Checkpoint for Thursday 9 October 2014

6:53 PM.The judge responsible for the recount requested by Internet Mana leader Hone Harawira has not yet addressed the issues the Internet Mana leader put to the Electoral Commission about the voting system… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Two top Australian judges are calling for an inquiry into international commercial surrogacy laws saying people are commissioning babies willy-nilly in a new form of human trafficking. Audio

6:38 PM.Taking Vitamin D during pregnancy and in the early months of a baby's life reduces the risk of respiratory infection. Audio

6:36 PM.An alpine specialist says it's lucky that no one else died alongside the two climbers who became stranded on Mt Taranaki last Labour weekend. Audio

6:28 PM.The former Labour Party president Mike Williams is with us. Audio

6:25 PM.The former union leader and second term MP Andrew Little has confirmed he will contest the Labour Party leadership. Audio

6:15 PM.At least five police officers including a Canterbury area commander are being investigated for presenting false evidence in court two years ago. Audio

6:12 PM.To reports of gunshots and armed police cordoning off part of Te Aroha in Waikato. Audio

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

5:58 PM.Kim Dotcom's lawyers are back at the Court of Appeal fighting to stop Hollywood movie and recording studios getting details of everything he owns. Audio

5:55 PM.The NRL across the Tasman is poised to launch an investigation into the bad head injury to a Rabbitoh's forward who played on during league's Grand final at the weekend. Audio

5:52 PM.A community push to get women checked for breast cancer in the Hokianga, has seen a signifant increase in the numbers being screened. Audio

5:51 PM.Armed police have cordoned off a section of a rural town in Waikato after reports of gun shots being fired. Audio

5:47 PM.The man who sacked his father from his church for sex abuse, has told Australian investigators he was 'oblivious' to other accusations of assault, against multiple boys in New Zealand. Audio

5:38 PM.The Transport Agency has apologised for the mistakes that led to a bus full of people being stranded overnight on the Kaikoura coast in a raging storm in April. Audio

5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar has risen more than a cent against the US dollar and by more than half an Australian cent today. Audio

5:28 PM.Australian fighter jets have made their first strike against Islamic State militants in Iraq. Audio

5:24 PM.The Auckland Council has voted overwhelmingly to approve a contentious plan to drop 1080 in the Hunua Ranges. Audio

5:19 PM.The former union leader and second term MP Andrew Little has confirmed he'll go head to head with David Cunliffe and Grant Robertson for the Labour leadership. Audio

5:15 PM.Our reporter Ruth Hill has been looking at the IPCA report and what happened to Mr Reuben. Audio

5:08 PM.At least five police officers including a Canterbury area commander are the subject of a criminal investigation for presenting false evidence in court two years ago. Audio

5:00 PM.Police officers under investigation for lying in court. Australian fighter jets begin to bomb Islamic State militants in Iraq and Andrew Little throws his hat into the leadership ring. Audio