Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 May 2013

6:50 PM.A Southland total immersion Maori language school is planning to take advantage of an expansion of the KickStart breakfast in schools scheme; The Government is to decide if Ngati Porou has rights to a… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Sexual abuse support services say they're stretched to breaking point and desperately need ongoing funding from the Government. Audio

6:39 PM.An Australian anti-fluoride campaigner has taken a swipe at the Hamilton City Council, saying it can't ignore the risks to people from fluoridated water. Audio

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

6:28 PM.An Asburton firefighter says he's been to four or five collisions at the railway crossing where a train smashed into a truck this morning. Audio

6:25 PM.Tower has reported an 87% rise in its half year profit after selling off $181 million worth of businesses to focus on general insurance. Audio

6:22 PM.A wild wind that could have been a tornado has ripped off the roof of a house in Port Waikato leaving a mess that looks as if a candyfloss machine's gone mad in the paddocks. Audio

6:16 PM.The Child Poverty Action Group has taken its five year battle to have the In Work Tax Credit declared illegal to the Court of Appeal in Wellington. Audio

6:11 PM.Listening to that is the founder and head of Kidscan Charitable Trust, Julie Chapman. Audio

6:08 PM.The Government is putting 9-point-five million dollars towards a bigger breakfast in schools programme for at least the next five years, as part of its reponse to a Children's Commissioner's report on… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.Confidential documents and other sensitive financial papers from the Buller District Council have been found dumped at a tip and the mayor admits it is a drastic mistake. Audio

5:50 PM.Last year 160 people claimed for gumboot injuries - including cleaning them with boiling water while their feet were still inside and being bitten by spiders hiding in the toes. Audio

5:47 PM.The Government is to decide if Ngati Porou has rights to a marine and coastal area on the East Coast; A Southland Maori language total immersion school is planning to take advantage of an expansion of… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.A Wellington school principal is warning the widening of the food in schools programme may cut out some of the children who need help the most. Audio

5:35 PM.The drop in the price of Mighty River Power shares has not put the Government off its partial privatisation programme, but Opposition parties say it is a sign of failure. Audio

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

5:26 PM.Dunedin's hill suburbs have been shut down today by a snow storm which caused dozens of accidents and trapped cars on some highways. Audio

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

5:19 PM.The former chair of New Zealand's largest exporter Fonterra is apologising for warning exporters to never trust the Chinese. Audio

5:15 PM.An unlicensed, brain-damaged man of 87 who drove the wrong way onto a motorway, killing himself and his wife, was warned not to drive - but the police did not intervene despite being asked to. Audio

5:07 PM.The Social Development Minister says a lot of low decile schools won't take up the chance to give weetbix and milk to their students because they think it's the parents job to feed their children. Audio

5:00 PM.The government steps in to feed kids at school. Police fail to keep a mentally impaired, unlicenced driver off the road and apologies from high profile company director who warned exporters not to… Read more Audio