Checkpoint for Wednesday 6 November 2013

6:52 PM.New Yorkers have chosen a new mayor to replace long-serving incumbent Michael Bloomberg. Audio

6:50 PM.The Green Party MP Jan Logie and Australian Greens senator Lee Rhiannon are travelling to Sri Lanka this week, for what they call a fact finding mission in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Heads of… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The body that keeps lawyers in line has started hearing a case against the prominent Maori lawyer, Donna Hall; No jobs will be lost as part of changes being made to Te Puni Kokiri; The Maori Party… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.After a ten year long investigation a once mighty US hedge fund has become the first big Wall Street company in a generation to confess to criminal conduct. Audio

6:35 PM.One of the three interislander ferries, the Aratere, won't carry carry passengers again till at least Christmas after a propeller fell off in Cook Strait. Audio

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

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

6:22 PM.The Labour Party says any Government help for the company responsible for building the Ultra Fast Broadband network will be corporate welfare. Audio

6:18 PM.Building suppliers are pouring cold water on the Government's proposals to lower the cost of cladding, plasterboard and cement, saying materials are not the main driver behind unaffordable housing. Audio

6:14 PM.A case against the prominent Maori lawyer, Donna Hall, has begun today in the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal in Wellington. Audio

6:08 PM.More than a hundred home owners in Christchurch's Port Hills have been told that someone could die in a major rain or snow storm because their quake-damaged properties are so unstable. Audio

5:56 PM.The Green Party MP Jan Logie and an Australian Greens senator are travelling to Sri Lanka this week, for what they call a fact finding mission in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.No jobs will be lost as part of changes being made to Te Puni Kokiri; The body that keeps lawyers in line has started hearing a case against the prominent Maori lawyer, Donna Hall; The Maori Party… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A marketing manager fighting her sacking from Otago University says it was made impossible for her to return. Audio

5:40 PM.To China, where several explosions have been heard outside a provincial headquarters for the ruling Communist party in the north of the country. Audio

5:37 PM.Building suppliers are pouring cold water on the Government's proposals to lower the cost of cladding, plasterboard and cement, saying materials are not the main reason for unaffordable housing. Audio

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

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

5:23 PM.The Samoan community and rugby fans are shocked at the death of the former Manu Samoa rugby captain Peter Fatialofa, who died this morning at the age of 54. Audio

5:20 PM.More people are finding work - with the latest figures showing the biggest improvement since before the recession. Audio

5:14 PM.Interislander's troubled ferry, Aratere, is being investigated again after a shaft snapped and a propeller fell off last night as it was crossing Cook Strait. Audio

5:08 PM.More than a hundred home owners in Christchurch's Port Hills have been told that someone could die in a major rain or snow storm because their quake-damaged properties are so unstable. Audio

5:00 PM.Some Port Hills homes so unstable they could kill someone. Propeller falls off beleagured Aratere ferry. Expanding economy is encouraging firms to hire more people. Fatialofa - a generous family man… Read more Audio