Checkpoint for Wednesday 28 September 2011

6:54 PM.Bar owners may be frustrated about the rise in the number of bars having their licenses suspended for serving teenagers, but police say there has been no targetted crackdown. Audio

6:50 PM.The descendents of Te Whakatohea chief, Mokomoko, who was wrongfully executed in the 1860s, has received a pardon from the government; The Mana Party leader has joined students in Wellington… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.A report out of the auditor general's office has sparked further discussion over who should be doing what to tackle water pollution. Audio

6:37 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says the death of a second New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan is devastating. Audio

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

6:26 PM.An international team of scientists has calculated for the first time exactly how many fish can be taken from a coral reef before the eco-system collapses. Audio

6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:19 PM.The police have defended stopping a doctor who was his way to an emergency at Hutt Hospital where a woman was dying. Audio

6:16 PM.There has been a sizeable drop in crashes on roads where rumble strips are installed. Audio

6:13 PM.The Police have warned lives will be at risk if Parliament does not pass the Police Surveillance Bill. Audio

6:08 PM.A New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan has been shot in the head and killed, while on an operation to prevent an attack in the capital, Kabul. Audio

5:56 PM.A law change enacting a deal to lift the sleepover pay of disability workers is going through Parliament - but unions are already warning of fresh battles ahead. Audio

5:46 PM.A lawyer - who's part of a number of submitters to a hearing on the Government's police surveillance bill - says a compulsory law change will not work; Submissions are being taken for the inquiry into… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Prosecutors showed a photo of Michael Jackson's pale and lifeless body lying on a gurney at the start of the trial of the doctor accused of killing him. Audio

5:41 PM.Court documents on the Urewera raids case have revealed police were accusing activist Valerie Morse of throwing a molotov cocktail into an oven and carrying a pistol. Audio

5:38 PM.The Labour Party is accusing the Government of destroying jobs but National says there have never been more people in work than now. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Students clinging to the hope that National MPs would have a change of heart before today's final vote on the Voluntary Student Membership Bill have been protesting outside Parliament. Audio

5:25 PM.Pike River Coal says it has made a significant step forward in its plan to re-enter the mine, where the bodies of 29 men remain trapped. Audio

5:22 PM.Secondary school principals have turned on the School Trustees Association, saying it treats them like servants and is out of touch with school boards. Audio

5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:15 PM.The New Zealand rugby players association says All Blacks would never refuse to play in a rugby world cup but there is other action they could take. Audio

5:13 PM.The International Rugby Board is promising to review the way the Rugby World Cup is financed - this as the N.Z Rugby Union threatens to boycott the 2015 tournament because it costs too much. Audio

5:10 PM.The Government's police surveillance Bill has come under sustained attack from the legal profession at parliament today, with the Law Society dismissing it as inconsistent with the rule of law. Audio

5:07 PM.An SAS soldier in Afghanistan has been shot in the head and killed, during an operation to prevent an attack in the capital, Kabul. Audio

5:00 PM.Another New Zealand soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The rugby union threatens a World Cup Boycott in 2015 and Pike River Coal says it has made a significant step forward in its plan to… Read more Audio