Checkpoint for Thursday 17 July 2014

6:55 PM.New Zealand's largest forensic mental health unit says patients who take part in its kaupapa Maori progammes show low rates of reoffending; A Stratford Marae is making it clear it will not tolerate… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.Cantabrians who suffered serious trauma from the earthquakes are twice as likely to be addicted to smoking and 40-percent more likely to have mental health conditions than those who didn't. Audio

6:44 PM.With less than a week to go before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting has struck at the athletes' village, thought to be the highly contagious norovirus. Audio

6:36 PM.A roading construction leader warns Auckland will be hit by chronic congestion if it doesn't introduce motorway tolls within six years. Audio

6:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:22 PM.The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a dawn rocket attack on Kabul airport. Audio

6:18 PM.The authorities in Mexico say that around five hundred children have been rescued from an orphanage after they were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets. Audio

6:13 PM.The internet businessman, Kim Dotcom, says there's a 90 per cent chance he'll launch his own legal action against the Government's spy agency. Audio

6:05 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:58 PM.With police being accused of going onto a Stratford Marae uninvited and scaring children on a sleepover , Te Manu Korihi reporter Rosemary Rangitauira talks about the protocol in these situations. Audio

5:53 PM.Australia's top spy says four 'mass casualty' terror attacks have been prevented in the country over the past decade. Audio

5:50 PM.The Queenstown bouncer who tried to sell CCTV footage of the former England rugby captain Mike Tindall embracing a woman, has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal, only to have it… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Up to a hundred thousand bottles of a common brand of antibiotic has been recalled after glass fragments were found in the medicine. Audio

5:42 PM.Auckland motorway drivers could be paying tolls on the network within six years, under a proposal pushed by a roading construction leader. Audio

5:40 PM.The internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he is 90 percent certain he is going to take a private prosecution against the Government's spy agency over illegal surveillance. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.A Taranaki marae is demanding an apology from the police after officers woke up a group of teenagers, and three children and questioned them about a violent assault. Audio

5:22 PM.KiwiRail is defending its decision to fit older, smaller, propellers back onto its beleagured Aratere Interislander after one of its new propellers fell off in Cook Strait. Audio

5:19 PM.Harrowing victim impact statements from the family of a mother and daughter killed in an horrific road crash in Canterbury at Queen's Birthday weekend have been heard in the Christchurch District… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Political editor Brent Edwards talks about the IPCA report. Audio

5:08 PM.The internet tycoon, Kim Dotcom, says he's seriously considering launching his own legal action against the Government's spy agency. Audio

5:00 PM.IPCA backs police for not prosecuting GCSB; Political editor on IPCA report, Dutch driver sentenced, KiwiRail defends latest Aratere set-back, Police say they are satisfied with officers actions on… Read more Audio