Checkpoint for Wednesday 2 June 2010

6:57 PM.An anti-whaling petitition with 53,000 signatures has been delivered to the Government by environmental groups. Audio

6:54 PM.The family of an aspiring Maori leader killed after being attacked outside a bar in Whakatane last year, say the sentence given to his killer is a joke. Audio

6:50 PM.There's another aid ship on the way to Gaza hoping to break the Israeli blockade. Audio

6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:43 PM.A week after bloody raids on the stronghold of a Jamaican drug lord, there's still no sign of Christopher 'Dudas' Coke. Audio

6:40 PM.It's been a clean up day in and around flooded Whakatane as insurance assessors, building inspectors, roading contractors and residents alike battled tonnes of mud. Audio

6:38 PM.All of those detained when Israeli forces boarded the Gaza aid convoy are being removed from Israel. Audio

6:35 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

6:28 PM.For the latest news from China we're joined by our correspondent in Beijing Michael Bristow. Audio

6:25 PM.Parents are being warned not to give their children energy drinks or energy shots because of the high levels of caffeine they contain. Audio

6:22 PM.The Prime Minister has declared the controversy over his blind trust to be 'case closed', now the Speaker of the House has rejected a privileges complaint laid by the Opposition. Audio

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

6:17 PM.Japan's fourth Prime Minister in as many years has resigned. Audio

6:14 PM.An unidentified man hit by a train five days ago has regained consciousness and told police his name. Audio

6:11 PM.There are grumblings in the rural sector about forming a political party in reaction to the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

6:07 PM.A New Zealander activist who was on board a humanitarian aid convoy raided by Israeli commandos is in the process of being deported from Israel. Audio

5:53 PM.Jail cells made from modified shipping containers have made their national debut at Rimutaka Prison, north of Wellington. Audio

5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:44 PM.Israel is repatriating the families of its embassy staff in Ankara amid tensions over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy, in which nine people were killed. Audio

5:41 PM.A man accused of murdering a policeman says he was in shock when he realised he had killed a man with an air gun and that the man was a police officer. Audio

5:36 PM.Up to fifty-five New Zealand women who visited a private abortion clinic in Melbourne may have been deliberately infected with Hepatitis C. Audio

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

5:25 PM.The man who has been in charge of the rise of the Phoenix has resigned. Audio

5:21 PM.A study into what became known as the unfortunate experiment at National Women's hospital has found women whose treatment was delayed had ten times the risk of developing cervical cancer. Audio

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

5:16 PM.The Prime Minister is refusing to say KiwiBank won't be privatised despite promising before the election it would never be sold. Audio

5:13 PM.Israel has vowed to block more aid ships heading for Gaza. Audio

5:12 PM.Israeli embassy staff and their families are leaving Turkey as tensions escalate over the commando raid on the aid convoy to Gaza. Audio

5:07 PM.Up to fifty-five New Zealand women who visited a private abortion clinic in Melbourne may have been deliberately infected with Hepatitis C. Audio

5:00 PM.A search for New Zealand women who may have been deliberately infected with Hepatitis by an abortion clincic doctor. Israel says all foreign activists detained during a flotilla raid will be deported… Read more Audio