Checkpoint for Monday 20 August 2012

6:53 PM.The panel leading New Zealand's constitutional review has been told its focus on the Treaty of Waitangi won't help Pacific and other other migrant communities. Audio

6:46 PM.A South Taranaki iwi wants a Pakeha commissioner removed from a local kura kaupapa Maori by the end of this school term; The Maori Language Commission is demanding an apology from Maori Television… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.To the UK now, where Scotland Yard is expected to lay murder charges over the killing of a police constable in the Broadwater Farm riots 27 years ago. Audio

6:36 PM.The uncle of Brazilian student Felipe Melo says he hopes the families of those still missing off Paritutu Rock will keep faith they will be found. Audio

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

6:22 PM.More now on the Education Review Office decision to drop schools' decile numbers from its reports. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:11 PM.An American author and critic of the war in Afganistan says the U.S military's latest effort to stop Afghan soldiers killing Marines smacks of desperation and will only deepen mistrust Audio

6:07 PM.Further details are emerging about the roadside bomb blast that's killed three New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan. Audio

5:54 PM.A man who rescued a four year old girl from drowning says her father ignored warnings not to kayak across the mouth of the flooded Tukituki River in Hawkes Bay. Audio

5:51 PM.A killer driver, who sparked a ministerial inquiry, has crashed his car after having his licence back for just two months. Audio

5:47 PM.A South Taranaki tribe wants a Pakeha commissioner removed from a local kura kaupapa Maori by the end of this school term; The Maori Language Commission, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, is demanding an… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Principals are applauding the Education Review Office decision to drop schools' decile numbers from its reports. Audio

5:38 PM.Politicians are mostly united on keeping New Zealand's troops in Afghanistan until early next year despite the mounting death toll. Audio

5:38 PM.Medical researchers are pushing for a cap on interest rates to stamp out loan sharks who target low-income earners. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.To China, where the wife of a disgraced politician has been handed a suspended death sentence for murdering a British businessman, in the country's most high profile trial for years. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.An inquest has heard how a group of divers dropped like rocks into pitch black water in Auckland's Lake Pupuke, and two then failed to surface. Audio

5:18 PM.Snapper is about to be dumped from Auckland's one hundred million dollar public transport ticket project. Audio

5:09 PM.The Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rhys Jones joins us. Audio

5:07 PM.New Zealand has lost its first woman soldier since the Vietnam war, one of three soldiers killed instantly by a massive roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan. Audio

5:00 PM.The three soldiers killed in Afghanistan were on a mercy mission. Auckland drops Snapper from its 100 million dollar transport ticket and harrowing evidence of a fatal dive on Auckland's Lake Pupuke. Audio