhaul will work for farmers. Audio

5:20 PM.The Government is being urged to do more to deal with rising house prices and inequality but it says it is already doing much of what has been recommended. Audio

5:17 PM.The biggest live shipment of sheep in about nine years is being loaded in Timaru bound for Mexico. Audio

5:11 PM.A Christchurch pensioner is devastated his wife of decades was given an antibiotic and died an agonising death, after doctors and nurses took no notice of her Medic Alert bracelet. Audio

5:09 PM.Just minutes ago police announced that rescuers have recovered the body of a digger driver after he was buried under tonnes of rock on Monday morning. Audio

5:00 PM.Quarry worker's body found, Pensioner devastated at wife's death after getting wrong medicine, 50 thousand sheep heading to mexico, Govt urged to do more with rising house prices, says it is, Fonterra… Read more Audio