Checkpoint for Tuesday 24 May 2016

6:14 PM.New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker says it's disappointing his fight against Carlos Takem was livestreamed and viewed for free by thousands on Saturday night. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Beneficiaries are a total of $417 million in debt to WINZ, with some owing as much as $74,000 each. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Leonard Nattrass-Berquist and Beauen Wallace-Loretz were sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of over ten years, after bashing a man to death with a bat. Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:37 PM.The Government is defending its record on building houses in Auckland, as it prepares to announce more money for Crown land and social housing in Thursday's Budget. Audio

5:40 PM.Blenheim - or Marlborough City? A group of businesspeople from the South Island region have suggested a name change, but are facing a backlash from locals. Audio

5:50 PM.According to Department of Conservation figures obtained by the Green party, over a thousand Department of Conservation bridges, boardwalks, jetties and viewing platforms are not up to standard. Audio

6:10 PM.Beneficiaries have borrowed more than $400 million from the Ministry of Social Development, a figure that continues to grow. Audio

6:50 PM.Budget Week begins with a Question Time dominated by the housing shortage as the Opposition tries unsuccessfully to get the prime minister to admit that it has reached crisis point. Building and… Read more Audio