Checkpoint for Monday 2 July 2012

6:53 PM.A Tongan paediatrician says screening primary school students for heart disease has reduced the number of children developing heart failure as teenagers. Audio

6:49 PM.The lawyer for the Crafar Farm Purchase Group which includes iwi interests, has told the Court of Appeal, there's little detail in an application by a Chinese company to the Overseas Investment Office… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.The candidate from the party that's governed Mexico for more than 70 years has claimed victory in the presidental election, and as our Latin America correspondent, Daniel Schweimler explains he's… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.A lawyer for a Bay of Plenty intermediate school has told the High Court in Rotorua that the Minister of Education's decision to close it was predetermined in April 2010. Audio

6:37 PM.The Labour Party says the Government should be helping beneficiaries off drugs - not cutting their support. Audio

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

6:27 PM.The International Criminal Court says an Australian lawyer, who's been held in Libya with three of her colleagues for nearly a month, is expected to be released soon. Audio

6:23 PM.The Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, has been accused in the High Court in Christchurch of abusing his powers and doing deals which allowed councils and Christchurch Airport to get… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.The Government has confirmed it's delaying the full costs to businesess of the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

6:08 PM.The jury in the Scott Guy murder trial has retired for the night after more than five hours of deliberation. Audio

5:56 PM.Opposition parties say the Government should not be telling beneficiaries to get clean, or risk losing their benefits. Audio

5:54 PM.A court has heard the takeoff procedures for Queenstown Airport are open to confusion - as the hearing into a Pacific Blue pilot, who is charged with carelessly operating a Boeing 737, resumed. Audio

5:50 PM.The lawyer for the Crafar Farm Purchase Group which includes iwi interests, has told the Court of Appeal, that directors of a Chinese company which has Government approval to buy 16 North Island dairy… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The country's only dedicated science carnival has begun in Dunedin. Audio

5:44 PM.The Labour Party and the Tertiary Education Union say the government is making the wrong choices in tertiary education. Audio

5:37 PM.A fresh legal challenge in underway to the Government's controversial decision to allow a Chinese company to buy the 16 Crafar farms. Audio

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

5:27 PM.The Temple Basin ski-field says a skier who spent most of the night stuck in an icy canyon would not have got into trouble if he'd simply asked about potential obstacles before heading out. Audio

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

5:22 PM.Two people are in Dunedin hospital tonight with serious burns, following a big explosion at a house in Mosgiel. Audio

5:22 PM.Employment confidence has fallen for the fourth quarter in the row as households become more gloomy about the labour market. Audio

5:17 PM.A patient who died waiting for heart treatment would have been seen sooner if a cardiologist at the Auckland District Health Board had asked for illegible test results to be re-faxed so he could… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The manager of the Canterbury Television building which collapsed - killing 115 people says he forever questions what might have been done differently. Audio

5:08 PM.After more than five hours of deliberation, the jury in the Scott Guy murder trial has not yet reached a verdict. Audio

5:00 PM.The Jury in the Scott Guy murder trial considers its verdict. Evidence alarm bells were raised about a major structural wall at the CTV building before it collapsed and a narrow escape for a… Read more Audio