Checkpoint for Monday 23 November 2015

6:53 PM.A financial educational software programme and an app that actually encourages face to face meetings with friends are two of the winning inventions of the DigMyIdea Maori Innovation Challenge. Audio

6:47 PM.France's President Francois Hollande is expected to seek a bigger United States effort against Islamic State, when he visits Washington this week. Audio

6:43 PM.An increase in Fiji's military budget has been slammed as money poorly spent, unaffordable and unnecessary. Audio

6:40 PM.The Prime Minister says the the Government of Timor Leste will have to think long and hard about diversifying its economy. Audio

6:36 PM.There's a much higher number of schools with serious building problems around Napier and Gisborne than in the rest of the country. Audio

6:29 PM.Whanau from the Whanganui River are seeking to rebuild on an ancient marae site you can only get to by boat. Audio

6:21 PM.Vandals have attacked an important cemetery in the United Kingdom for Australian and New Zealand casualties of the First World War. Audio

6:18 PM.More details have been anounced of a memorial service to honour the rugby legend Jonah Lomu. Audio

6:16 PM.Peter Northcote of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission also spoke to reporters. Audio

6:14 PM.Alpine Adventures which owns the helicopter has said it's satisfied the pilot Mitch Gameren was following procedure at the time. Audio

6:10 PM.The police say they're hopeful of recovering the remaining three bodies from where a tourist chopper crashed near a landing site on Fox Glacier killing seven people. Audio

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

5:53 PM.To Australia, where it's been revealed police are keeping watch on a dozen men, and boys as young as 12, which they believe are capable of committing an act of terror such as killing a random member… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.The Crown says internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom hasn't been able to counter the case against him despite weeks of legal argument. Audio

5:45 PM.More details are being given about a public memorial for Jonah Lomu next Monday. Audio

5:43 PM.The wife of a Taranaki farm worker has told a court she didn't notice any change in her husband moments after the police say he killed their son. Audio

5:37 PM.A young woman was given heart medication instead of the anti-depressant pills she needed and suffered worse depression as a result. Audio

5:35 PM.Glass manufacturer, Metro Performance Glass, has reported a net profit of 11-million dollars in the six months ended September on the back of solid sales growth. Audio

5:28 PM.New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has added to her growing resume by claiming the LPGA Player of the Year award. Audio

5:26 PM.Firefighters have been battling a wildfire which has destroyed about one hundred hectares of forestry near Lumsden in the South Island. Audio

5:22 PM.Vandals have done so much damage to a Wellington art installation commemorating fallen soldiers that it's being taken down entirely. Audio

5:21 PM.At least 16 people have been taken to hospital after a shooting at a playground in New Orleans where people were filming a music video. Audio

5:18 PM.The jury has taken just three and a half hours to find Mei Fan's former husband Michael Preston guilty of her murder. Audio

5:15 PM.There's a much higher number of schools with serious building problems around Napier and Gisborne than in the rest of the country. Audio

5:11 PM.Our reporter Peter Newport joins us from the township of Fox. Audio

5:08 PM.New details are emerging about the Fox Glacier tourist chopper crash that claimed seven lives. Audio

5:00 PM.New details are emerging about the Fox Glacier tourist chopper crash that claimed seven lives and there's a much higher number of schools with serious building problems around Napier and Gisborne than… Read more Audio