Checkpoint for Friday 22 March 2013

6:53 PM.The Tuhoe chief negotiator, Tamati Kruger, is being praised for his tenacity in securing a Treaty agreement with the Crown; Two Maori immersion schools are refusing to budge from their sites, despite… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.The Government is still refusing to abandon the error-ridden Novopay system, even though a review has found the school payroll remains unstable and the taxpayer bailout for it has surged to at least… Read more Audio

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

6:26 PM.A new Australian study has found the ocean's top predator, the great white shark, needs to eat three to four times more often than previously thought. Audio

6:24 PM.The Human Rights commissioner is going in to bat for uninsured red-zoned property owners who want more time to consider their land compensation offers. Audio

6:21 PM.Little growth in the labour market. Audio

6:14 PM.Critics of proposed reforms of the Resource Management Act say they tip the balance too far in favour of farmers and business. Audio

6:11 PM.The Fiji regime's draft constitution is being described as a recipe to enable the present regime to stay in power. Audio

6:07 PM.The Government says a serious privacy breach by the Earthquake Commission where information on almost ten thousand claims was emailed to someone outside EQC was noticed within minutes and no one… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.Telecom will have the final figure on job cuts at the company in a matter of weeks and says the number could be as high as 15-hundred but could also be more or less. Audio

5:51 PM.The Tuhoe chief negotiator, Tamati Kruger, is being praised for his tenacity in securing a Treaty agreement with the Crown; Two Maori immersion schools are refusing to budge from their sites, despite… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.The mountaineer, George Lowe, has died at the age of 89, at a rest home in Ripley in the United Kingdom. Audio

5:45 PM.An investigation is underway at Gisborne Hospital following the discovery of human bone fragments in a hospital rubbish bag at a recycling station. Audio

5:36 PM.Tuhoe has taken another significant step toward settling its Treaty of Waitangi claims, with the initialling of a Deed of Settlement at Parliament today. Audio

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

5:29 PM.The police have tracked the car that left the scene of the killing of a roadworker near Taupo through a web of back roads indicating the driver has local knowledge. Audio

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

5:22 PM.Official papers confirm the Government put pressure on Solid Energy to increase its debt and then appeared later to criticise it for borrowing too heavily as it got into difficulty. Audio

5:17 PM.In a serious privacy breach - the addresses and earthquake claim details of almost ten thousand Canterbury people have been mistakenly emailed by Earthquake Commission to the wrong person. Audio

5:13 PM.A man and woman have been arrested over the abduction of an 11 day old baby who was taken from the neonatal unit at Auckland's Starship Hospital last night. Audio

5:10 PM.Moashon Harrison was a pupil at Huapai District School and the injured six year Messiah also goes there. Audio

5:07 PM.The teenage girl who died along with her two nephews when her car and a van collided south of Helensville yesterday was an unlicensed driver. Audio

5:00 PM.Teen driver in three-person death crash not licensed, Principal of children's school has more, Arrests over abduction of neonatal baby, Earthquake Commission emails private information of 9700 people… Read more Audio