Checkpoint for Monday 9 June 2014

6:56 PM.The Green Party says digital technologies like three-dimensional printing could provide a much needed boost to the manufacturing sector. Audio

6:52 PM.Schools across the country could start learning more about Maori history - now the government's invested more than a million dollars in to more resources; The Norwegian oil and gas company, Statoil… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.An inquiry into a paedophile Australian priest who abused a girl near Gisborne says there are undoubtedly other victims who have not come forward. Audio

6:40 PM.More now on the Christchurch City Council's decision to can next year's Ellerslie Flower Show. Audio

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

6:26 PM.Avocado growers have more than doubled their sales from last season to 136 million dollars. Audio

6:20 PM.Doctors are calling for a ban on fastfood outlets being allowed to set up close to schools and pools as part of efforts to curb obesity. Audio

6:11 PM.A Christchurch lawyer with more than 100 insurance cases before the courts is dismissing Labour's plans for a special Earthquake Court. Audio

6:08 PM.The Government is all but giving up on passing changes to employment law before the election now that the ACT MP, John Banks, is resigning from Parliament. Now the police watchdog is considering… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.The Waikato DHB says no babies were at risk during a routine shutdown which was called off almost immediately because the air supply was switched off. Audio

5:49 PM.An elderly woman who lost almost eleven percent of her body weight was not properly looked after by an Auckland private hospital. Audio

5:46 PM.The Norwegian oil and gas company, Statoil, has been accused of failing to answer questions put to it by members of the Far North community; Schools across the country could start learning more about… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Campaigners have begun an attempt to raise a multi million-dollar reward in the hope a whistleblower will come forward in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airlines plane. Audio

5:34 PM.Labour is promising to set up a special Earthquake Court in Christchuch to cut through a claims backlog but critics say it is nonsense. Audio

5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.A man on board a flight to Christchurch this morning has described how passengers were told to brace for an emergency landing. Audio

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

5:22 PM.Doctors are calling for a ban on fastfood outlets being allowed to set up close to schools and pools as part of efforts to curb obesity. Audio

5:19 PM.Lawyers for internet businessman Kim Dotcom are asking Hollywood studios and record labels to stump up half a million dollars if they want to pursue their application to freeze his assets. Audio

5:16 PM.The Ellerslie International Flower Show has been canned by the Christchurch City Council. Audio

5:11 PM.Tonight Pakistan's busiest airport is in lockdown following a six hour gunbattle which has ended with 23 people dead. Audio

5:07 PM.The Government is all but giving up on passing changes to employment law before the election now that the ACT MP, John Banks, is resigning from Parliament. Audio

5:00 PM.Employment law changes all but dropped because of John Banks' departure. Pakistan's International Airport in lockdown after a six hour gun battle and Christchurch cans the Ellerslie Flower Show. Audio