Checkpoint for Friday 30 August 2013

6:52 PM.Tainui Group Holdings, the commercial arm of Waikato-Tainui has welcomed a government decision to refer part of its Ruakura development in Hamilton to a Board of Inquiry; A workshop in Christchurch… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.The three Labour leadership contenders are heading into a 10 day stretch of husting meetings to try to convince party and union members to support them for the top job. Audio

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

6:27 PM.Southern leaders are expecting to meet AgResearch next week with a case to reverse 85 planned jobs cuts from its Invermay centre. Audio

6:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:24 PM.New Plymouth is vying to become the first city in New Zealand to join a network of nine other 'surf cities' around the world. Audio

6:09 PM.The US is hinting it could go it alone in taking military action against Syria. Audio

5:55 PM.A Vietnamese traveller is due in court next week after being caught trying to smuggle live fish into New Zealand in his trousers. Audio

5:53 PM.Two men, one a well-known tax specialist, have been sentenced in the High Court in Wellington for a tax evasion scheme which used false invoices. Audio

5:49 PM.Tainui Group Holdings, the commercial arm of Waikato-Tainui has welcomed a government decision to refer part of its Ruakura development in Hamilton to a Board of Inquiry; A workshop in Christchurch… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.A disgraced former mining minister in Australia faces likely criminal charges for acting corruptly when he granted a lucrative coal licence. Audio

5:38 PM.Yesterday Labour claimed the Treasury and Parliamentary Budget Office had uncovered a ten billion dollar hole in the 31 billion dollars worth of savings the Coalition says it has identified. Audio

5:35 PM.The Auckland Council has blocked any extension of the Port into the Waitemata harbour despite a warning the port company could be harmed just as its performance is picking up. Audio

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

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.The liquidators of convicted fraudster David Ross's ponzi scheme have begun a claw back test case against three investors to try to get some of the millions of dollars back. Audio

5:18 PM.A criminal known for a series of attacks on police and with more than a hundred convictions to his name is being sent back to prison for a further string of assaults. Audio

5:11 PM.Support for US-led military action on Syria is faltering following an unexpected 'no' vote in Britain's parliament. Audio

5:07 PM.An Air New Zealand 737 plane which lost cabin pressure this morning, forcing passengers to use the oxygen masks, has been seized. Audio

5:00 PM.Air NZ plane seized after losing cabin pressure, Britain won't be part of any military strikes on Syria, Guard attacker John Gillies goes back to jail and Ponzi scheme liquidators take clawback test… Read more Audio