Checkpoint for Monday 1 July 2013

6:54 PM.The sea squirt Styela Clava has been discovered in Picton's inner harbour. Audio

6:51 PM.A professor given a new job to study disaster economics is warning Christchurch not to repeat the mistakes of the quake-hit Japanese city Kobe. Audio

6:48 PM.The first Maori woman to be crowned Miss New Zealand has died at the age of 70; The Maori and Mana Parties are being urged to reconcile or risk losing their seats to Labour in the next election; New… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.The Transport Agency wants to buy the property and use the land for a Kapiti expressway. Audio

6:40 PM.They died fighting the blaze which is threatening the town of Yarnell, about 130 kilometres north-west of Phoenix. Audio

6:36 PM.The Prime Minister has lost an experienced hand. Simon Crean has announced that he's retiring at the next election. Audio

6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.Port Otago is kicking unauthorised tourist buses and taxis off the wharf during cruise ship visits. Audio

6:24 PM.The woman who's 23 and a 25-year-old man, whose names are permanently suppressed, were sentenced in the Wellington District Court today. Audio

6:18 PM.Go Bus issued a warning to Kay Pridmore last October after she told the boy he needed to get change, and then left the bus stop without him. Audio

6:13 PM.Anthony Hill has found the Northland District Health Board failed to adequately care for the 75 year old who died from cardiac arrest five days after surgery in 2009. Audio

6:08 PM.Prime Minister John Key says Ministers will work on figuring out what happens next. Audio

5:55 PM.31-year-old Sarah Guyard was an experienced acrobat who fell during a fight scene of a production called Ka. Audio

5:46 PM.The Rotorua District Councillor, Maureen Waaka, has died at the age of 70; The Maori and Mana Parties are being urged to reconcile or risk losing their seats to Labour in the next election; New… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.The police investigating the death of Jane Furlong, who disappeared 20 years ago, have launched another search of her last-known address after receiving fresh information. Audio

5:36 PM.Andrew McGechan starts today as the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security following judge Paul Neazor's retirement. Audio

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

5:22 PM.The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee refused to be interviewed on Checkpoint. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.Mau Harawira, admits he chased the boy into his home in August last year after the boy made a remark he took offence to. Audio

5:13 PM.An investigation into the death of a patient at Whangarei Hospital has revealed numerous basic mistakes that the Health and Disability Commissioner says should not have happened. Audio

5:07 PM.International Accreditation New Zealand says its given five working days' notice to take the powers away. Audio

5:00 PM.Christchurch City Council loses power to grant resource consents, Checkpoint speaks to Christchurch mayor Bob Parker. Harawira nephew jailed after drunken home invasion, and An investigation into the… Read more Audio