Checkpoint for Monday 9 May 2011

5:00 PM.Picton or Clifford Bay? The Ferry debate is re-ignited. Two Air New Zealand emergency landings are now under investigation and why are Aucklanders so stressed ? Audio

5:07 PM.People in Picton say they fear for the future of their town if the inter-island ferry terminal is taken away from the Marlborough Sounds. Audio

5:11 PM.The head of KiwiRail says building a new South Island port at Clifford Bay south of Blenheim, doesn't rule out having passenger ferry services to Picton. Audio

5:15 PM.A second Air New Zealand plane has been forced to make an emergency landing. Audio

5:17 PM.The Defence Force has banned the SAS from running military training days as fundraising events. Audio

5:20 PM.Auckland had been named one of the most unhealthy cities in the country to live in. Audio

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

5:25 PM.New rules to safeguard the country's water supply will change how councils and the Environment Court police the resource. Audio

5:28 PM.The family of a man bashed to death by a man wielding an ornamental cat statue are thankful that the killer is finally behind bars and they can begin trying to move on with their own lives. Audio

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

5:36 PM.Authorities in Thailand are facing renewed questions after a claim that a bedbug spray could be behind the deaths of a New Zealand tourist and three others. Audio

5:40 PM.A Trust set up to to help more than a hundred Hawkes Bay farmers hit by the worst storm they can remember has come up with a plan. Audio

5:43 PM.An experienced Search and Rescue officer who was winched from the Tararua Ranges by helicopter at the weekend was at first unaware searchers were looking for him. Audio

5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:48 PM.The country's chief financial watchdog says a Christchurch businessman was deliberately misleading investors when he made offers to thousands of shareholders earlier this year. Audio

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

5:55 PM.A Martinborough farmer and wine company director says his training day with SAS last year showed him you wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of one of the elite soldiers. Audio

6:08 PM.New rules to safeguard the country's water supply will change how councils and the Environment Court police the resource. Audio

6:13 PM.The Defence Force has banned the SAS from running military training days as fundraising events. Audio

6:17 PM.A Hamilton GP charged for the third time with professional misconduct claims the medical profession is out to get him. Audio

6:26 PM.Confidence has reached an eighteen month high, as firms and households pick themselves up after the Canterbury quakes. Audio

6:29 PM.Aucklanders are second only to Cantabrians as the most stressed people in the country, while those living in Wellington are the most relaxed. Audio

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

6:36 PM.A lawyer specialising in Accident Compensation Corporation cases says a perfect storm has created a massive backlog in appeals before the District Court. Audio

6:40 PM.To the UK now, where the Lib-Dems are promising to have a louder voice in government after a shocking result in the local body elections. Audio

6:50 PM.Auckland drivers have been charged almost two million dollars in fines for illegally using bus lanes in the first six months of the new Auckland Council. Audio