Checkpoint for Monday 16 April 2012

6:56 PM.Some rugby clubs are worried that falling payments to players in the provinces will turn talented youngsters off the sport. Audio

6:53 PM.An ocean view can be a selling point but also an escalating threat, as some people who live by the seaside are finding out. Audio

6:50 PM.Te Kupenga, the national network of stopping violence and abuse in the whanau - says there's an uneven distribution of resources available for organisations working with the victims and perpetrators… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.More now on the cardboard church Christchurch will get in place of the Anglican cathedral that's being demolished. Audio

6:36 PM.To the UK and our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio

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

6:25 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, is in Indonesia pushing the case for greater trade between the two countries. Audio

6:22 PM.Activity in the services sector slowed in March compared with the previous month but the first quarter of the year was still in expansion mode. Audio

6:18 PM.The Acting Prime Minister, Bill English, says the Crafar farms deal was not raised in talks today with a senior Chinese leader. Audio

6:10 PM.An Auckland lawyer and former Maori Party candidate accused of smuggling a phone and cigarettes to the imprisoned murderer and rapist Liam Reid is convinced he's innocent. Audio

6:07 PM.The housing market is strongest it's been since it peaked in November 2007 during the real estate bubble. Audio

5:52 PM.President Obama says the US Secret Service will fully investigate embarrassing reports that 11 of its agents, assigned to protect the President in Colombia, were caught with prostitutes. Audio

5:49 PM.A Maori authority's 20-year legal fight for the return of ancestral whenua is entering its final round; The Kaihautu or co-ordinator of Te Kupenga - the national network of stopping violence and abuse… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.An inquest in Wellington which has heard stories of panic and chaos on board a fishing boat that sank, claiming six lives. Audio

5:40 PM.An Anglican Bishop says a deacon's decision to remove children from an Easter Camp being run by the church in Auckland was based on groundless allegations. Audio

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

5:28 PM.The police in Christchurch say it could take weeks to find all the owners of a large haul of stolen property from red-stickered houses. Audio

5:24 PM.Auckland commuters are facing hikes in public transport fares - the largest of them almost a dollar. Audio

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

5:18 PM.An Auckland lawyer and former Maori Party candidate accused of smuggling a phone and cigarettes to the imprisoned murderer and rapist Liam Reid has lost her fight for name suppression. Audio

5:15 PM.A cardboard church will be built in Christchurch as a temporary replacement for the Anglican cathedral that's being demolished. Audio

5:11 PM.Afghan officials say the heavy street fighting in Kabul has ended - 18 hours after co-ordinated attacks began across the country. Audio

5:07 PM.An inquest in Wellington has heard stories of panic and chaos on board a fishing boat that sank, claiming six lives. Audio

5:00 PM.An inquest hears stories of panic and chaos on board a sinking fishing boat. The Taleban attack on Kabul finally ends after 18 hours and It's confirmed - a cardboard cathedral for Christchurch. Audio