Checkpoint for Monday 17 February 2014

6:56 PM.Health experts are urging politicians to stand up to the powerful food industry and act to reduce high obesity rates worldwide. Audio

6:52 PM.A judge has been told a farming family will lose rights to its ancestral land, when whenua is returned to an iwi collective; Ngapuhi hapu alliance is holding talks to decide how to proceed now the… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.The struggling Phoenix football club has laid out its plans for a 10 to 12-thousand seat stadium in Petone as it attempts to sever ties with Wellington stadium where it is losing money. Audio

6:41 PM.Hundreds of overseas troops will take to the Hauraki gulf from tomorrow as the largest navy exercise held in New Zealand for 50 years gets underway. Audio

6:37 PM.American lawyers acting for foreign clients are now pondering how they avoid being spied on by the government following the latest revelations from Edward Snowden. Audio

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

6:28 PM.Thousands of people around the country are being warned to pay their fines or risk having their driving licence and car seized. Audio

6:25 PM.Property for Industry, has reported a more than 50 percent jump in full-year profit, reflecting its successful takeover of Direct Property Fund and stronger economic conditions. Audio

6:22 PM.The Ombudsman has ruled the Police got it wrong in withholding a witness statement made by the ACT MP John Banks about donations to his 2010 Auckland mayoral campaign. Audio

6:16 PM.The Christchurch City Council is reassessing big ticket rebuild projects which it says were irresponsibly signed off by the previous council. Audio

6:08 PM.Ninety steel-working jobs are to be axed in South Auckland and a union is questioning why that is happening at the same time as steel is being imported for the Christchurch rebuild. Audio

5:55 PM.In America, the FBI and police in four states are investigating startling claims by a nineteen-year-old murder suspect that she's killed more than 22 people as part of a satanic cult. Audio

5:52 PM.Two men accused of defrauding gas suppliers of millions of dollars have gone on trial in the Wellington District Court. Audio

5:49 PM.A judge has been told a farming family will lose rights to its ancestral land, when whenua is returned to an iwi collective; Ngapuhi hapu alliance is holding talks to decide how to proceed now the… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Conservative Party leader is threatening to sue Greens co-leader Russel Norman for defamation over a Big Gay Out speech. Audio

5:40 PM.Ngapuhi hapu leaders are meeting this evening to decide what they'll do - now the government's decided who it will deal with over their Treaty claims. Audio

5:37 PM.Our reporter Stephen Hewson is at the Basin Reserve. 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

5:25 PM.The Conservative Party leader has given Russel Norman a deadline of Friday to apologise and issue a retraction over a Big Gay Out speech or be sued for defamation. Audio

5:23 PM.The family of a woman and her newly born baby who both died have told an inquest the lead midwife was never in control as the woman's condition deteriorated catastrophically. Audio

5:15 PM.Face paint with more than 160-times the legal limit of lead has been on sale in New Zealand for the last 3 years. Audio

5:12 PM.A senior Auckland lawyer, who has been struck off after overcharging a couple almost half-a-million dollars, has been called "cowardly" for making a last minute bid for bankruptcy. Audio

5:07 PM.90 steel-working jobs are to be axed in South Auckland by Fletcher Building as it sells its Pacific Steel business to a rival for 120 million dollars. Audio

5:00 PM.Ninety steel-working jobs axed in South Auckland. Gays in closets - women in kitchens - Colin Craig and Russell Norman face off and a lawyer is struck off for overcharging a couple by almost… Read more Audio