Checkpoint for Tuesday 1 April 2014

6:50 PM.Power companies are trumping each other's offers to head off households considering switching suppliers, but now the electricity watchdog is looking at whether that's such a good thing. Audio

6:45 PM.A new branch of the National Urban Maori Authority has been chosen to run the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency for the North Island, despite concerns about the organisation's bid last year; The Hawke's… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.The Law Commission wants the media to have more freedom to report on suicides but tougher penalties if they break the rules. Audio

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

6:22 PM.Fonterra will offer farmers the chance to lock in milk prices again this year, Xero says it will integrate its software in the United States with Square, a company providing payment systems. Audio

6:17 PM.It's been a humiliating exit for the New Zealand cricketers at the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh. Audio

6:14 PM.More people are reportedly planning to go bankrupt in order to avoid paying off their student loans as tough new loan rules come into effect. Audio

6:08 PM.In Australia, the team who launched the legal battle against Japan to stop whaling in the Antarctic say they are confident the ruling will spell the end of Japanese whaling in the area for good. Audio

5:57 PM.This morning Geoff Robinson signed off from Morning Report for the final time. Audio

5:54 PM.House prices in Australia's big cities have posted their largest monthly rise in records stretching back 18 years. Audio

5:52 PM.Radio New Zealand has won the country's longest-running employment case, brought against it by its former managing editor Lynne Snowdon. Audio

5:48 PM.A new branch of the National Urban Maori Authority has been chosen to run the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency for the North Island, despite concerns about the organisation's bid last year; The Prime… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Sex abuse victim support groups have told the Government millions of dollars are urgently needed just to continue their work. Audio

5:38 PM.Conservation groups say millions of dollars are in danger of being wasted on community projects when DOC should be using the money to do more of the species saving work itself. Audio

5:36 PM.The Law Commission wants the media to have more freedom to report on suicides but tougher penalties if they break the rules. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.A plea has gone out to give the New Zealand land wars the official recognition that's given to wars fought overseas. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.The man at the centre of investigations into a homicide and an attack on two hitch hikers, is under police guard and due to have surgery in Christchurch Hospital. Audio

5:18 PM.Rescuers who got a trapped hunter off a cliff ledge in Fiordland's thick bush says that without his locator beacon they may never have found him. Audio

5:15 PM.Crime is at the lowest level for nearly thirty years but there has been a significant rise in sexual offending. Audio

5:11 PM.In Japan, the Government's refusal to say exactly when it will stop its Antarctic hunt has sparked fears it could carry on by dumping the scientific facade and resuming commercial whaling. Audio

5:07 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister says Japan could face fresh legal action if it tries to hunt more whales in the North Pacific now that it's been banned from Antarctic waters. Audio

5:00 PM.Japan won't say when it'll stop its Antarctic hunt, crime drops to a thirty year low and a hunter is rescued off a cliff ledge in Fiordland. Audio