Checkpoint for Tuesday 7 June 2011

6:54 PM.To the UK, where the Chancellor George Osborne is welcoming an International Monetary Fund report on the country's economic policy. Audio

6:49 PM.More Whangarei children are ending up in hospital this year - and community workers say the root cause is poverty. Audio

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

6:43 PM.A report on youth crime and violence in the Pacific calls for young people to be more involved in decisions about their future. Audio

6:40 PM.A man has appeared in the Lower Hutt District Court this afternoon, accused of arson after a spate of suspicious fires in Wellington over the weekend. Audio

6:36 PM.Child Youth and Family has revealed that 40 percent of children who go into care are likely to need specialist mental health services, but most are not getting the level of treatment they need. Audio

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

6:28 PM.More than a quarter of all real estate agents have left the industry over the past year. Audio

6:26 PM.A takeover offer for New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay has hit a snag. A group of minority shareholders has rejected the 70 cents a share offer from majority shareholder, Olam, as too low. Audio

6:24 PM.Four landmarks in the Auckland region will now be called by both their Maori and English names as part of a treaty settlement. Audio

6:21 PM.Christchurch property managers are questioning why hundreds of temporary houses are being built when up to a thousand flats and houses are available for rent. Audio

6:16 PM.A promise by the US Defence Secretary of a greater military presence across the Pacific Rim is being widely interpreted as America's response to China's growing power in the region. Audio

6:08 PM.The Government has admitted borrowing more than it needs, sparking questions about whether it's partly to blame for the strong New Zealand dollar. Audio

5:55 PM.People with rare, genetically inherited disorders are demanding a better deal from the drug-buying agency Pharmac. Audio

5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:42 PM.Japan has now doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation released into the atmosphere from the earthquake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Audio

5:39 PM.More than a quarter of all real estate agents have left the industry over the past year. Audio

5:34 PM.A National Cyber Security Centre is being set up charged with preventing attacks on Government agencies. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:26 PM.The Labour MP, Clare Curran, has been thrown out of Parliament during Question Time today for wearing a Highlanders rugby jersey in the House. Audio

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

5:18 PM.Work's begun again at the site of a fatal gas explosion in Onehunga. Audio

5:15 PM.The mother of a man missing from his isolated property north of Whanganui says his disappearance is doing her head in and has pleaded for help to find him. Audio

5:11 PM.To help answer that question, we're joined by currency strategist Derek Rankin of Rankin Treasury. Audio

5:07 PM.The Finance Minister has admitted extra borrowing by the Government could be putting upward pressure on the value of the New Zealand dollar. Audio

5:00 PM.Is the Government pushing the dollar higher by borrowing unnecessarily? A mother pleads for answers about her missing son and the sin bin for Dunedin South's MP. Audio