Checkpoint for Tuesday 11 June 2013

6:56 PM.A new survey shows people in the building industry expect more work over the next year, but are worried they won't be able to find enough workers, especially in Canterbury. Audio

6:53 PM.The Minister of Education has raised the prospect of private investors building and maintaining a new super school in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui. Audio

6:49 PM.The Maori Party is questioning whether the Government is doing enough to encourage new voters to join the Maori roll; National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Investors in the failed finance company, St Laurence, will be paid less than 17 cents for every dollar they put into the firm. Audio

6:36 PM.The Government's being warned to put the brakes on changing the spy laws in the wake of the Prism scandal. Audio

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

6:26 PM.Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have boosted their joint marketing budget by 80% to $20 million in a new partnership. Audio

6:20 PM.The whistleblower Edward Snowden has disappeared as US lawmakers demand his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of a government surveillance program. Audio

6:17 PM.The Government's proposed housing accord with Auckland Council has been called an insult, and an attack on local bodies, as the local politicians debated the idea for the first time. Audio

6:14 PM.An independent report into the Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy has questioned whether it responded forcefully enough to problems at the state-owned coal company. Audio

6:09 PM.One of the Ministry of Education's seven deputy secretaries has quit over Novopay's shortcomings. Anne Jackson says there was no pressure put on her to leave. Audio

5:57 PM.The Prime Minister has batted away questions in Parliament over whether or not foreign spy agencies have been collecting information about New Zealanders. Audio

5:48 PM.National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at reading and writing, than Maori students in mainstream education; The Maori Party is questioning whether the… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The Fire Service has apologised to the Corrections Minister for saying the sprinklers failed to work properly during the Spring Hill prison riot. Audio

5:43 PM.A former Catholic brother is to be extradited to Australia to face hundreds of sex offence charges. Bernard Kevin McGrath, who's 66, has 15 days to appeal against the extradition decision. Audio

5:39 PM.Educators are ridiculing the Education Minister's claim that the latest national standards results show students are doing better in reading, writing and maths. Audio

5:36 PM.A deer hunter has inadvertently landed himself and the police in hot water after publishing an article which could jeopardise the police investigation into who killed George Taiaroa. Audio

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

5:27 PM.Kiwirail says it's investigating why a train started moving while a woman in a wheelchair was still trying to get off one of the carriages. The woman was disembarking from the Capital Connection at… Read more Audio

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

5:20 PM.The NSA contractor who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes has dropped out of sight in Hong Kong as American lawmakers seek to have him sent home to face charges. Audio

5:17 PM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, was repeatedly challenged in Parliament to release details of emails between Peter Dunne and a Fairfax journalist, if he has them. Audio

5:12 PM.Schools have called for heads to roll over Novopay - and now one has near the top of the Education Ministry. One of its seven deputy secretaries, Anne Jackson, quit today saying the ministerial… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Child, Youth and Family says it is being blackmailed by a woman - who wants her child back - in exchange for a document wrongly sent to her in another privacy breach by a government department. Audio

5:00 PM.A blackmail threat following another privacy breach; Top ministry official quits over Novopay; John Key won't reopen leak inquiry; Principal reacts to Novopay resignation; Where is America's latest… Read more Audio