Checkpoint for Monday 26 May 2008

5:07 PM.Accolades are flowing for Scott Dixon who has made sporting history winning the prestigious Indy 500. Audio

5:11 PM.The Counties Manukau Police Commander, Steve Shortland says the case has not been shelved. Audio

5:18 PM.The mother of a young Dunedin woman has told the HIgh Court today of seeing her daughter being stabbed multiple times. Audio

5:22 PM.Just before lunchtime NASA's Phoenix lander gently touched down on its three legs in the north pole region. Audio

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

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

5:35 PM.One of New Zealand's most successful racing drivers says Scott Dixon's Indianapolis 500 win will propel him to superstardom. Audio

5:41 PM.A surgeon has accused the Health and Disability Commissioner of 'trial by media' . Audio

5:43 PM.An inquest into the death of the Kahui twins is being considered in a bid to find answers the criminal investigation could not. Audio

5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:51 PM.The Crown has told a High Court jury the shooting dead of Hawkes Bay farmer Jack Nicholas was a reckless and stupid killing. Audio

5:56 PM.The Australian government is to review whether the GST charged on top of the petrol excise should be scrapped. Audio

6:06 PM.Scott Dixon says his win in the Indianapolis 500 was even sweeter than winning the entire championship in 2003. Audio

6:13 PM.The Prime Minister says the police will take a fresh look at the case into the death of the Kahui twins. Audio

6:19 PM.Mrs Muliaga died last May after her power was disconnected, disabling her oxygen machine. Audio

6:25 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:28 PM.The main prize at the Cannes Film festival the Palme d'Or has been won by the French schoolroom drama. Audio

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

6:35 PM.Colombia's feared rebel group FARC has confirmed that the man who founded the movement and lead it for 44 years is dead. Audio

6:39 PM.France says it's shocked by Myanmar's refusal to let its warships deliver aid directly to the Irrawaddy Delta. Audio

6:43 PM.Soldiers in China are racing to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago. Audio

6:45 PM.A multi-million dollar facility to help the country's top bomb disposal experts perfect their craft has opened. Audio

6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:51 PM.President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has launched his campaign for the second round presidential election at the end of June. Audio

6:54 PM.In the United States the democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has created a firestorm. Audio

6:57 PM.After months with no head of state Lebanon has voted to elect the Army chief Michel Suleiman as President. Audio