Checkpoint for Thursday 9 June 2011

5:00 PM.The dollar dances as the Reserve Bank Governor changes his tune. More than 100 jobs are axed and an Air New Zealand jet is being inspected after it had to make an urgent landing shortly after take… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Some in the financial markets are predicting the New Zealand dollar could hit a new post-float high overnight, after the Reserve Bank signalled an earlier start to interest rate rises than previously… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.Almost a third of the workers at Taranaki's Yarrows Family Bakers have today learned they've lost their jobs. Audio

5:15 PM.Craig Ashworth is outside the Yarrows Bakery on Manaia's main street. Audio

5:17 PM.Also today - 70 jobs are to go from Kiwirail including 40 from its Hillside Workshop in south Dunedin. Audio

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

5:24 PM.Opponents of the Government's legal aid reforms have had details of their tactics to try to change public and political opinion leaked by none other than the Justice Minister. Audio

5:29 PM.An Air New Zealand jet is being inspected after it had to make an urgent landing shortly after take off. Audio

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

5:40 PM.Parliament's been told there is no evidence Fonterra has acted anti-competitively in setting the price of milk - but a former deputy Prime Minister says it is pushing prices too high. Audio

5:43 PM.The Financial Markets Authority is warning of unacceptable tactics being used to sell some Kiwisaver schemes after complaints about an unregistered salesman soliciting for business outside Work and… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A former Silver Ferns Coach says New Zealand should go into tonight's netball test against Australia as the favourites. Audio

5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:55 PM.An Auckland hapu says it hopes the warning given to Auckland Council about a taniwha in the city's centre will lead to more consultation with Maori. Audio

6:08 PM.The Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard says the New Zealand dollar is overvalued against the greenback, but he won't be drawn on how much or whether the Bank will intervene. Audio

6:13 PM.70 jobs are to go from KiwiRail including 40 from the its Hillside Workshop in south Dunedin. Audio

6:16 PM.Parliament's Speaker Lockwood Smith has described the conduct of Labour MPs as petty and pathetic during an exchange about Government money for parenting courses. Audio

6:22 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:25 PM.Federated Farmers is planning a major cull of Canada Geese at the end of the year when the birds are in moulting and can't fly, but they want taxpayer dollars to ensure the numbers stay in check. Audio

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

6:37 PM.A senior official in China's notoriously secret People Liberation's Army has now confirmed that the country's first aircraft carrier is under construction. Audio

6:41 PM.Council rates in Christchurch city will continue to be calculated using the 2007 house valuations for up to two more years, allowing time for the earthquake's impact on property prices to be assessed.

6:43 PM.The Human Rights Commission says allowing people older than 65 to permanently opt out of jury service could be age discrimination. Audio

6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:49 PM.The Northern Territory will be particulalry hard hit by this week's suspension of all live cattle exports to Indonesia. Audio

6:52 PM.The netball test between the Silver Ferns and Australia kicks off in Palmerston North in just over an hour's time. Audio