Checkpoint for Monday 15 September 2014

6:53 PM.In the fallout from the Fergusson, Missouri riots, police in America are being grilled on why they need military equipment such as armored vehicles - as well as why their departments are often so… Read more Audio

6:51 PM.Long queues are forming outside the Auckland Town Hall where the American journalist Glenn Greenwald is to speak tonight. Audio

6:47 PM.The united sub-tribes of Ngapuhi say they're elated with the Waitangi Tribunal's decision to hold an urgent hearing into the approval of Tuhoronuku by the Crown to lead settlement negotiations; The… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.The National Party's Hekia Parata, has been heckled at a rally on domestic violence in Wellington, with protestors yelling, 'show us the money'. Audio

6:36 PM.A patient was discharged from hospital with an acute untreated spinal injury because doctors didn't read his notes and decided incomplete xray pictures didn't matter. Audio

6:35 PM.New Zealand shares were mostly weaker today. The benchmark Top 50 Index fell 13 points to 5211. Audio

6:25 PM.New research is criticising the the tobacco industry for taking advantage of the inability of young adults to make informed decisions. Audio

6:16 PM.A former technical director with America's NSA says John Key is wrong to draw a distinction between mass surveillance and mass cyber protection. Audio

6:11 PM.John Key is denying claims he pulled strings for Hollywood studio bosses to get Kim Dotcom into New Zealand so it would be easier for the US to extradite him on copyright piracy charges. Audio

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

5:56 PM.The first hui for the Authority, overseeing Auckland's volcanic cones, is being described as a historic day, which has resulted in 13 tribes pulling together to guard the future of their ancestral… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Returning to the claims that mass surveillance of New Zealanders by the Government's communications spy agency is taking place. Audio

5:47 PM.Australia's Prime Minister is refusing to put a time limit on his country's commitment to wiping out Islamic State extremists amidst warnings the deployment will stretch the Australian military. Audio

5:44 PM.A fire investigator is warning over-crowded houses in Christchurch are more at risk of fire. Audio

5:40 PM.A high court jury has heard the highly charged testimony of the wife of a man accused of trying to kill a police officer in a violent attack. Audio

5:37 PM.The authorities in Fiji are firmly enforcing a ban on any political reporting, comment and advertising in the run up to the elections on Wednesday. Audio

5:34 PM.New Zealand shares were mostly weaker today. The benchmark Top 50 Index fell 13 points to 5211. Audio

5:26 PM.A beauty therapist who burned a customer so badly she now has permanent scars on her face has been ordered to apologise and retrain. Audio

5:20 PM.A catholic priest in Blenheim has been removed from his post after being charged with indecent assault. Audio

5:16 PM.The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says John Key's denial of mass surveillance is false, adding that if you live in New Zealand 'you are being watched'. Audio

5:08 PM.John Key is denying claims he pulled strings for Hollywood to get Kim Dotcom into New Zealand so it would be easier for the US to extradite him on copyright piracy charges. Audio

5:00 PM.John Key denies the latest Dotcom revelation. A catholic priest in Blenheim has been removed from his post after being charged with indecent assault and a beauty therapist who burned a customer so… Read more Audio