Checkpoint for Monday 22 September 2014

6:47 PM.A campaigner for the winner of the Western Maori seat, Adrian Rurawhe, says the election was divisive for Maori causing splits within some whanau due to differences in political allegiances; The… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.Post-election but with dirty politics still fresh in our minds, a warning from Australia that we have reason to worry about our democracies. Audio

6:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar is little changed from its early morning rise to 81.6 US cents following Saturday's general election. Audio

6:28 PM.The Department of Conservation is condemning the shooting of a New Zealand fur seal found on a beach on Stewart Island. Audio

6:25 PM.The High Court's been told a Ministry of Health decision to strip the Problem Gambling Foundation of most of its funding lacked integrity and logic. Audio

6:25 PM.The man who wrote of an intensive dirty tricks campaign by the National Party insists that the staffer at the heart of it has been fired by his former bosses. Audio

6:12 PM.To Australia, where Prime Minister Tony Abbott's announced he wants to make it a crime for a citizen to travel to any spot overseas that his Government has declared it off limits. Audio

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

5:55 PM.Frank Bainimarama has been sworn in as Fiji's Prime Minister at a ceremony in Suva today, while the two opposition parties who gained seats in parliament have called for an investigation into the… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The Rātana Church reacted with jubilation when one of its own, Adrian Rurawhe, was elected Labour MP for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Hauaauru on Saturday. Audio

5:49 PM.An Auckland teacher has been cleared of all twenty three charges he faced of inappropriately touching young girls in his class. Audio

5:44 PM.Constable Jenny McNee was earlier found guilty of offensive language after she berated Ganesh Paramanathan about the cost of a taxi fare in November last year. Audio

5:41 PM.Electricity shares have jumped with National's resounding victory easing fears of an overhaul of the power market. Audio

5:36 PM.The United Nations Security Council is poised to adopt a binding resolution compelling all countries to clamp down on homegrown jihadists. Audio

5:33 PM.The New Zealand dollar is little changed from its early morning rise to 81.6 US cents following Saturday's general election. Audio

5:26 PM.New Zealand Rugby says Aaron Cruden's boozy night out , which caused him to miss his flight and be dropped from the team is not symptomatic of any deeper alcohol problems in the All Blacks. Audio

5:22 PM.There were tense scenes this morning at the sentencing of a Dunedin demolition worker who killed a stranger in an Octagon bar. Audio

5:19 PM.A woman having an emergency caesarian was in excruciating pain but the anesthetist refused to believe her, saying what she was feeling was just pressure Audio

5:15 PM.Our political editor Brent Edwards has been following today's developments . Audio

5:12 PM.The Labour Party leader David Cunliffe is facing a possible challenge from at least three of his caucus colleagues, following the party's disastrous election defeat. Audio

5:07 PM.John Key's first cab off the rank, for coalition talks with his new government is the United Future leader, Peter Dunne. Audio

5:00 PM.Coalition talks in the Capital as Labour licks it wounds. A doctor who ignored a woman's plea for pain relief during surgery is censured and - Aaron Cruden - what was he thinking? Audio