Checkpoint for Wednesday 6 March 2013

6:55 PM.Lawyers and welfare groups have joined the growing chorus of opposition to the Government's proposed Family Court reforms. Audio

6:51 PM.Families could be offered free chickenpox, rotovirus and flu vaccines for their children, under proposals being considered by the Government drug-buying agency Pharmac. Audio

6:47 PM.A BBC television programme has secured consent from the Far North District Council to film a super sonic car speeding along a part of 90-mile Beach or Te Oneroa-a-Tohe; Te Arawa Lakes Trust says a… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's has lost his battle with cancer, silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left. Audio

6:39 PM.A High Court ruling has paved the way for protestors to continue legal action against the Auckland Council for evicting them from a public park. Audio

6:37 PM.Expert engineers have gone head to head in a landmark high court hearing where a retired Christchurch couple is in dispute with their insurance company. Audio

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

6:27 PM.Snakk Media has become the first company to list this year, taking up a spot on the New Zealand stock exchange's Alternative Market. Audio

6:19 PM.Some New Zealanders who have paid women in India to bear children for them have been caught out by a clampdown on commercial surrogacy. Audio

6:16 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key and his Mexican counterpart, President Enrique Pena Nieto have emerged from talks pledging to strengthen trade ties between the two countries. Audio

6:09 PM.The drought gripping much of the North Island has driven a spectacular spike in international milk prices as buyers worry about falling supply - but it won't be enough to offset losses on the farm. Audio

5:56 PM.A Christchurch couple took justice into their own hands when they lay in wait for a burglar to return to steal again. Audio

5:51 PM.Auckland's first double-decker commuter bus has taken to the road as part of a new push to boost patronage. Audio

5:48 PM.The Taranaki Regional Council has agreed to hand over a set of small islands off the coast of New Plymouth to Maori as part of two treaty settlements; A western Bay of Plenty hapu says it's been given… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Crown prosecutors have been arguing at the Court of the Appeal that the former directors of Lombard Finance should have their sentences increased. Audio

5:38 PM.A human rights watchdog in Fiji says there is unprecedented outrage and shock in Fiji at a graphic video of two men being beaten which has sparked a police investigation. Audio

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

5:27 PM.A jury has heard that the three people accused of killing two teenage sisters in a crash on Christmas Day 2011 were racing their cars at the time and had all been drinking. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.The mother of a soldier who killed himself in Afganistan wants an open investigation into his death and says the secrecy imposed by the coroner is not justice for herself or her family. Audio

5:13 PM.A man employed by the police to send criminals to jail has himself admitted dealing drugs and illegally accessing the confidential police computer system. Audio

5:08 PM.The drought gripping much of the North Island has driven a spectacular spike in international milk prices as buyers worry about falling supply - but it won't be enough to offset losses on the farm. Audio

5:00 PM.Dairy prices rocket as the drought bites. A police prosecutor admits selling methamphetamine and a soldier's mother fights for an open investigation into her son's death. Audio