Checkpoint for Monday 25 March 2013

6:54 PM.The mainstream news media is being reminded not to confuse what people say on Twitter with actual public opinion. Audio

6:50 PM.Higher Government standards in the home-based health support sector have prompted a Maori provider in Gisborne to pull the pin on its care service; The Maori Council is fully supporting the… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.A closed door meeting between Auckland's mayor and the Minister of Housing over how best to solve the city's housing shortage has just finished. Audio

6:44 PM.Only one of 21 prisoners released from preventive detention has been recalled to prison in the last six years. Audio

6:41 PM.Talks on the future direction and response to HIV and sexually transmitted infections in the Pacific are underway with the current strategy expiring in December. Audio

6:38 PM.Environmental groups fear looming changes at the Department of Conservation will cut front line staff and damage conservation efforts. Audio

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

6:23 PM.The newly listed Snakk Media says it had a record breaking third quarter for revenue due to investment in its sales team in Australia. Audio

6:17 PM.Pacific leaders are calling for urgent action to fast-track renewable energy in the region. Audio

6:12 PM.A closed door meeting is underway between Auckland's mayor and the Minister of Housing over how best to solve the city's housing shortage. Audio

6:08 PM.The Earthquake Commission has been forced into an embarrassing admission that the details of all 83-thousand clients in its Canterbury Home Repair programme have been accidentally emailed to the wrong… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The lawyer for a former director of two failed finance companies has told a court that he had nothing to gain financially from breaching the companies' trust deeds and in hindsight, would have done… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Higher Government standards in the home-based health support sector have prompted a Maori provider in Gisborne to pull the pin on its care service; The Maori Council is fully supporting the… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.To Canberra now, where Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled her new frontbench line-up, following last week's farcical leadership challenge. Audio

5:41 PM.A Westport lawyer who put coins in his mouth to try to trick a breath-test may be suspended from practising for two years if the Law Society standards committee gets its way. Audio

5:37 PM.The Earthquake Commission has admitted the details of all 83-thousand clients in its Canterbury Home Repair programme have been accidentally emailed to the wrong place, not just the almost 10 thousand… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.The funeral has taken place today for Sir Ewan Jamieson, the former Chief of Defence during the ANZUS crisis in the mid eighties. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.The Labour Party is demanding answers to how a man, electronically monitored on home detention, managed to flee New Zealand and go on to be charged with brutally attacking a sex worker in Canada. Audio

5:16 PM.A deal to save the Cyprus banking system from collapse has finally been hammered out after hours of gruelling negotiations right down to the wire. Audio

5:12 PM.The EQC's chief executive, Ian Simpson says the mistake is embarrassing and in hindsight the commission should have dug more deeply before going public with the breach on Friday shortly after it… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The Earthquake Commission has admitted its privacy breach was almost 10 times worse than it had said, with the details of all 83-thousand clients in its Canterbury Home Repair programme being emailed… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.EQC admits its privacy breach is much worse than first reported. Finally a deal to save Cyprus banks from collapse and electronic monitoring of criminals under scrutiny. Audio