Checkpoint for Friday 3 June 2011

6:57 PM.A consumer group is criticising the whiteware manufacturer, LG, for taking over a year to deal with its misleading labelling on its fridges. Audio

6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:37 PM.The Green Party is holding its annual meeting in Auckland this weekend. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:23 PM.The ACT MP Heather Roy has described Labour's parliamentary behaviour over her member's bill as churlish, cynical and a waste of taxpayer money. Audio

6:20 PM.It's a grim time for the wind turbine maker, Windflow Technology, which has warned trading conditions have worsened, and it's not ruling out axing more jobs to stay afloat. Audio

6:17 PM.A rift appears to be developing in the caustic relationship between some private lawyers on the criminal bar and the Legal Services Agency's Public Defence Service. Audio

6:10 PM.A block of one of the main thoroughfares, Colombo Street, has reopened, along with part of the once fashionable shopping precinct of High Street. Audio

6:07 PM.More now on the three new faultlines discovered in Canterbury. Audio

5:54 PM.The payout to a deaf-mute man locked up for 15 years for a murder he didn't commit has sparked an outcry in Western Australia. Audio

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

5:44 PM.Turning human excrement into vinegar, to reduce waste going into landfill, is being trialled in Rotorua. Audio

5:36 PM.A tax-free zone to attract development to Christchurch is one of the suggestions from a new group of large property owners, keen to revitalise the damaged CBD. Audio

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

5:28 PM.A much hyped-boxing bout between All Black, Sonny Bill Williams and little-known Tongan boxer, Alipate Liava'a has been criticised as a side-show that will tarnish the image of boxing. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.In New Zealand, authorities say it's not possible to monitor at the borders to keep the E Coli strain out of this country. Audio

5:18 PM.The outbreak of a new E coli bug that's so far killed at least 18 people in Europe could last for months and its cause may never be found. Audio

5:12 PM.The Serious Fraud Office says an Australian company appears to have made false statements when seeking permits to explore for oil and gas and coal throughout Golden Bay and other parts of New Zealand.

5:07 PM.More faultlines have been discovered in Canterbury including one running through central Christchurch. Audio

5:00 PM.New faultlines are found in Canterbury including one running through central Christchurch, Europe's deadly ecoli bacteria; could it make it here and is it serious boxing or just entertainment? Audio