Checkpoint for Monday 13 February 2012

6:47 PM.Tukoroirangi Morgan has met with his lawyers after he failed to be re-elected to Waikato-Tainui's executive, Te Arataura; The chair of Nga Hapu o Ngaruahine Incorporated in South Taranaki says… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.To Latin America now, where our correspondent Daniel Schweimler begins in Peru with the capture of the leader of the Shining Path rebel group. Audio

6:37 PM.The reserve army, the territorials, will be cut by one third or 600 soldiers. Audio

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

6:28 PM.The Court of Appeal has been told it would be financially unsustainable for the families of disabled people to be paid to care for them. Audio

6:24 PM.A new slew of Christchurch businesses are in limbo after Merivale mall was closed because of earthquake risks. Audio

6:21 PM.Freightways' profit in the first six months of the financial year has jumped by 20 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, due partly to a strong first quarter boosted by the Rugby World… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.The Corrections Department is downplaying its prison guards being caught looking at pornography on their computers at work. Audio

6:10 PM.Scores of people have marked the start of the Urewera police raids trial in Auckland by gathering outside the court to support the accused. Audio

6:07 PM.Health officials in Auckland admit they overreacted after quarantining a flight from Japan carrying students who appeared to have the flu. Audio

5:54 PM.Regional taxes, higher rates and road tolls are being looked at to make up for a funding shortfall of up to 15 billion dollars in Auckland. Audio

5:51 PM.The Waikato Regional Council says it didn't tell Thames people about possible poisoned soil five years ago because the report that raised the alert belonged to the Ministry for the Environment. Audio

5:47 PM.Tukoroirangi Morgan has met with his lawyers after he failed to be re-elected to Waikato-Tainui's executive, Te Arataura; Submissions are starting to pile up for the political inquiry into the status… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A month-long inquiry to decide if Wellington's major new motorway gets built has begun. Audio

5:39 PM.A former territorial solder says cuts to the number of reserve soldiers could undermine the Army's ability to help in peace-keeping missions overseas. Audio

5:37 PM.The Prime Minister's flagged more state sector mergers and is not ruling out further redundancies as the Government continues to trim its budget. Audio

5:35 PM.The Pike River inquiry's been told the mine's equipment was set up in such an unusual way it would've been impossible to know what how it would cope a dangerous underground environment. Audio

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

5:24 PM.Public Service chief executives are continuing to spend tens of thousand of dollars on travel, accommodation and food but the man responsible for monitoring their spending is spartan in comparison. Audio

5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.To Los Angeles now where the post-mortem on singer Whitney Houston's body has been completed. Audio

5:16 PM.Four people have gone on trial today accused of being part of alleged military-style camps in Te Urewera National Park. Audio

5:12 PM.Julia Peters headed the team from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service that was called to the airport this morning. Audio

5:07 PM.A passenger on board the international flight quarantined at Auckland airport this morning says the bio-security measures were chaotic and a joke. Audio

5:00 PM.A passenger on the Auckland flight quarantined today says the bio-security measures were a joke. The Urewera police raids trial begins and a post-mortem on singer Whitney Houston's body is completed. Audio