Checkpoint for Tuesday 9 July 2013

6:54 PM.Britain's leading legal expert on space law says the military is increasingly looking to space to expand its ability to spy on people. Audio

6:47 PM.The Rotorua District Council wants to improve relationships with two local tribes - which the council was found to have misled; The government is developing Maori health training for District Health… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.The Westland District Council is dumping a bylaw, allowing it to fine freedom campers, because the penalties are impossible to enforce. Audio

6:35 PM.Opponents of the new GCSB legislation are calling for Peter Dunne not to buckle in negotiations on making changes to the Bill. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:23 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:21 PM.Vandals have pushed over graves in an historic central city cemetery in Auckland where Jewish headstones were attacked before, and now there's talk of fencing it off. Audio

6:15 PM.The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, appears to have won support for his move to put an end to the party's so-called man ban in candidate selections. Audio

6:12 PM.The convicted double murderer, Scott Watson has failed to get a pardon from the Governor General. Audio

6:09 PM.An investigation into a police car chase in which a woman died shows police were in the dark as they struggled to use their new digital radios. Audio

5:52 PM.The Labour Party is rejecting the idea of a review of the Government's intelligence agencies being held after new spy agency legislation has passed. Audio

5:49 PM.The Rotorua District Council wants to improve relationships with two local tribes - which the council was found to have misled; The government is developing Maori health training for District Health… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.To Australia, where the latest Newspoll has Kevin Rudd's Labor and the opposition coalition neck in neck. Audio

5:42 PM.Less than a year after councils were given the power to fine freedom campers, the Westland District Council is moving to dump its by-law. Audio

5:38 PM.Robbie Deans, the first foreigner to coach the Wallabies, has quit as speculation swirled he was about to be sacked. Audio

5:35 PM.A war correspondent who is suing the Defence Force and its chief for defamation has told a court he felt furious after a defence press release challenged the accuracy of his reporting. Audio

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

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

5:27 PM.MPs are hotly debating the new regime for party pills, but more specifically whether there should be any testing on animals. Audio

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

5:18 PM.The police have confirmed the ex-soldier who died in a gunfight on an Auckland motorway did not shoot himself. Audio

5:14 PM.Listening to that is Olivia Hope's father, Gerald. Audio

5:12 PM.The convicted double murderer, Scott Watson has failed to get a pardon from the Governor General. Audio

5:08 PM.Police officers frequently break the rules when they chase fleeing drivers because the rules are too difficult to stick to in a fast-paced, time-pressured pursuit. Audio

5:00 PM.Police too often break the rules when they're chasing fleeing drivers. No pardon for the convicted killer Scott Watson and animal testing for party pills debated in Parliament. Audio