Checkpoint for Tuesday 30 July 2013

6:56 PM.Scientists are gathering and analysing data following the 6-point-5 magnitude quake which rattled central New Zealand just over a week ago. Audio

6:52 PM.New Zealand will host a semi final in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, with Auckland's Eden Park getting the nod just as it did when the tournament was jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia in 1992. Audio

6:46 PM.Maori Land Court records have been made available at Auckland libraries as a tool for Maori to research their whakapapa; A Maori financial literacy advisor says iwi governance entities are becoming… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.Investigations are carrying on into the engineer whose company designed Christchurch's doomed CTV building despite his attempts to stop them. Audio

6:35 PM.An 18 year old who survived being shot in the neck in south Syndey a fortnight ago, was murdered last night in the same suburb. Audio

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

6:24 PM.Westpac Bank has launched a home loan option called Family Springboard which allows would-be house buyers to boost the size of their deposits by accessing other family members' home equity or savings.

6:22 PM.New Zealand scientists have made a breakthrough in the battle against the noxious pest sometimes known as rock snot. Audio

6:19 PM.Thousands of people took to the streets around the country today protesting against testing party pills on animals. Audio

6:17 PM.Fairfax Media's group executive editor Paul Thompson is with us. Audio

6:12 PM.Parliament's Speaker has been forced to apologise after revealing today a reporter's phone records were handed over to a ministerial inquiry, after earlier saying they weren't. Audio

6:08 PM.Kim Dotcom's lawyers have spent the day at the Supreme Court, fighting to get see the evidence US prosecutors plan to use against him. Audio

5:55 PM.Christchurch's Hagley Oval has been chosen to host the opening ceremony of the 2015 Cricket World Cup and and the first game, despite its contentious upgrade to international standards still not being… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Maori Land Court records have been made available at Auckland libraries as a tool for Maori to research their whakapapa; The recently-elected Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP, Meka Whaitiri, has been officially… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Banks are helping people to buy their first house by allowing them to use their parent's home or savings as equity. Audio

5:40 PM.The owners of an upmarket Wellington resthome are investigating why a woman suffering from Alzheimers and a stroke was left covered in her own faeces on three separate occasions. Audio

5:37 PM.The Prime Minister John Key has tried to discredit the Labour Party's housing policy, saying it won't do anything to rein in rising prices. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.More than a dozen National Party websites targeted by hackers have been offline today. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.The children of a woman accused of murdering her one year old godson will describe to a jury how she used to smack, flick, punch and hold the boy underwater. Audio

5:15 PM.The journalist, Jon Stephenson, is calling on the Defence Force to investigate his complaint that an officer made death threats against him in 2011, over Mr Stephenson's reporting in Afghanistan. Audio

5:09 PM.The independent MP Peter Dunne says he understood David Henry did intend to get Andrea Vance's phone records. Audio

5:07 PM.Parliament's Speaker has been forced to apologise and backtrack over a reporter's phone records after revealing today they were handed over to a ministerial inquiry. Audio

5:00 PM.Parliament's speaker apologises for releasing a journalist's phone records. Jon Stephenson calls on the defence force to investigate a death threat and hackers target National Party websites. Audio