Checkpoint for Tuesday 22 June 2010

6:57 PM.Commuters at Wellington Railway Station are being confronted with the wreckage of a car involved in a controlled collision with a train. Audio

6:55 PM.The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the number of people using heroin and opium in Afghanistan has doubled in the last five years. Audio

6:52 PM.The US Congress will move forward with a new law intended to force China into revaluing the Yuan, with action that's expected in the next couple of weeks. Audio

6:50 PM.A bill to fast-track special liquor licenses and other consents for the Rugby World Cup is being criticised for being a waste of time and open to abuse. Audio

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

6:45 PM.Following last month's deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, Israel's defence minister has appealed to the United Nations Secretary General to suspend efforts to arrange an… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.In the first conciliatory diplomatic move between Venezula and Colombia in almost six months, the Venezuelan government has congratulated Juan Manuel Santos on winning the presidential election last… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.A Pakistan-born American citizen accused of trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square in New York in May, has pleaded guilty to all ten charges against him. Audio

6:38 PM.Two New Zealanders who have just got back from helping with the clean up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill say this country is ready to deal with a disaster of a similar scale. Audio

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

6:27 PM.The story of the on-again off-again courtship between two tuatara has been selected as a finalist for the newcomers award at one of the UK's most prestigious natural history film festivals… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:20 PM.The New Zealand Under 20's rugby side has won its third consecutive Junior Rugby World Championship after crushing Australia 62-17 in the final. Audio

6:17 PM.An Australian mining company is now trying to repatriate the bodies of its employees involved in a fatal plane crash in the republic of Congo. Audio

6:13 PM.Joanna Mossop - a senior lecturer of maritime law at Victoria University - has been listening to that and joins us. Audio

6:10 PM.Greenpeace is being criticised for supporting the New Zealand Government's push for a compromise deal on whaling. Audio

6:07 PM.The Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says it will be up to the families of the teenagers at the centre of his DNA claims to decide whether they want to take the matter further. Audio

5:56 PM.The National-led Government says the Green Party co-leader Russel Norman should apologise for the scuffle with Chinese security officials at Parliament last Friday. Audio

5:51 PM.The ANZ will pay a record 45 million dollars to thousands of investors who put their money into funds they believed were low risk. Audio

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

5:44 PM.The King of Tonga is set to get a 300 per cent pay rise taking his allowance from the government to almost a million paanga a year or 700 thousand New Zealand dollars. Audio

5:41 PM.A Pakistani-born American citizen defiantly told a court today"I plead guilty 100 times over"to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square. Audio

5:36 PM.The Labour leader, Phil Goff, has poured extra pressure on to Chris Carter, saying he's not sure the Te Atatu MP understands why a genuine apology is needed over his ministerial expenses. Audio

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

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

5:22 PM.There is more uncertainty this evening for 30 thousand South Canterbury Finance investors as the fallout continues from the Alan Hubbards investigations. Audio

5:20 PM.A High Court jury has found an Auckland woman guilty of the murder of her three-year-old foster child - who the Crown says was subjected to regular beatings in the months before his death. Audio

5:14 PM.Joining us is the Police Commissioner Howard Broad. Audio

5:12 PM.The police must do more to ensure sexual assault victims are treated fairly when they make a complaint. Audio

5:08 PM.The ANZ will pay a record 45 million dollars to thousands of investors who put their money into funds they believed were low risk. Audio

5:00 PM.ANZ is forced into a 45 million dollar settlement with investors. An Auckland woman's found guilty of murdering her three-year old foster child and the fallout continues for Alan Hubbard. Audio