Checkpoint for Monday 1 September 2014

6:50 PM.The Supreme Court has failed to resolve a sub-tribe's claim to a section of a riverbed, and leaves its ownership in question; The Maori King has been discharged from Waikato Hospital after being… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.The Prime Minister has rejected accusations made by the right-wing commentator, Matthew Hooton, as absolute nonsense. Audio

6:45 PM.Australia is expected to fly arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces battling Islamic State militants in the north of Iraq this week but the Prime Minister Tony Abbot says he has no intention of sending… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.An 81 year old woman stopped eating and had diarrhoea and vomiting for ten days before a rest home finally called a doctor. Audio

6:38 PM.A Queenstown police officer charged with making racist comments to a taxi driver says she would never use the words the driver claims. Audio

6:37 PM.The New Zealand dollar was little changed ahead of a big week of key economic data out of the United States. Audio

6:28 PM.The Maritime Union wants all of the problems with a Liberian-flagged cargo ship fixed before it is allowed to leave the Port of Tauranga. Audio

6:20 PM.The lawyer for thousands of investors in the failed Hanover Finance group says he was aware of a push to undermine the fraud investigators but it had no effect. Audio

6:17 PM.The PSA Union represents 8 members at the Work and Income office in Ashburton. Audio

6:12 PM.The Ministry of Social Development is devastated by the deaths of two colleagues in the shooting. Audio

6:11 PM.The police have arrested the man accused of walking into a Work and Income Office this morning and shooting three staff, killing two and critically injuring the other. Audio

6:07 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:57 PM.The country's purchasing power with the rest of the world has risen for the sixth successive quarter, despite falling dairy and log prices. Audio

5:54 PM.The first of the applications to the High Court under the Marine and Coastal Area Act are expected to be heard this year, three years on since it passed into law. Audio

5:50 PM.An elderly man was given palliative care rather than further treatment at Dunedin Hospital because doctors hadn't checked an x-ray and didn't realise what was actually wrong. Audio

5:46 PM.Police and fire crews will be back at the scene of a fatal house fire in Northland tomorrow after it is cleared for safety by bomb disposal experts. Audio

5:42 PM.The former heads of two of New Zealand's major financial watchdogs have spoken today about being the victims of a smear campaign by right-wing blogs linked to the National Party. Audio

5:40 PM.A development from police in Asburton - Ian telfer has the latest. Audio

5:37 PM.The head of a sophisticated online IRD scam that cost tax payers 700 thousand dollars has been jailed. Audio

5:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar was little changed ahead of a big week of key economic data out of the United States. Audio

5:25 PM.Our reporter Ian Telfer is in Asburton has just been at a police news conference . Audio

5:22 PM.Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, has released a statement providing an update on her inquiry into the release of SIS information to Cameron Slater. Audio

5:16 PM.An independent inquiry is being launched into the allegations that Judith Collins tried to undermine the director of the Serious Fraud Office. Audio

5:08 PM.In Ashburton tonight armed police are still on the hunt for the gunman who walked into a Work and Income Office this morning and shot three staff, killing two and seriously injuring the other. Audio

5:00 PM.The hunt for the man who shot and killed two people at Ashburton's Work and Income office. An independent inquiry into the latest allegations against Judith Collins and an Inquiry update from the… Read more Audio