Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 September 2011

6:52 PM.The Labour leader's told a group of business leaders his party's capital gains tax policy is a political game changer. Audio

6:50 PM.More than a million Japanese have been told to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon bears down on the mainland. Audio

6:46 PM.Just a day after settling its Treaty of Waitangi claim, Waitaha says it's already started spending its money; John Minto has officially launched his campiagn to contest an Auckland seat for the Mana… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is questioning the point of small and medium sized businesses cutting green house gas emissions when work is underway to mine billions of tonnes of… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.The company wanting to set up a recycling plant for demolition waste in the Christchurch suburb of Papanui, has bowed to public pressure and is now looking for an alternative site. Audio

6:36 PM.The man at the centre of an eight year old investigation into the disappearance of Sara Niethe has told police he was coming down from using methamphetamine when he argued and struggled with her. Audio

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

6:27 PM.The current account deficit is expected to keep widening, with the improving economy sucking in more imports and lifting earnings in New Zealand by foreign owned companies. Audio

6:22 PM.The embattled Canterbury University hit with falling student numbers and a huge loss of income is to get more from the taxpayer than it was expecting. Audio

6:19 PM.The number of people making the move to New Zealand, either permanently or long-term, rose last month for the first time since March. Audio

6:10 PM.New figures show the gap between what the country earns overseas and what it spends continues to widen. Audio

6:07 PM.The Crown is defending the toughest sentence ever handed down by a district court, of life imprisonment to a P cook who made more than a million dollars of the drug. Audio

5:58 PM.An Auckland tour operator says a council plan to stop buses visiting the top of one of the city's key landmarks is crazy. Audio

5:52 PM.An Irish Air Force search plane is heading off this morning to resume looking for a yacht overdue with a New Zealander aboard. Audio

5:49 PM.The Mana Party's Manukau East candidate says he'll fight to improve the lives of people on low incomes - partially through increasing wages and getting rid of GST; Just a day after settling its Treaty… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The Green Party launched its vision today for creating one hundred thousand jobs and the bulk of them depend on kickstarting renewable technology ventures. Audio

5:41 PM.The new scheme to recycle old televisions may not be as environmentally friendly as first-thought. Audio

5:37 PM.Terry Serepisos' battle to hold on to the Phoenix football team may be swinging his way. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.High pressure jets of water are the latest weapon Kiwirail is using to defeat taggers trying to graffitti trains. Audio

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

5:19 PM.The Act party says it won't support National's urgent legislation on police covert surveillance, without conditions. Audio

5:16 PM.A teenager has died of meningitis in Wellington as officials warn of a spike in the disease. Audio

5:12 PM.A P cook who made well over a million dollars of the drug has been handed down the first life sentence ever imposed by a district court. Audio

5:07 PM.The head of Mines Rescue has told the Royal Commission investigating the Pike River disaster that the bodies of the 29 men could have been recovered after the first explosion. Audio

5:00 PM.Evidence the Pike River miners could have been recovered after the first explosion. A P cook is sent to jail for life and defeating taggers trying to graffatti trains. Audio