Checkpoint for Monday 28 April 2014

6:45 PM.An advocacy body for Maori housing is recommending the government form an independent body to speed up the process of handing over state houses to iwi; The number of people wanting to become licensed… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.About two-hundred people walked in silence behind an empty coffin to parliament today in a protest about the high number of forestry worker deaths over the last year. Audio

6:39 PM.Lydia Ko, has pocketed her biggest ever victory prize with her first win professional win on the prestigious LPGA tour in North America. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:22 PM.A prison reformer and former head of the Corrections Department wants public servants jailed if they leak information from a planned register of sex offenders. Audio

6:16 PM.A Christchurch psychiatrist who treats people addicted to synthetic cannabis doubts there'll be a huge rush of people needing help after the drugs are banned in two weeks. Audio

6:11 PM.A cyber attack on Austrailia's federal parliament's computer network may have given Chinese spy agencies access to MPs' private emails for an entire year Audio

5:56 PM.The Crown says DNA evidence points to the man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in her sleep-out. Audio

5:52 PM.The Labour Party says New Zealand First's vote against a batch of Treaty settlements is offensive to tribes and a decision made by a party appealing to yesteryear; Kelvin Davis has resigned from his… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Commuters on Auckland's western rail line face delays and diversions this evening, after a woman was struck by a train. Audio

5:44 PM.A prison reformer and former head of the Corrections Department wants public servants jailed if they leak information from a planned register of sex offenders. Audio

5:42 PM.The mother of a baby who died after a liver transplant has told the Coroner's Court she wants the family doctor held accountable. Audio

5:37 PM.The stage is set for fresh American and European sanctions to be imposed against Russia after another weekend of disagreement over Ukraine. 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

5:26 PM.Lydia Ko, has pocketed her biggest ever victory prize with her first win professional win on the prestigious LPGA tour in North America. Audio

5:18 PM.A Ministry of Health medical adviser Dr Stewart Jessamine is with us. Audio

5:14 PM.Testing on animals could be a stumbling block to law changes which would remove all synthetic cannabis from shop shelves. Audio

5:10 PM.The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 is changing tack seven and a half weeks on. Audio

5:07 PM.One of the country's worst serial stalkers is soon to be released from jail, and the Parole Board says he still poses a significant threat to public safety. Audio

5:00 PM.One of the country's worst serial stalkers, due for release, still poses a significant threat to the public. Lydia Ko is triumphant in San Francisco and a change of plan in the search for Flight… Read more Audio