Checkpoint for Friday 5 September 2014

6:52 PM.The Crown has signed an agreement to ensure the heritage of the historic, Te Motu Kairangi or Watts Peninsula near Wellington is protected and preserved; The life of Tainui descendant, Peggy Turuhira… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.Arguments about tax policy gained momentum this week as political parties focused more strongly on policy differences. National is promising to release broad details about its tax cut plans next… Read more Audio

6:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:27 PM.New Zealand Post's Australian counterpart is suffering the exact same woes but without the same relief. Audio

6:18 PM.An Australian citizen has been stripped of his passport under terror laws after secret evidence suggested he was a people smuggler. Audio

6:16 PM.The Motor Industry Association says the huge surge in new car sales is because they've never been cheaper. Audio

6:09 PM.NATO leaders are expected to announce a raft of fresh sanctions against Russia as the summit in Wales goes into a second day. Audio

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

5:52 PM.It was seven times the size of a T Rex, weighed 59 thousand kilos, was a herbivore and lived in South America 77 million years ago. Audio

5:48 PM.The life of Tainui descendant, Peggy Turuhira Noble, killed in the Work and Income shootings this week, has been remembered by the Maori community of Ashburton; The Crown has signed an agreement to… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A High Court Judge has barred a hacker from releasing further hacked emails and facebook communications of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater. Audio

5:41 PM.The National Party, if re-elected to government, is planning to spend 18-million dollars to help 4-thousand children with special education needs like dyslexia and Asperger's syndrome. Audio

5:36 PM.Two bodies, believed to be a missing mother and baby, have been removed from the site of a Sydney explosion, this afternoon. Audio

5:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar continued to slide against the US dollar today, falling to a low of 82.70 US cents, its lowest level since February. Audio

5:23 PM.The acid tongued comedian and tv host, Joan Rivers, is being remembered by a long list of celebrities and legends of fans as a one of a kind, comic genious who blazed a trail at a time when stand-up… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.The Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, has today been confronted by a handful of protesters in Rotorua, accusing her of waging war on the poor. Audio

5:15 PM.A hundred cows have died or had to be put down after getting lead poisoning from grazing on a gun club paddock in Southland. Audio

5:14 PM.Earlier today, the hacker Rawshark who gave Cameron Slater's emails to Nicky Hager said he was quitting. Audio

5:10 PM.A former High Court judge will investigate whether the former Minister Judith Collins was gunning for the head of the Serious Fraud Office in 2011. Audio

5:08 PM.The High Court has been told it is blindingly obvious that blogger Cameron Slater's emails were stolen in what amounts to a gross breach of privacy. Audio

5:00 PM.Blogger argues in court to block hacked emails' publication, Prime Minister spells out terms of reference for inquiry into Judith Collins. Whaledump hacker quits. 100 cows die from lead poisoning… Read more Audio