Checkpoint for Friday 14 May 2010

6:57 PM.The first week of the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the claims of the country's largest iwi, Ngapuhi, has ended at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Audio

6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:36 PM.This week the Prime Minister ruled out giving back the Urewera National Park to Tuhoe as part of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the iwi. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.One of the most valuable everyday currency notes in the world, the 500 euro note, is being withdrawn from sale in the UK. Audio

6:24 PM.Police want something done immediately to tackle teen binge drinking. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:17 PM.New Zealand cricket's lost its most potent pace bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee, with Shane Bond announcing his retirement. Audio

6:10 PM.The Thai army is now threatening to use force to stop the Red Shirt protesters from forming new checkpoints in Bangkok as violence grips the city once again. Audio

6:08 PM.The family of a murdered liquor storeowner say he may have survived had the police acted more quickly. Audio

5:57 PM.The Times Square car bomb that failed to detonate earlier this month was at first thought to have been the work of one man. Audio

5:53 PM.A large coffin made out of cigarette packets has taken centre stage at a select committee hearing in Christchurch today. Audio

5:50 PM.The Privacy Commissioner has contacted Google to find out how much information it has collected about household wireless devices. Audio

5:47 PM.One of the oil companies at the centre of the massive leak in the Gulf Of Mexico has gone to a US court to try to limit its liabilities. Audio

5:44 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:43 PM.The police investigating the disappearance of a Whanganui woman say the body they've found is badly decomposed, hindering identification. Audio

5:40 PM.A family spokesperson says the police apology has been accepted although it's disappointing deputy commissioner Rob Pope is rejecting the authority's finding that officers may have breached their duty… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority report on the response to the shooting of a south Auckland liquor storeowner condemns the police for a string of failures. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:25 PM.All Black legend Sir Colin Meads is welcoming as"about time"the decision to apologise to Maori rugby players discriminated against during South Africa's apartheid era. Audio

5:22 PM.A West Coast coroner says the Department of Labour waited too long to introduce new rules about safety in mines, and had restrictions been tighter at least one miner might still be alive. Audio

5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:16 PM.Violence in Bangkok has forced the New Zealand Embassy to close today. One person died and nine were wounded in clashes overnight in the business district, as the Red Shirt protesters continue their… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.A man's been found guilty of murdering a woman in a hit and run during a botched bag snatch in South Auckland. Audio

5:08 PM.The police are denying they may have breached their duty of care to preserve life through a series of mistakes and blunders that delayed an ambulance getting to a mortally wounded South Auckland… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.IPCA report on death of liquor store owner, Man found guilty of hit and run murder, Thai violence prompts NZ embassy closure, Tighter mine safety rules could have saved a life and Mixed reactions to… Read more Audio