Checkpoint for Monday 18 November 2013

6:56 PM.A lack of quality Pacific language teaching material could be putting Pasifika preschools at risk of being unable to deliver the national early childhood curriculum. Audio

6:53 PM.The Department of Conservation has stopped taking water temperatures at Raoul Island after the death of one of its workers. Audio

6:49 PM.The Law Commission says how the deceased should be honoured and the role of funeral directors are just some of the issues being raised at hui to discuss changes to burial and cremation legislation; A… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Parliament's health select committee is urging the Government to take action to lower the country's high rate of unplanned and teen pregnancies. Audio

6:37 PM.Activity in the services sector hit its highest level in six years last month. The BNZ-Business New Zealand Performance of Services Index rose to 58.2 for October, up 1.8 points from September. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:26 PM.The largest ever inquiry into child abuse in Australia has heard abuse was severe and far reaching, at a home run by the Anglican Church in New South Wales. Audio

6:23 PM.A wreath-laying ceremony has been held at Parliament to mark the 70th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Pacific during the Second World War. Audio

6:20 PM.The defence lawyer in the Rae Portman murder trial has branded a number of witnesses as unreliable or liars, and says the case is about the drugs underworld, which the accused is not part of. Audio

6:08 PM.Police have tonight, revealed on Checkpoint, they received complaints from around half a dozen women about the corrupt senior constable in Christchurch who asked women for sexual favours. Audio

5:54 PM.Today engineers have been pressure testing a condemned state house to the point of collapse by simulating an actual earthquake. Audio

5:47 PM.A Northland Regional Councillor, Dover Samuels, says he's setting up a Tai Tokerau Maori Regional Advisory Committee to improve tangata whenua representation; The Law Commission says how the deceased… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.At least five people are dead and dozens injured as numerous tornados slammed into towns and cities in the mid-west of the United States ripping apart entire neighbourhoods. Audio

5:41 PM.A woman who brought a successful private prosecution against two police officers says most New Zealanders don't know their rights and she's still waiting for an apology. Audio

5:37 PM.The Government is part way through its controversial sell-off of 20 percent of Air New Zealand, which is being panned by Labour and the unions. Audio

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

5:29 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.An investigation by the ABC's Four Corner programme has revealed New Zealand is a key destination for people smuggling. Audio

5:10 PM.With us is Police Assistant Commissioner Grant Nicholls. Audio

5:07 PM.The police have just revealed that the corrupt senior constable in Christchurch who asked women for sexual favours was investigated six years ago over inappropriate conduct. Audio

5:00 PM.The corrupt senior constable who asked for sexual favours from women and a people smuggling investigation reveals New Zealand is a target. Audio