Checkpoint for Friday 29 November 2013

6:56 PM.An architect's been brought in to draw up a master plan for Christchurch's central shopping zone. Audio

6:52 PM.A Coromandel sub-tribe wants to form a group to take on the Crown over Treaty settlements; A Mokau Marae Trustee says a fire that ravaged its wharenui near Whangarei has driven home the importance of… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.This week the deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, led a ministerial delegation to Sydney to meet with ministers in the new Government there as part of the Australian New Zealand Leadership Forum. Audio

6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:26 PM.An Auckland teenager who shot his childhood friend with an air rifle when he missed the can he was aiming at, has been sent to jail. Audio

6:24 PM.The future's looking brighter for the tap and showerware maker, Methven, which says sales in all its main markets are improving. Audio

6:17 PM.Chorus's share price has taken another hammering after the option of a law change over broadband prices was blocked by a rare union of political parties other than National. Audio

6:14 PM.Power prices in Canterbury will go up by almost five dollars a month next year, but the Commerce Commission has stepped in to stop a price hike of almost twice that. Audio

6:10 PM.Another forestry worker has been killed - the second death in a week and the ninth this year despite a Government crack-down on the industry. Audio

5:51 PM.A Coromandel sub-tribe wants to form a group to take on the Crown over Treaty settlements; It's the final day for Ngati Pahauwera to submit evidence to the Crown that it has customary marine title to… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Voters in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch head to the polls tomorrow to select a new MP after their last one became the city's mayor. Audio

5:43 PM.In Indonesia, politicians have admitted it could take years to mend the relationship with Australia damaged by the spying scandal. Audio

5:40 PM.A teenager who stabbed a man in the head at Waihi Beach in the early hours of New Year's Day is beginning an eight year jail sentence. Audio

5:36 PM.A blue rubber ball which causes pain and bruising is the latest weapon the police have in their arsenal. Audio

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

5:22 PM.The Ministry of Justice can't say how much money has been wasted in its 18 million dollar project to create a paperless court. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:17 PM.A major lines company is already putting its hand up to take over much of the ultra fast broadband rollout if Chorus pulls out, an option the embattled company is being told it must consider. Audio

5:14 PM.The skipper of a runabaout wept outside court after avoiding being sent to prison over two men who drowned on a fishing trip. Audio

5:10 PM.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has been inspecting logging sites around the country since July. Audio

5:08 PM.Another forestry worker has been killed - the second death in a week and the ninth this year despite a Government crack-down on the industry. Audio

5:00 PM.Another forestry worker killed, No logging operations prosecuted despite 14 being shut down, Runabout skipper weeps after avoiding prison, Chorus told to consider bailing out of UFB contract entirely… Read more Audio