Checkpoint for Monday 26 May 2014

6:52 PM.A law specialist believes a tribe's plan to positively discriminate - meaning employment opportunities for tangata whenua - could be defended in court; The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.Sheep on a farm in Queenstown are being covered in a repellent spray to stop them being eaten alive by kea. Audio

6:37 PM.The Green Party has pledged to spend 327 million dollars on home insulation across the country if it is part of the next government. Audio

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

6:28 PM.Far-right and Eurosceptic parties have scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain. Audio

6:24 PM.A former police detective has been charged with murder after a Sydney student disappeared six days ago. Audio

6:21 PM.The police say a missing Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco could still be alive, or being held against her will. Audio

6:19 PM.Arthur Taylor has been in court today arguing that prisoners should be allowed to vote, in the latest legal challenge from the career criminal. Audio

6:14 PM.Ukrainian confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko has claimed outright victory in the country's presidential election. Audio

6:09 PM.TV3 went on to apologise both to the court and Mr Banks. Justice Wylie said TV3 should broadcast that apology on-air tonight and banned it from using footage of the trial. Audio

5:56 PM.Three children who were buying lollies from a Rotorua dairy were made to sit on the floor by armed robbers at the weekend, and told to be quiet. Audio

5:48 PM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the way the government has dealt with Ngapuhi over its treaty claims, has pushed settlement further out of reach; A Kaitaia doctor says Maori men who… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A prisoner who will lose her personal television set has told a judge the switch to a TV rental scheme is unfair especially to maximum security inmates like herself. Audio

5:44 PM.The Ministry of Health has refused to come on the programme. Audio

5:40 PM.New Zealand First's leader, Winston Peters is accusing a South Auckland Maori trust that looks after disabled people of mis-spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money. Audio

5:36 PM.In his first address since seizing power, Thailand's military leader has said he would have no choice but to use force if political protests flared up again. Audio

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

5:28 PM.A Fijian man forced to leave New Zealand while being treated for kidney failure has died, and his brother blamed the Immigration Department for his death. Audio

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

5:18 PM.An Otago Peninsula resident says the winter's first storm is the biggest she has ever seen there. Audio

5:14 PM.The police say they still have no idea what's happened to missing Auckland woman, Blessie Gotingco. Audio

5:08 PM.TV3 has been banned from filming or broadcasting footage from the John Banks trial for a serious breach of media guidelines. Audio

5:00 PM.TV3 is banned from filming or broadcasting the John Banks trial. Police still have no idea what happened to a missing Auckland mother and family furious over deported man's death. Audio