Checkpoint for Monday 4 November 2013

6:55 PM.A private search for the lost boat Nina will restart this week but Search and Rescue officials here are refusing family requests to help. Audio

6:52 PM.More now on workers demolishing houses in Christchurch who are removing asbestos every day without wearing the right protection. Audio

6:49 PM.The Labour Party's new Maori vice-president, Nanaia Mahuta, says targeting all Maori seats in the next general election will be among the priorities in her new role; The long-drawn-out wrangle over… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.The public's health watchdog says hospital communication failures resulted in a 74 year old man experiencing a terrifying worsening of his asthma. Audio

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

6:29 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:24 PM.Criminal defence lawyer Marie Dyhrberg is with us. Audio

6:21 PM.An Auckland school has condemned the police's failure to act on sex accusations against a group of young men, one of whom is believed to be a former student. Audio

6:14 PM.An Auckland lawyer Karen Harding specialises in representing people charged with drink driving. Audio

6:07 PM.The Government is going to lower the blood alcohol limit for adults so drunk driving kicks in after fewer drinks. Audio

5:57 PM.Rescuers who tramped through snow and high winds in the dark to bring out a woman critically injured on a South Island glacier say she probably wouldn't have lasted the night. Audio

5:54 PM.A tribunal is considering its judgment in the case of an Auckland lawyer accused of overcharging a client by hundreds of thousands of dollars for leaky building work. Audio

5:51 PM.The long-drawn-out wrangle over alternate trustees on the Crown Forestry Rental Trust has finally been sorted - by court order; The Labour Party's new Maori vice-president, Nanaia Mahuta, says… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Police in Hamilton are hunting for an armed intruder who may have broken into three separate properties in the suburb of Hillcrest. Audio

5:40 PM.The Government is slashing the limit for drink driving, saying the law change which will begin its passage through Parliament before Christmas will save lives. Audio

5:37 PM.A sailor from the Navy has appeared in court accused of bashing a man who later died from his injuries. Audio

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

5:30 PM.Dennis Brown helped start the Northern Action Group in Rodney which wants to break away from the super city. Audio

5:26 PM.Auckland councillors are getting a big pay rise. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.The police some of the young men could be charged with having sex with a girl under 16 which wouldn't involve the question of consent. Audio

5:17 PM.The Prime Minister has described the actions of a group of young Auckland men who share details online about group sex sessions with drunk young girls, as abhorrent. Audio

5:12 PM.Every day workers demolishing houses in Christchurch are removing asbestos without wearing the right protection. Audio

5:07 PM.The Government is going to lower the blood alcohol limit for adults so drunk driving kicks in after fewer drinks. Audio

5:00 PM.Slashing the blood alcohol level for adult drivers. New warnings about Asbestos in Christchurch and Auckland councillors are getting a big pay rise. Audio