Checkpoint for Monday 12 May 2008

5:07 PM.An improvised rope made out sheets remains dangling from the wall of Auckland's Mount Eden prison. Audio

5:11 PM.The cost of buying Toll New Zealand's train and ferry services could be at least 100 million dollars higher. Audio

5:17 PM.Efforts to help the survivors are inching forward at last. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.The move to supply this product isn't popular with alcohol watchdogs. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

5:36 PM.The police say a member of the public was the first to spot Aaron Forden scaling an outside wall. Audio

5:40 PM.The Kahui twins' mother has been described in court today as being violent, aggressive and indifferent. Audio

5:44 PM.New Real Estate figures show the number of property sales for April was down 45% on the same month last year. Audio

5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:50 PM.Forest owners say changes to the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme will leave them isolated. Audio

5:54 PM.Lipene Sila is on trial for the murder of 16-year olds Jane Young and Hannah Rossiter. Audio

5:57 PM.The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing an unprecedented attack on his character. Audio

6:07 PM.The body of 18 year-old Michael Hutchings was found in the Clutha River in January. Audio

6:10 PM.The Green Party says labels on food packaging aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Audio

6:14 PM.The ABC's Middle East correspondent Ben Knight reports from Beirut. Audio

6:17 PM.New Zealand Aluminium Smelters says it might have to close its Southland operations, because of the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

6:19 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:21 PM.Residents near Hamilton, are worried the coolstore destroyed in an explosion and fire early last month will be rebuilt. Audio

6:25 PM.Officials in Chile say a computer hacker has published the confidential records of six million people on the internet. Audio

6:26 PM.Their pay has been boosted, but the ongoing shortage of nurses is still causing stress to the profession. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

6:35 PM.Health authorities in Canterbury have today been forced to defend their claim that a major irrigation scheme should not proceed. Audio

6:39 PM.Mexico's war on drugs has got more bloody with the shooting of three top policemen. Audio

6:45 PM.The Green Party is predicting it's share of the vote this election will hit double figures. Audio

6:49 PM.An earthquake has struck parts of Asia. Audio

6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:52 PM.The trial use of battery powered scooters by Auckland parking wardens has drawn the wrath of the city's mayor. Audio

6:55 PM.Tomorrow Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swann will deliver Labour's first budget in thirteen years. Audio

6:57 PM.From home skills to hiking - a new book tells the history of the Girl Guiding Association in New Zealand. Audio