Checkpoint for Wednesday 30 November 2011

6:53 PM.Almost two hundred people where out in force in Porirua today to protest against a local bottle store which has applied to have its liquor licence renewed. Audio

6:46 PM.The Department of Conservation is preparing to enter a co-management arrangement with a Northland hapu over one of the country's largest offshore island reserves; A descendant of the Ngati Pikiao… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.The convicted double murderer David Tamihere will no longer be monitored by the Parole Board as it moves to relax his parole conditions. Audio

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

6:26 PM.London's 7-and a half thousand buses are now using a radio system designed in New Zealand. Audio

6:23 PM.An autopsy of a New Zealand rugby player who died while on tour in Bali in September has found he was killed by methanol poisoning. Audio

6:17 PM.Labour Party MPs are stressing the need for unity in the face of the twin hurdles of picking a new leader and rebuilding after their worst election result in decades. Audio

6:11 PM.NCEA exams finish today and there have been more formal complaints about the exams than at the same time last year. Audio

6:08 PM.Solid Energy says the danger from a gas build-up at its Huntly East coal mine has been vastly exaggerated. Audio

5:57 PM.The police are puzzling over a case of wheel rustling in south Wairarapa. Audio

5:55 PM.It seems the West Coast is the place to be this summer. Audio

5:52 PM.Two large public hospitals where patients wait the longest for emergency care say they're committed to doing better. Audio

5:48 PM.The Department of Conservation is preparing to enter a co-management arrangement with a Northland hapu over one of the country's largest offshore island reserves; A descendant of the Ngati Pikiao… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A rare albino giant snail has been spotted in Kahurangi National Park. Audio

5:40 PM.Michael Jackson's doctor has been sentenced to the maximum sentence possible - four years in jail - for his role in the pop star's death. Audio

5:36 PM.The mother of an infant killed in South Auckland last year has told the High Court her ex-boyfriend assaulted her son a week after the baby started living with them. Audio

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

5:26 PM.The former chief prosecutor of the Serious Fraud Office has been ordered to hand over her passport after being charged with using forged documents. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.A West Coast couple have handed over a sweat-stained Lotto ticket to claim their prize worth nearly 8 and a half million dollars. Audio

5:17 PM.An engineer who gave the all-clear to the Pine Gould building after the September earthquake, has been challenged over whether he fulfilled his ethical obligations to those returning to the building. Audio

5:09 PM.Authorities have demanded immediate improvements to the ventilation management at a Waikato mine where gases spiked to explosive levels. Audio

5:00 PM.Claims the Huntly coal mine came close to Pike River disaster is rubbished by its owner. Tough questions for the Pine Gould building inspector and former SFO prosecutor ordered to hand over passport. Audio