Checkpoint for Tuesday 17 November 2015

6:54 PM.The government puts the House under urgency to pass three bills this week, starting with the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Bill which sets up a supervisory regime for deportees… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.Some conservation workers are warning about the consquences of New Zealand becoming predator free. Audio

6:47 PM.28 protestors have been arrested outside the Defence Industry Association annual meeting in Wellington today after confronting conference goers. Audio

6:43 PM.The Whanganui District must now be spelt with an H. Audio

6:40 PM.The Transport Agency has backed off a contentious proposal to put a motorway through a scenic valley north of Wellington. Audio

6:35 PM.Large scale Chinese investment in Australia is ruffling some United States feathers with the 99-year lease of Darwin's port going to a private Chinese firm, Landbridge. Audio

6:27 PM.Compensation will be coming to just under four-and-a-half-thousand Canterbury home owners whose properties are now classed, as being more vulnerable to liquefaction. Audio

6:23 PM.And from Parliament where the Monitoring Bill is being debated, we're joined now by our political reporter Demelza Leslie. Audio

6:18 PM.Parliament is debating under urgency legislation to bring in monitoring of criminals deported back here from overseas. Audio

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

5:57 PM.Finding indigenous solutions to preventing suicide was the goal of a hui in Hamilton today. Audio

5:52 PM.A top Canadian lawyer says terrorists will be the winners if countries stop accepting Syrian refugees because of the Paris attacks. Audio

5:49 PM.In Alexandra, a group of teenagers have just been given 30 thousand dollars. Audio

5:46 PM.The widow of a man crushed to death by a crane at work says she's still too raw to move on, nearly two years later. Audio

5:42 PM.A specialist in early childhood development says police should've given a six-year-old boy waving a knife more time to calm down before pepper spraying him. Audio

5:40 PM.To the Wacca, where the pitch which so often favours bowlers is once again helping the batsmen, with Australia extending its lead despite losing two early wickets. Audio

5:37 PM.Meanwhile people are gathering in central Wellington's Civic Square to show support for France - and hear from the French Ambassador to New Zealand. Audio

5:35 PM.MPs have unanimously condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris and expressed their condolences to the people of France. Audio

5:33 PM.New Zealand's largest construction company, Fletcher Building, has raised its earnings guidance for this year on the back of a strong local sector. The specialty dairy producer, A2 Milk, has nearly… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.The city and district of Whanganui must now be spelled with an H. Audio

5:25 PM.Meatworkers in Wairoa have won their two-year battle with AFFCO over individual contracts that divided the town and families within it. Audio

5:21 PM.The Government has decided not to repatriate the bodies of 36 fallen soliders from civilian graves in Malaysia - a decision that's bitterly disappointed many of their families. Audio

5:17 PM.With the arrival of Christmas Island and other detainees imminent, Parliament is this afternoon debating under urgency, to introduce a regime to monitor criminals returning from other countries. Audio

5:13 PM.From Paris, we're now joined by the BBC's Olivier Weber. Audio

5:08 PM.France is urging the US and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State while at home it's looking likely French nationals returning from Syria could be put under house arrest. Audio