Checkpoint for Tuesday 9 November 2010

6:52 PM.Labour and United Future are calling on the Government to include them in the discussions on how a constitutional review will be run, before final decisions are made. Audio

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

6:44 PM.Success beyond their wildest dreams - standing ovations and audiences going crazy. Audio

6:41 PM.Tertiary education staff fear for the future of the sector, which they say is being ground down by seemingly endless restructuring and a lack of government funding. Audio

6:38 PM.Monkey King has won New Zealand's richest harness racing event, the 750 thousand dollar Trotting Cup, for the second consecutive year. Audio

6:36 PM.A Whanganui man who was charged with murdering his brother has successfully used a defence of provocation - with a jury at the High Court in Palmerston North finding him guilty of manslaughter. Audio

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

6:27 PM.The police are trying to work out if the shooting of a caretaker outside a Palmerston North primary school today is linked to similar attacks in the city. Audio

6:25 PM.Three men police say carried out a home invasion in Wellington last night have appeared in the Lower Hutt District Court. Audio

6:22 PM.The private hospital firm, Wakefield Health has reported a loss of 1 point 9 million dollars in the six months to September, a turnaround from last year's 3 point 6 million dollar profit. Audio

6:19 PM.Iwi leaders are lobbying the Government for a greater say in its plans to expand mining. Audio

6:15 PM.Thailand has put its army on the alert and beefed up border patrols after violent clashes between rebel troops and government soldiers in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Audio

6:11 PM.The Minister acting as Attorney General in the Bill Wilson case has told Parliament that she did not intend to bring about the resignation of the former Supreme Court judge. Audio

6:06 PM.Kiwifruit growers want the Ministry of Agriculture to name the two orchards under quarantine in the Bay of Plenty. Audio

5:54 PM.The Labour Party is accusing the National-led Government of abandoning exporters by having no plan to deal with the country's over-valued dollar. Audio

5:51 PM.New Zealand's richest harness race, the 750-thousand-dollar Trotting Cup, has been won by Monkey King at Addington Raceway this afternoon. Audio

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

5:41 PM.The military is expected to keep its grip on power in Myanmar, backed by parties that look likely to win an election marred by fraud. Audio

5:37 PM.A caregiver for child youth and family has been sentenced to home detention for assaulting children who were moved in with her after they'd been abused by their mother. Audio

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

5:28 PM.The Labour Party has accused Pansy Wong of mis-using her ministerial title to support her husband's business interests during a private trip to China. Audio

5:26 PM.A Ngati Kahu group occupying a council reserve in the far north is preparing for a confrontation with the police, as early as tomorrow morning. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.A Whanganui man who was charged with murdering his brother has successfully used a defence of provocation - with a jury at the High Court in Palmerston North finding him guilty of manslaughter. Audio

5:15 PM.The Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, has been forced to defend the Government's record on biosecurity. Audio

5:09 PM.A second kiwifruit orchard in the Bay of Plenty is now under quarantine with signs the vine disease is spreading. Audio

5:00 PM.A second kiwifruit orchard in Te Puke is put under quarantine. Maori protestors in Northland prepare to confront police and Pansy Wong is accused of mis-using her ministerial title. Audio