Checkpoint for Tuesday 1 July 2014

6:47 PM.The agency assigned the Whanau Ora contract for Te Ika a Maui - the North Island - is promising to take a community approach to get funding where it's needed; The Associate Housing Minister, Tariana… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.The New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson says the Black Caps first test series win in the Carribean in 12 years, shows just how much the side's developed in the past year. Audio

6:42 PM.The time-honoured Plunket book has been updated - for the first time in more than 25 years. Audio

6:39 PM.The number of people dying in house fires is the lowest since records began, but the Fire Service says there's still room for improvement. Audio

6:36 PM.The police are worried North Otago farmers will start armed patrols to stop further sheep shootings. Audio

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

6:27 PM.Part of the Christchurch Summit Road shut for years by quake-triggered rockfalls has reopened to cyclists, walkers and runners. Audio

6:24 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal has heard there was pressure to reach a compensation deal with the owners of the Rena, because they may have walked away from the negotiating table. Audio

6:18 PM.The mayor of Toronto, who took a leave of absence after being filmed apparently smoking crack cocaine, is back at work, and is seeking re-election. Audio

6:08 PM.The Malaysia Government says it was prepared to waive diplomatic immunity for a defence attache accused of trying to rape a Wellington woman, but New Zealand did NOT take that up. Audio

5:53 PM.The New Zealand cricketers are celebrating a rare series win in the Carribean after beating the West Indies by 53 runs in the third and deciding test in Barbados. Audio

5:50 PM.A woman says her Colombian mother swallowed packets of cocaine and flew to New Zealand because she was seeking a better life. Audio

5:47 PM.The Labour leader, David Cunliffe, says- in his personal view - the Party got it wrong for Maori with the Foreshore and Seabed Act a decade ago; The agency assigned the Whanau Ora contract for Te Ika… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.From today any Auckland business allowing under 18 year olds to use a sunbed could be closed down or fined thousands of dollars. Audio

5:40 PM.Labour MP Trevor Mallard's idea of resurrecting the moa to lift Wainuiomata's fortunes has been shot down by MP's on all sides of the house, including his leader. Audio

5:36 PM.The last person to see a mentally ill woman before she bludgeoned a neighbour to death has talked about how frightened she was when the woman came around to her home just before the killing. Audio

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

5:29 PM.There have been gags galore at Parliament today about an extinct bird thanks to the Labour MP Trevor Mallard's proposal to resurrect the Moa and reintroduce the bird to his Hutt South electorate. Audio

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

5:22 PM.To Malayasia now where the Government has been holding a news conference about the disgraced diplomat named today. Audio

5:18 PM.The police are worried North Otago farmers will start armed patrols to stop further sheep shootings. Audio

5:13 PM.More stories of Rolf Harris groping girls and women, stories the jury didn't hear, are emerging in the wake of his guilty verdict. Audio

5:07 PM.A High Court judge has lifted a ban on naming a Malaysian diplomat accused of trying to rape a Wellington woman despite being told Malaysia might agree to send him back here to be tried. Audio

5:00 PM.The diplomat who fled the country after being accused of trying to rape a woman is named. Police warn farmers not to set up armed patrols to stop further sheep shootings and Mallard's Moa madness. Audio