Checkpoint for Friday 30 May 2014

6:57 PM.Thousands of homes could have more planes overhead, following Auckland Airport's proposed changes to some flight paths, to make trips faster. Audio

6:52 PM.The government says after three years, 32-thousand Whanau Ora families now no longer need the support; A Far North Maori leader, Haami Piripi, plans to draw from his rural upbringing and experience on… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.The contest for votes on the left is heating up with the announcement this week of an alliance between the Mana and Internet parties and the reappearance of former Alliance Party MP Laila Harre. Audio

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

6:19 PM.Labour is maintaining it won't do any deals before the election despite a suggestion it should forget about the Tai Tokerau seat so that it has another potential coalition partner. Audio

6:13 PM.The cricketer Chris Cairns says claims he is a match-fixer are absurd, bizzare and scary. Audio

6:08 PM.A judge who sent four people to prison for at least 17 years each says their frenzied attack on a disabled man they thought had raped a friend was fuelled by alcohol and a mob mentality. Audio

5:58 PM.The Greens say the Government needs to overhaul what they say are charity laws based on principles laid down in the Elizabethan era after a multi-million-dollar blunder which blindsided the Housing… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.In Australia, a housing price boom driven by low interest rates and foreign buyers has triggered an inquiry into whether overseas investors are breaking the rules. Audio

5:48 PM.The government says after three years, 32-thousand Whanau Ora families - now no longer need the support; The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers says a review in to the caseload of… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The wife of a hit and run victim, says the man who ran over her husband and killed him has wrecked her life. Audio

5:35 PM.The Internet Party, which is being bankrolled by the internet mogul Kim Dotcom to the tune of $4 million dollars, is making copyright law reform one of its top ten priorities. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.People in Nelson have the victims of a new kind of credit card theft where just the details of the card are taken. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:24 PM.Too many fire fighters are ignoring basic safety training and putting their lives at un-necessary risk. Audio

5:20 PM.A Hawke's Bay community constable has been found guilty of indecently assaulting 16 year old girls during drinking sessions at a surf club. Audio

5:14 PM.Chris Cairns has landed back in the country, blasting the cricket match-fixing allegations against him as absurd, bizzare and scary. Audio

5:08 PM.A judge who sent four people to prison for at least 17 years each, says their frenzied attack on a disabled man they wrongly thought had raped a friend was fueled by alcohol and a mob mentality. Audio

5:00 PM.Long jail terms for vigilante attack, Cairns labels allegations absurd, bizarre and scary, Community constable guilty of assaulting teenage girls, Too many firefighters ignoring basic safety training… Read more Audio