Checkpoint for Monday 19 April 2010

5:00 PM.The best of Checkpoint. Audio

5:07 PM.Bikers say the motorcyclist killed in a collision with a police patrol car had no chance at all of avoiding the vehicle which was doing a three point turn below the crest of a hill. Audio

5:10 PM.The Bikers Rights Organisation has described 38 year old Paul Brown as a well regarded racer and a skilful rider who knew the roads around his home town of Te Kauwhata. Audio

5:14 PM.Iceland's volcanic ash cloud is putting airlines, airports and passengers under mounting pressure. Audio

5:17 PM.There's no end in sight for thousands of New Zealand travellers with a back-log of flights predicted to take at least a week to clear. Audio

5:21 PM.A delegation to Gallipoli is about to leave after faults were found on both the Air Force jet they were to fly on and another military plane sent to replace it. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.One of the two women who spent last night lost in the Southern Wairarapa bush says she is embarrassed and will be better prepared next time. Audio

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

5:35 PM.The convicted Melbourne gangland killer Carl Williams has died in Barwon Prison after suffering head injuries in an assault and going into cardiac arrest. Audio

5:37 PM.Researchers have discovered what could be the main reason behind New Zealand's high rate of quad bike crashes. Audio

5:40 PM.Ten secret witnesses and a former senior Black Power member will give evidence in a gang murder trial in New Plymouth. Audio

5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:48 PM.In Bangkok, the army has moved hundreds of soldiers into the business district in order to keep anti-government protesters out. Audio

5:52 PM.The woman accused of New Zealand's first aircraft hijacking has had her trial delayed for a second time. Audio

5:55 PM.A Canadian economist says New Zealand should approach employment insurance schemes, like the one in his country, with great caution. Audio

6:08 PM.The Bikers' Rights Organisation is calling for a review of police driving when officers change direction to begin a pursuit. Audio

6:11 PM.The US fraud case against Goldman Sachs is going global with Britain and Germany announcing it will also investigate. Audio

6:13 PM.The Australian Government's decision to re-open the Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia has been heavily criticised by refugee support groups. Audio

6:16 PM.Survivors are still being found under the rubble in Jiegu high on the Tibetan plateau where last week's earthquake killed more than seventeen hundred people. Audio

6:18 PM.This year's the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean war. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:23 PM.The ACT party says New Zealand is being misled over the true cost to taxpayers of the emissions trading scheme. Audio

6:25 PM.The U.S. President Barack Obama's national security advisors have confirmed they're considering a broad range of options to curb Iran's nuclear programme among them military strikes. Audio

6:28 PM.An uncrewed aircraft operated by the American space agency NASA is getting scientists excited. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

6:37 PM.A report by accountancy firm KPMG says New Zealand's agribusiness sector has as little as five years before being undercut by other nations developing intensive farming. Audio

6:40 PM.The Icelandic volcano which began erupting last Thursday is continuing to spew ash into the sky - leaving some neighbouring areas pitchblack during the day. Audio

6:42 PM.The blanket of potentially hazardous ash shrouding Europe is continuing to cause serious disruptions to international air travel. Audio

6:46 PM.Up to 10 tonnes of export-quality New Zealand lamb is stranded in transit at airports throughout the world. Audio

6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:51 PM.The US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is optimistic a strong financial reform bill will pass through Congress despite Republican opposition. Audio

6:53 PM.In Britain the two main parties are trying to turn around a jump in poll support for the Liberal Democrats three weeks before the general election. Audio

6:56 PM.A group of politicians in the United States has declared enough is enough when it comes to airline fees. Audio