Checkpoint for Tuesday 18 September 2012

6:57 PM.The Property Institute warns Auckland is becoming like London where people are forced to rent their entire lives because houses are too expensive to buy. Audio

6:53 PM.The United States president, Barack Obama, has lodged a complaint against China with the World Trade Organisation, accusing it of illegally subsidising car exports. Audio

6:50 PM.The Hauraki Maori Trust Board is one of four Tainui tribal groups not going to the government's first consultation hui on Maori water rights - which is underway this evening; Ngai Tahu says it has not… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Some hardware stores are restricting the sale of butane gas canisters following the deaths of teenagers from huffing, and other shops may follow suit. Audio

6:43 PM.To China now, where the former police chief at the heart of the country's biggest political scandal in years, has gone on trial for attempting to defect to the United States. Audio

6:39 PM.The country's largest insurer IAG expects to pay out almost three and half million dollars to hundreds of customers who've been short-changed on payouts for home and contents claims. Audio

6:36 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:28 PM.Unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, could pose a risk to the public according to the New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association. Audio

6:25 PM.A new start-up investment fund has raised $4,600,000 to put into New Zealand companies with potential global reach. Audio

6:13 PM.Legislation's been introduced to Parliament to bring in public protection orders so that the very worst criminals can be kept locked up even after their prison sentence is done. Audio

6:10 PM.The iwi who've joined the boycott have backing from the Maori Party which says the government hui is a waste of time. Audio

6:08 PM.The first Government-run hui to try to settle water rights ahead of state asset sales has just begun in Hamilton under the shadow of a boycott by Maori. Audio

5:53 PM.A secretly filmed video has emerged showing Mitt Romney disparaging Barack Obama voters at a private donor dinner. Audio

5:50 PM.The police are now treating as a homicide the disappearance of pregnant Hamilton woman Rae Portman. Audio

5:47 PM.Four Tainui tribal groups have pulled out of going to the government's first consultation hui on water rights already underway in Hamilton; The Port of Tauranga hopes to rebuild the relationship with… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Five people protesting against the Government's welfare reforms have been arrested after locking themselves inside the Ministry of Social Development building in Auckland. Audio

5:40 PM.The lawyer for a former finance company director says his client is lucky not to be going to prison and describes her as knowing nothing about the job she was supposed to do. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:17 PM.Bryan Guy, the father of the slain Feilding Farmer, Scott Guy, says he has stopped asking who killed his son. Audio

5:14 PM.The Justice Minister has introduced legislation to bring in public protection orders to keep the very worst sexual and violent criminals locked up even after their prison sentence is finished. Audio

5:07 PM.The Prime Minister has come under sustained pressure today over the Dotcom donations and his support for his embattled Minister John Banks. Audio

5:00 PM.More pressure on John Banks over the Dotcom donations. Keeping the very worst sexual and violent criminals locked up and why Brian Guy has stopped asking who killed his son Scott. Audio