Checkpoint for Thursday 29 September 2011

6:54 PM.It seems a million monkeys randomly hitting keys on a million typewriters can eventually recreate the works of Shakespeare. Audio

6:52 PM.Groups representing aged care workers and nurses gathered at Parliament today to urge the Government to ensure quality care for older people. Audio

6:46 PM.Some Northland hapu says the Government would be unwise to rely on the results of a vote which gives the Runanga led board Tuhoronuku, 76 per cent support to enter intoTreaty negotiations with the… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.The latest survey of how New Zealanders' view their environment shows increasing numbers worried about how much damage farming is doing. Audio

6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:21 PM.Red light running has almost halved at Auckland intersections where cameras have been trialled. Audio

6:21 PM.The civil contracting firm, Fulton Hogan, says the full purchase of an Australian road services firm, and participating in the clean up of natural disasters on both sides of the Tasman, has boosted… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.A lawyer caught up in an illegal covert SIS operation 15-years ago says rushing through the Video Camera Surveillance Bill is an appalling way to make legislation. Audio

6:08 PM.The SAS soldier shot in Afghanistan yesterday, at a compound suspected of housing terrorist bomb makers, killed one of the people inside before he was hit. Audio

5:53 PM.A new report says the number of compex suicide attacks is up by half and civilian casualties, which are already at record levels for the first half of the year, rose a further five per cent between… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Hundreds of churches have been told their insurer is no longer going to provide them with earthquake cover. Audio

5:46 PM.Hapu who are objecting to early settlement of the Ngapuhi treaty claims, say the Crown would be unwise to rely on today's results of a mandate vote; The Maori Students' Association says legislation… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.A 21 gun salute was fired by the HMNZS Te Mana as it entered Wellington Harbour to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Audio

5:40 PM.There were more attacks on the School Trustees Association today with trustees themselves criticising its stance on the national standards and its attitude to principals and teachers. Audio

5:36 PM.Fonterra fronted up to a parliamentary inquiry into the price of milk today with the message to consumers that if they want it cheaper, they must shop around. Audio

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

5:27 PM.Northland reporter Lois Williams. Audio

5:24 PM.Ngapuhi groups opposing early settlement of their treaty claims say an iwi-wide vote on the negotiations does not give a clear mandate to anyone. Audio

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

5:19 PM.An American man has been arrested on charges of planning to fly remote controlled planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and Capitol building in Washington. Audio

5:16 PM.The armed offenders squad in Dunedin was called back today to the scene of a gang shooting at the weekend. Audio

5:12 PM.Police hunting for the killer of Christchurch woman Mellory Manning have now revealed they could have the man's DNA. Audio

5:07 PM.The Defence Force has rejected suggestions the SAS soldier killed in Afghanistan yesterday might have been caught up in a dispute between families. Audio

5:00 PM.Defence Force rejects suggestions of family dispute, Police reveal DNA sample in Mellory Manning case, Armed offenders squad return to scene of gang shooting, Man charged in aerial bomb plot on… Read more Audio