Checkpoint for Monday 31 March 2014

6:49 PM.Hapu are being given more time to nominate representatives to take a seat on the board that will negotiate a treaty settlement for the country's biggest iwi; The novelist Patricia Grace is continuing… Read more Audio

6:47 PM.A Wellington woman is disgusted at being left waiting for more than an hour for an ambulance after she dislocated her knee. Audio

6:43 PM.Jim Burdett says the Parole Board has made the right decision to release the man locked up for the rape and murder of his sister, Susan Burdett. Audio

6:36 PM.New Zealand is poorly prepared for climate change and the country can expect more often and more severe flooding and widespread damage to coastal and low-lying areas as seas continue to rise. Audio

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

6:28 PM.The winners of tickets to attend official centenary commemoration services at Gallipoli next year will have the news by now. Audio

6:25 PM.International online sales continue to gain momentum, with more people choosing to buy clothing and footwear overseas, but domestic sales have tapered off. Audio

6:16 PM.The financial impact of domestic violence in New Zealand is said to cost employers in excess of 368-million-dollars a year. Audio

6:08 PM.A man is in custody after an attack on two women tourists on the West Coast and the discovery of a third woman's body in the boot of car at a Christchurch supermarket. Audio

5:55 PM.The human bones found in a park in Auckland recently have been confirmed as the remains of missing Chinese woman, Cissy Chen. Audio

5:51 PM.The head of Civil Defence says a key recommendation from the Coroner's inquiry into deaths at the CTV building already exists and he can't explain why it failed to work when disaster hit. Audio

5:48 PM.The novelist Patricia Grace is continuing her fight against the seizure of her ancestral land for a major expressway in the Kapiti Coast - this time in the Environment Court; Hapu are being given more… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.The Lakes District Health Board chief executive Ron Dunham says this went on at a small hospital that had inadequate supervision of less experienced staff, and he's promising changes. Audio

5:40 PM.In Australia, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is refusing to put a time limit on how long the search will continue for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Audio

5:37 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.New Zealand is poorly prepared for climate change and the country can expect more often and more severe flooding and widespread damage to coastal and low-lying areas as seas continue to rise. Audio

5:22 PM.Jim Burdett says the Parole Board has made the right decision to release the man locked up for the rape and murder of his sister. Audio

5:18 PM.New Zealand has lifted all the travel bans imposed on Fiji after the December 2006 military coup led by Frank Bainimarama. Audio

5:14 PM.People in Hawkes Bay had their nerves rattled this afternoon when a swarm of earthquakes struck the region. Audio

5:08 PM.He was arrested early today following a five hour stand-off near Fox Glacier where police had molotov cocktails thrown at them. Audio

5:00 PM.Police link a West Coast attack on two tourists with the death of another woman in Christchurch. A swarm of earthquakes in Hawkes Bay and Teina Pora will be released on parole. Audio