Checkpoint for Tuesday 14 August 2012

6:52 PM.The backers of Southland's Around the Mountains Cycle Trail are trying to regroup now their planned route through the Upper Oreti River has been dumped. Audio

6:49 PM.The Government says the criteria to apply for a Whanau Ora fund could be changed, if a review finds some money's been misspent; There's to be closer monitoring of the state education sector - to… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.A new medals museum is opening at Waiouru five years after scores of medals including nine Victoria Crosses were stolen when thieves broke in. Audio

6:36 PM.A group of climbers, including four New Zealanders, have left Indonesia's Papua region after being confronted by about 40 armed militia and held captive while a payment was negotiated. Audio

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

6:27 PM.Parliament has expressed its deep sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and military colleagues of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. Audio

6:25 PM.Contact Energy's full year profit rose more than a quarter following an increase in thermal generation which offset record lows from its hydro lakes. Audio

6:19 PM.Nearly half of New Zealand's nurses have thought about quitting, because they morally uncomfortable with patient care. Audio

6:16 PM.Commissioners hearing evidence about the collapse of the CTV building have today asked expert engineers whether there were errors in the Building Code at the time the office block was built. Audio

6:07 PM.It may be months before the Olympics shotputting gold medal is hanging around Valerie Adams' neck. Audio

5:51 PM.The mother of a skydiving instructor killed at Fox Glacier says the head of Civil Aviation must front up at the inquest, and another mother from Australia, has been critical of John Key. Audio

5:48 PM.The Government says the criteria to apply for a Whanau Ora fund could be changed, if a review finds some money's been misspent; There's to be closer monitoring of the state education sector - to… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.Retailers are celebrating their best quarter for sales in more than a year. Audio

5:37 PM.A Porirua court has handed down community sentences to two men who admitted their part in a brawl that ended a childen's rugby game in Porirua in June. Audio

5:34 PM.Two Government ministers, who are also Whanganui MPs, have expressed fears for the safety of a notorious sex offender being released to live in their electorate. Audio

5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:26 PM.A group of climbers, including four New Zealanders, have left Indonesia's Papua region after being confronted by about 40 armed militia and held captive while a payment was negotiated. Audio

5:23 PM.The Labour Party says the police are effectively taking a pay cut with the wage deal they've struck. Audio

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

5:16 PM.The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, has moved to quell any perception of disunity within the party's ranks by telling his MPs to shut up. Audio

5:10 PM.Belarus however is insisting that Nadzeya Ostapchuk is still the Olympic champion. Audio

5:07 PM.It may be months before the Olympics shotputting gold medal is hanging around Valerie Adams' neck. Audio

5:00 PM.From Silver to Gold but how long will Valerie Adams have to wait for her medal. David Shearer tells labour MPs to shut up and the New Zealanders' brush with militia in Papua. Audio