Checkpoint for Tuesday 25 September 2012

6:58 PM.New research suggests about half the Christchurch businesses which left the central city after the Canterbury earthquakes are unlikely to return. Audio

6:53 PM.New figures show that over the past decade 32 of the country's biggest high-tech companies have been sold offshore. Audio

6:50 PM.In Christchurch, recruitment agencies have the welcome mat out for hundreds of Solid Energy workers who are about to lose their jobs. Audio

6:46 PM.A new chief executive has been appointed to head the Ministry of Maori Development, Te Puni Kokiri; Legislation's being considered to stop people from laying claim to cultural objects that are on loan… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A British exploration company, Kea Petroleum, has struck oil near Eltham in Taranaki. Audio

6:40 PM.The head of the International Monetary Fund says the global economy next year could be even worse than previously predicted. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:26 PM.The scented candle maker and skincare company Ecoya expects to break even this year after a loss of $218 thousand dollars last year. Audio

6:22 PM.The beleaguered Accident Compensation Corporation is set to cut its levies for the second year in a row. Audio

6:12 PM.The miners came to Parliament today hoping to persuade the State Owned Enterprises Minister, Tony Ryall, to step in to save hundreds of jobs. Audio

6:09 PM.The Government says the job cuts at Solid Energy are not because of its plans for the partial sale of the state owned company. Audio

5:56 PM.If a Queenstown judge has his way drunken tourists who commit crimes would be immediately deported from the country. Audio

5:54 PM.The prominent Auckland lawyer, Barry Hart, has told the High Court his career will be over if he can't keep working until his appeal. Audio

5:50 PM.Legislation's being considered to stop people from laying claim to cultural objects that are on loan here from overseas - including Maori artefacts; A new chief executive has been appointed to head… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The body of a soldier who died 95 years ago in one of the bloodiest battles of World War One has been confirmed as a New Zealander. Audio

5:44 PM.The proposed closure of the Spring Creek mine is already taking a toll on people in Greymouth as families face the prospect of having to leave town in order to find work. Audio

5:41 PM.Gold miners in Waihi are facing job cuts, with the company blaming costs that have outpaced rises in the gold price despite that almost tripling in the past five years. Audio

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

5:28 PM.One hundred and forty of New Zealand's soldiers, sailors and airmen have left for Afghanistan today in what will be the 21st and final mission to the war-torn nation. Audio

5:24 PM.Just under half of all children who die as a result of family violence are killed by their mothers. Audio

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

5:17 PM.A group of Solid Energy miners have left Parliament angry and upset this afternoon after the Government dismissed their plan to keep the Spring Creek and Huntly East coal mines in full operation. Audio

5:12 PM.The Police, John Key and Bill English all refused our requests for an interview saying they are awaiting the results of the inquiry into the illegal spying. Audio

5:07 PM.Court papers show the Government's spy agency began its illegal snooping because the police wrongly told them - that Kim Dotcom was a foreigner when in fact he's a New Zealand resident. Audio

5:00 PM.The police wrongly told the Government's spy agency that Kim Dotcom was a foreign national. Angry miners leave Parliament empty handed and mothers are the most common killers of children. Audio