Checkpoint for Friday 1 November 2013

6:52 PM.The leader of the Labour Party, David Cunliffe, says the party has made no decision about apologising to Maori for passing the Foreshore and Seabed Act; A group of native Canadians have heard from a… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.The Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Christchurch over the weekend just seven weeks after David Cunliffe was elected leader. In the immediate aftermath of Mr Cunliffe's election Labour… Read more Audio

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

6:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:24 PM.A strategy to turn the tide for the inner city was launched last night. Audio

6:19 PM.The stick was taken when a worker's car was broken in to. Audio

6:08 PM.It was announced last week that postal delivery days would be cut in 2015 because of falling letter volumes. Audio

5:53 PM.The Government is replacing the Teachers' Council with a body with stronger powers for cracking down on unfit or criminal teachers such as sex abusers. Audio

5:52 PM.Pioneer Generation wanted to build the dam on the Nevis River and had fought for 7 years to do so. Audio

5:49 PM.Phillipstown School looks certain to resist, with its lawyer saying Hekia Parata can't simply resume consulting as if nothing's changed. Audio

5:46 PM.The leader of the Labour Party, David Cunliffe, says the party has made no decision about apologising to Maori for passing the Foreshore and Seabed Act; A group of first nation Canadians have heard… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Only a handful of companies signed the voluntary code last year. Audio

5:41 PM.This afternoon at a policy workshop delegates voted in favour of an amendment from trade unions affiliated to the party. Audio

5:38 PM.Joe Gallagher from the Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union says staff are in shock. Audio

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

5:27 PM.The Palmerston North coroner, Carla na Nagara, says how the Feilding farmer died in July 2010 has been established and it's not up to her to inquire into who did it. Audio

5:22 PM.Average asking prices for properties have reached fresh highs, despite an increase in new listings. Audio

5:21 PM.Syria's entire declared stock of 290 tonnes of chemical weapons and a thousand tonnes of chemical agents has been placed under seals which the international inspectors say are impossible to break. Audio

5:17 PM.John Key says Sir Douglas Graham might have given up his knighthood if he hadn't been told today that he didn't have to. Audio

5:14 PM.New Zealand wants to protect 1 point 3 million square kilometres of the ocean. Making it the world's largest protected marine area. Audio

5:08 PM.Up to two thousand workers are to go at NZ Post in what the company says is one of the country's biggest single round of job cuts since the 1980s. Audio

5:00 PM.NZ Post cuts up to 2,000 jobs, Ross Sea marine reserve fails for a third time, Lombard investor says Sir Douglas retaining his knighthood devalues the honour, Syria's equipment to make chemical… Read more Audio