Checkpoint for Monday 24 November 2014

6:51 PM.A former Maori immersion school principal has been censured and struck off by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal for serious misconduct, which included allowing students in their teens to stay… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.A new study shows around four-hundred people die from influenza in New Zealand each year. Audio

6:40 PM.The anniversary of John F Kennedy's death in Dallas has just passed, November the 22nd, and 50 years after an official report said Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assasination a key investigator… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.The Race Relations Commissioner is backing Chinese New Zealanders worried a shipwreck will be turned into a tourism venture. Audio

6:28 PM.The State Services Minister says the whole news conference about Roger Sutton's resignation was badly handled and she can't defend any of it. Audio

6:24 PM.Australian police have charged a 31 year old woman with attempted murder after a new born baby was found dumped in a drain in Sydney's Western suburbs. Audio

6:18 PM.The drug-buying agency Pharmac is making what it calls significant changes to the way it makes its often hotly-debated funding decisions. Audio

6:16 PM.All eyes in the United States are on the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, where a Grand Jury is poised to decide whether a police officer who shot unarmed black teenager, Micheal Brown, should face trial… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.The Labour Party's new leader has given the new intake on his front bench a year to prove whether any of them is good enough to become his deputy. Audio

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

5:55 PM.A new book, 'Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History', has been described by historians, Maori and authors as a landmark publication about Maori history. It covers the early origins of Maori through to… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Inadequate hospital checks are being blamed for an elderly man with dementia walking out of hospital and wandering west Auckland streets for hours. Audio

5:49 PM.A new wave of students from India choosing to study in New Zealand has pushed annual immigration to an all-time high. Audio

5:45 PM.12 year old Tamir Rice was shot in the abdomen on Saturday. He died later from his wounds. Audio

5:39 PM.Rushed decision making, limited advice, poor investigation, no contingency plan. Audio

5:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar rose against the currencies of all the country's major trading partners today. Audio

5:27 PM.Lawyers for both sides in the trial of two young men accused of sexual violation while they were at New Plymouth Boys' High say the key argument is about consent. Audio

5:23 PM.Otago prison and police intelligence officers have been under pressure at the inquest into a prisoner to explain who knew of a plan to smuggle in concealed drugs. Audio

5:20 PM.Lydia Ko, has astounded the golfing world again with a record-breaking win on the LPGA Tour just a little over a year after turning professional. Audio

5:17 PM.Prime Minister John Key hasn't hesitated to put in the boot to Labour's new line-up. Audio

5:12 PM.The Labour Party's new leader has given the new intake on his front bench a year to prove whether any of them is good enough to become his deputy. Audio

5:08 PM.A report on the Security Intelligence Service due out tomorrow is expected to heavily criticise both the spy agency and the Prime Minister's office. Audio

5:00 PM.A new attack on the Prime Minister and SIS for what they told Cameron Slater. Andrew Little names his team and Lydia Ko's record breaking payday. Audio