Checkpoint for Thursday 23 July 2015

6:51 PM.Justice & Electoral Committee receives calls for automatic voter registration; Corrections Minister faces more questions about problems at Mt Eden Prison. Audio

6:47 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal has been hearing opposing arguments from the Crown and Māori on whether it should hold an urgent inquiry into the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal; A company headed… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.Nelson's Trafalgar Centre will soon be open again for the conferences, concerts and sports events it's missed out on since the venue was closed 18 months ago. Audio

6:40 PM.In Beijing, human rights lawyers have been paraded on television accused of corruption and fraud in a state crack down on the legal profession. Audio

6:37 PM.The Minister of Social Development is denying that plans to have sole parents on a benefit re-apply every year is a cost-saving exercise. Audio

6:26 PM.Anyone with a drone, from commercial operators to children with toy machines, will have to comply with new, tougher rules . Audio

6:25 PM.The head of Corrections Ray Smith has just said he learned today that another prisoner transported this week from Mt Eden Prison to another prison arrived there with injuries That prisoner has made… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.If Auckland housing affordability is bad, spare a thought for Vancouver where it's worse and sparking a fiercer backlash against foreign buyers. Audio

6:16 PM.The Government has acknowledged economic growth will slow but insists the economy's prospects are good, as the Reserve Bank made another cut to the official cash rate today. Audio

6:13 PM.The High Court's delivered a big black eye to the Health Ministry, overturning an unfair tendering process that threatened to rip the heart out of the Problem Gambling Foundation. Its ruling this… Read more Audio

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

5:56 PM.The Auckland Council has decided to look into alternative sources of financing, which includes the possibility of selling its assets. The council's budget committee agreed to set up the review in May… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.After a long wait, rules are finally coming in around drones to boost safety and curb snooping, but at the same time opening up the chance to fly them at night. From next week, anyone with a drone… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A ten year old New Zealand girl has just clinched her third world BMX title at the championships in Belgium. Leila Walker, who's from Cambridge, only took up the sport three and a half years ago. Audio

5:45 PM.A former inmate says it was worse when the jail was run by Corrections and the company Serco has made things better. Martin Lyttelton spent two years on remand there in 2008 and 2009. Serco took over… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.The Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater could face jail time if he is found to be in contempt of court. The businessman Matthew Blomfield is accusing Mr Slater of breaching a confidential Settlement… Read more Audio

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

5:24 PM.A security expert has told an inquest into the death of a security guard that his lack of training may have contributed to his death and he's calling for much strong accountability and policing of the… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.The Reserve Bank has looked past Auckland's red hot housing market cutting the benchmark interest rate to help farmers grappling with plunging dairy prices. Audio

5:15 PM.The Corrections Minister has revealed Serco has been fined $300,000 in the last year for breaching its contract with the Government. Sam Lotu-Iiga met the prison company's bosses today and put them on… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The High Court's delivered a comprehensive defeat to the Health Ministry, overturning an unfair tendering process that threatened to scupper the Problem Gambling Foundation. Audio

5:08 PM.A company headed by the Kaitaia GP Lance O'Sullivan has won a $30 thousand grant for a pioneering internet health service for children. The grant from the lines company Top Energy, will extend a… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Black eye for Health Ministry in big win for gambling workers; More failings by private prison company are revealed;; Reserve Bank cuts interest rate; Call for stronger policing of security industry -… Read more Audio