Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 August 2011

6:55 PM.A landmark on Suva's seafront, the Grand Pacific Hotel, is to be re-developed after more than a decade of disrepair. Audio

6:52 PM.The Government is providing more than one million dollars for a new electronic waste recycling scheme Audio

6:49 PM.To China now, where dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has made his most vehement anti-government comments since being released from nearly three months in detention. Audio

6:47 PM.The Wellington City Council says a law allowing Maori Wardens to patrol bars sounds old-fashioned, but wardens will be useful in the city during and after the World Cup; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Receivers have been able to get into Whangarei's Zion wildlife park today after getting an order from the High Court. Audio

6:40 PM.Passing University Entrance is going to get slightly tougher. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.Parliament is being asked to do something about the conditions of boarding houses, some of which are described as slum-like. Audio

6:23 PM.The Australian-owned bank, ASB, has had a jump in earnings due to lower provisions to cover bad debts , and says there are signs that lending is picking up again. Audio

6:17 PM.Women's working power is going begging. Audio

6:14 PM.The former Green MP, Sue Bradford, says she has put her hat in the ring to stand for the Mana Party at the November general election. Audio

6:12 PM.A law giving Maori Wardens the right to ask Maori to leave bars if they are intoxicated is to be reviewed. Audio

5:56 PM.The Prime Minister has waded into the debate over the price of replica All Blacks jerseys. Audio

5:53 PM.A Dunedin city councillor says the public must be consulted on an American oil company's deep-water drilling plans. Audio

5:51 PM.The Gangland widow of the Melbourne family made infamous in TV's Underbelly series has been handed down a life sentence for murder. Audio

5:48 PM.Maori Wardens say it's sad the Prime Minister and others have labelled as racist the law that allows them to deal with drunk people; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A U.S economist says the Federal Reserve should resign over its decision to keep interest rates near zero for the next two years. Audio

5:40 PM.A Wellington coroner says there is no way a major roundabout where a top police officer died will ever be safe for cyclists. Audio

5:35 PM.London's won a hard-fought peace but there's been mayhem from rioters in other cities in central England in the last 12 hours. Audio

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

5:26 PM.A Rotorua woman accused of being part of a multi-million dollar fraud of a Westpac bank, has had the charges against her reduced. Audio

5:23 PM.The wife of the late Sir Edmund Hillary isn't sure her husband would have wanted the South Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook named after him. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:17 PM.The Government is struggling to find enough political support to pass controversial laws, reforming the criminal justice system. Audio

5:13 PM.Seven hundred taxi drivers have failed to get cameras and panic buttons put in their cabs in time, and face being forced out of business. Audio

5:00 PM.The hunt for Britain's rioters and looters. Hundreds of taxis still don't have security cameras or panic buttons and Aoraki /Mount Cook's South Ridge becomes Hillary Ridge. Audio

5:07 PM.The crack down and tracking down of Britain's looters and rioters is under way even as police try to stem the copycat street violence that's spread to cities outside London. Audio