Checkpoint for Tuesday 19 April 2011

6:58 PM.An organiser of the 11th Pacific Arts Festival being hosted next year by Solomon Islands says despite doubts about the progress of preparations the event will go ahead. Audio

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

6:44 PM.It's hoped a one-and-a-half million dollar tourism venture in Christchurch will help bring the local industry out of the biggest slump it's ever faced. Audio

6:40 PM.Fans of the Wellington Phoenix football club are celebrating its last minute rescue from liquidation by owner Terry Serepisos. Audio

6:36 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.New Zealand researchers have shown a mother's diet while pregnant can raise the risk her child will be obese. Audio

6:24 PM.The ANZ Bank is planning to sell the rights to manage the property portfolios of Argosy Property Trust and Vital Healthcare Management. Audio

6:21 PM.Indonesia is having to cope with what counter-terrorism officials are calling a worrying new trend. Audio

6:18 PM.The Palau government is reconsidering an agreement to have the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd provide maritime surveillance in its waters after receiving a counter offer from Japan. Audio

6:13 PM.The Telecommunications Users' Association of New Zealand, or TUANZ, says the record fine imposed on Telecom by the High Court has come a decade too late. Audio

6:08 PM.The police have revealed the rescue and subsequent recovery operations at Pike River have so far cost nearly 11-million-dollars. Audio

5:56 PM.The Pentagon has cleared General Stanley McChrystal of any wrongdoing after Rolling Stone reported he and his staff had made scathing remarks about top US officials. Audio

5:52 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:47 PM.Nearly one in three people intend to use their credit cards to pay for otherwise unaffordable expenses sometime in the next three months. Audio

5:42 PM.A government review will examine whether the Family Court is serving all the needs of vulnerable New Zealanders, in light of steadily increasing costs. Audio

5:41 PM.The Wellington property developer and Phoenix football club owner Terry Serepisos, has rescued three of his companies from liquidation with an eleventh hour payment. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.Traditionalist councillors in Whanganui are vowing to stand fast against moves to change a public prayer. Audio

5:24 PM.New Zealand scientists have helped prove that a mother's diet while pregnant can affect whether her child will be obese. Audio

5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.Some in the telecommunications sector fear there will be a return to the type of anti -competitive behaviour which today led to Telecom being fined a record 12-million dollars. Audio

5:15 PM.The police say there have been more burglaries in Christchurch following the February earthquake. Audio

5:11 PM.As we mentioned the Parole Board has refused to be interviewed. However a spokesperson told Checkpoint that parole systems are"dramatically better"than when Graeme Burton killed a Wainuiomata man… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.A Hawke's Bay man who stabbed and bashed police officers will be paroled next month despite the Parole Board noting he is a high risk for violence. Audio

5:00 PM.Police officer attacker wins parole despite concerns, Corrections promises intense monitoring, Number of Christchurch burglaries has increased after quake and Fears telco-sector to return to old ways… Read more Audio