Checkpoint for Thursday 14 June 2012

5:00 PM.PM signals Govt might not sign deal with Sky City, Dr Bollard rules out another housing boom despite low interest rates, Lance Armstrong says doping charges against him are baseless and Lawless admits… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The Prime Minister has signaled the Government might not sign a deal with Sky City to build a new convention centre until the Auditor-General's office has finished its investigation into the matter. Audio

5:10 PM.Political editor Brent Edwards. Audio

5:14 PM.Despite record low interest rates the Reserve Bank's governor's dismissing suggestions he's helping fuel another housing boom. Audio

5:18 PM.The Green Party has hit back at claims by the Government that it will not sign up to a trade deal if it handicaps future governments from legislating in the public interest. Audio

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

5:24 PM.Lance Armstrong is describing doping charges against him as baseless and spiteful. Audio

5:29 PM.Lucy Lawless, says she illegally boarded a ship during a protest against oil exploration, because it is what she felt she had to do. Audio

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

5:37 PM.A detective has told a Wellington jury that two cars seen near the Guy farm around the time Scott Guy was shot dead have never been found. Audio

5:46 PM.A fine wine fraudster who hired a graphic designer to change wine labels so they looked like more valuable brands has been sent to jail. Audio

5:49 PM.A Far North iwi is standing by its plans to refuse land access to companies that want to explore parts of Northland for metallic minerals; Netball will be used to encourage wahine to live healthily… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.20 people living in a Christchurch City Council housing complex have been told they have seven days to get out because the building is unsafe. Audio

5:56 PM.Local councils are pulling money out of their roading budgets and warning that potholes will multiply if the underfunding carries on. Audio

6:09 PM.An Australian law professor Kimberlee Weatherall says the experience with free trade agreements in her country shows the public should be worried about a loss of sovereignty to international… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.People are buying more on credit in a significant turnaround following five years of dropping demand. Audio

6:23 PM.The Reserve Bank has kept the cost of borrowing at its record low, due to the deepening European debt crisis and a subdued domestic economy. Audio

6:27 PM.An inquest has heard that prison guards weren't told about an inmate's history of self harm and suicide attempts before the 20 year old hanged himself in his cell. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:38 PM.The Minister of Trade and Enterprise, Tim Groser, has been under fire in the House about whether the Government would follow Australia's lead in Trans-Pacific trade negotiations. Audio

6:45 PM.Netball will be used to encourage wahine to live healthily and cut down on the amount of alcohol they're drinking; A Far North iwi is standing by its plans to refuse land access to companies that want… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.Opponents of fracking being used for oil exploration in Hawke's Bay, say it's becoming the most contentious debate in New Zealand since the nuclear free arguments in the 1980s. Audio

6:52 PM.Despite the legend that the three men who broke out of Alcatraz in 1962 would return to the scene on the 50th anniversary of their escape, there was no sign of them this week. Audio

6:56 PM.A century-old jewel-encrusted Faberge box has been found at an Auckland auction house - much to its owner's surprise. Audio