Checkpoint for Tuesday 10 June 2014

5:00 PM.Two young boys are questioned about the fatal stabbing of a west Auckland dairy owner. Extensive flooding across North Canterbury and High house prices and China remain risk to NZ's expanding economy.

5:08 PM.The police are questioning two boys aged 12 and 13 about a west Auckland dairy owner stabbed to death in his shop not long after opening up today. Audio

5:11 PM.Detective Inspector Bruce Scott is leading the homicide inquiry. Audio

5:14 PM.An Auckland couple have won a seven year legal battle in the Supreme Court that could open the door for thousands of others fighting to get compensation for their leaky homes. Audio

5:19 PM.Heavy downpours across North Canterbury have caused extensive flooding and closed roads, including State Highway 1 from Waikuku to Amberley. Audio

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

5:27 PM.The International Monetary Fund has warned rising house prices and slowing demand from China are the main risks to New Zealand's expanding economy. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:37 PM.The Government will spend up to 24 million dollars over four years to stop sole-parents who take up full-time study from being financially disadvantaged. Audio

5:40 PM.Some shop owners near a west Auckland dairy where Arun Kumar was stabbed to death this morning say it's a dangerous place and the police don't do enough. Audio

5:43 PM.Japan says it will step up plans to resume its annual whale hunt in Antarctica despite an international court banning it. Audio

5:49 PM.The Serious Fraud Office investigation into a subsidiary of the kohanga reo movement has found no criminal offending took place, and no action is needed; An Auckland-based health executive officer… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The main highway in north Canterbury remains closed to cars after widespread flooding, though it has been opened to four wheel drives and trucks. Audio

5:56 PM.For the latest on the road closures, the Transport Agency's Operations Manager, Pete Connors, joins us. Audio

6:09 PM.The police are questioning two boys aged 12 and 13 about the fatal stabbing of a dairy owner in west Auckland. Audio

6:11 PM.Our reporter Nicole Pryor has been at the Henderson shopping centre today and at the police news conference this afternoon. Audio

6:13 PM.The deputy mayor of Auckland Penny Hulse is from west Auckland. Audio

6:18 PM.Recent photos have shown Mr Chen supposedly in Syria, holding an assault rifle. Audio

6:24 PM.More now on Japan's Prime Minister saying he will step up efforts to resume whaling in Antarctic waters despite an international court banning it. Audio

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

6:37 PM.India's new government has unveiled a programme for rapid economic reforms aimed at creating jobs and boosting foreign investment. Audio

6:44 PM.Residents in North Canterbury are heading into their second night of flooding, and are being urged to drive carefully in the dark as many roads have flooded. Audio

6:47 PM.The Serious Fraud Office investigation into a subsidiary of the kohanga reo movement has found no criminal offending took place, and no action is needed; The dumping of treated wastewater in the… Read more Audio

6:57 PM.More now on the revelations that several military personnel accused of rape, sexual assault and other abuse at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra are still working for the armed forces. Audio