Checkpoint for Friday 25 October 2013

6:52 PM.Pressure is growing on the head of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust to quit; A teenager from Wellington is thanking an iwi-police crime prevention strategy - saying it's helping him to change his life… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.The Government announced the sale of 49 percent of its shareholding in Meridian Energy this week. But only 62,000 individual investors bought shares, well short of the 113,000 who invested in Mighty… Read more Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:29 PM.The first officially approved Green Office label has just been awarded to the fitness company Les Mills's head office in Auckland. Audio

6:23 PM.The jail that houses the country's most dangerous, disruptive and hardened criminals is going to be rebuilt. Audio

6:17 PM.Film and television producers and directors say the Government is infatuated with big budget film productions and needs to fund more small and mid-size productions. Audio

6:14 PM.Team New Zealand has set a deadline of May next year, to decide whether or not it will mount a challenge for the next America's Cup. Audio

6:08 PM.The police are ruling out a bullet as the object that smashed through a car killing the driver near Wanaka. Audio

5:57 PM.The Conservation Minister, Nick Smith, says opposition parties owe him an apology for suggesting he lied to Parliament about whether he knew about a draft submission on the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.New Zealand firefighters who were on standby to help tackle the New South Wales wildfires have been told they're not needed now, as weather conditions ease. Audio

5:50 PM.The Mana Party says the Maori Party will need to pull away from National, if the pair are to work together; A teenager from Wellington is thanking an iwi-police crime prevention strategy - saying it's… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A rapper about evolution, a dung beetle navigation expert and a global beer specialist are visiting New Zealand as part of a push to improve science communication. Audio

5:43 PM.New Zealand is trying, yet again, to get Antarctica's Ross Sea protected. Audio

5:36 PM.National is accusing Labour of blundering into the case of a man accused of sexually abusing a girl and likely making things worse. Audio

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

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

5:19 PM.The Mana Movement isn't ruling out a merger with the Maori Party, as the two prepare for talks on how they could work together. Audio

5:18 PM.A man, sentenced to prison for kidnapping his partner in May this year, had to be taken from the court during his sentencing. Audio

5:16 PM.The Solicitor-General Michael Heron is taking over the private prosecution of the Act party leader, John Banks, for electoral fraud. Audio

5:10 PM.Our reporter Steve Wilde has been talking to the police this afternoon. Audio

5:08 PM.The police are ruling out a bullet as the object that smashed through a car killing the driver near Wanaka. Audio