Checkpoint for Friday 12 April 2013

6:58 PM.Just one game away from a third straight Australian National Basketball league title and retirement, the Breakers veteran Dillon Boucher is predicting a much tougher game tonight. Audio

6:55 PM.A University of Otago dental specialist says Maori patients are being forced to travel to its training school hospital from Invercargill by the van-load; A Marlborough iwi will be set to move forward… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.The actions of the Prime Minister in relation to the Government's electronic spy agency have once again come under intense scrutiny, following the release of a highly critical report into the GCSB. Audio

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

6:24 PM.A union says most nurses at Waikato Hospital are being bullied, yelled at, and having their jobs threatened by angry managers when they make mistakes. Audio

6:22 PM.Police say four fishermen are lucky to be alive after their boat caught fire and starting sinking in a remote area off Jackson Bay on the South Island's West Coast. Audio

6:19 PM.The Serious Fraud Office says it faced a high bar trying to prosecute all those running the failed Dominion Finance, with only one of three men on trial being found guilty of theft. Audio

5:55 PM.The Government now has the numbers to press ahead with legislation to deal with a mass arrival of asylum seekers to New Zealand shores. Audio

5:51 PM.A University of Otago dental specialist says Maori patients from Invercargill are being forced to travel by the van-load to its training school for treatment; Iwi representatives north of Wellington… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Almost all of the 2500 nurses at the Waikato District Health Board have been bullied, according to their union. Audio

5:43 PM.A privacy law specialist says an email detailing thousands of local complaints that was sent out by mistake by Queenstown's council could have potentially serious consequences. Audio

5:41 PM.The mother of a Christchurch teenager says she told her former partner to stay away from their family home, just days before her daughter was killed. Audio

5:37 PM.The Pentagon is insisting North Korea does not have nuclear-armed rockets as officials try to play down a leaked report that warns Pyongyang has succeeded in putting atomic warheads on ballistic… Read more Audio

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

5:26 PM.Two very different pictures of Air Force culture and protocols have emerged in evidence given at a military tribunal at Ohakea Air Base. Audio

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

5:20 PM.A High Court judge says the bosses of two failed finance companies never intended to pocket investors' money but tried in vain to keep the firms afloat during challenging times. Audio

5:17 PM.Some Kapiti coasters and local Maori are considering legal action to block the construction of the Kapiti Coast Expressway. Audio

5:12 PM.Schools will be able to use dogs to sniff out drugs in lockers and desks, but not on students, under proposed law changes. Audio

5:07 PM.Housing New Zealand will get a $320 million insurance payout to repair more than 5500 quake-damaged state homes in Canterbury. Audio

5:00 PM.Housing NZ gets a 320 million dollar insurance payout; using dogs to sniff out drugs in lockers and desks; Kapiti residents and Maori consider expressway legal action; Dominion Finance heads never… Read more Audio