Checkpoint for Wednesday 3 December 2014

6:54 PM.Two Christchurch sisters sexually assaulted when they were children in the 1970s are pressing ahead with their fight to have their abuser named. Audio

6:50 PM.A Motiti Island hapu group wants to keep the owners of the Rena honest - now the Waitangi Tribunal's recommended the Crown help tangata whenua to be involved in the resource consent process; A first… Read more Audio

6:47 PM.Police officers who saved three people from being burnt to death, and two civilians who dragged people out of the way of an out of control bus were among those honoured in central Christchurch today.

6:42 PM.A security risk analyst says the ability to snoop into private homes with CCTV cameras is part of a widespread problem throughout the country. Audio

6:35 PM.More than 170 farmers mislead about interest rate swaps will receive a share of a 18-point-five million dollar payment fund, to be set up by ANZ bank. Audio

6:28 PM.Auckland house prices have hit new highs, jumping by 20-thousand dollars in just a month. Audio

6:22 PM.The death of Australian cricketer Phil Hughes has turned attention to what some see as the dark side of the game. Audio

6:20 PM.Cricketing legends, top ranking politicians and an entire town in New South Wales have joined the family of Phillip Hughes to pay touching tributes to the young Australian cricketer at his home-town… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Northland police have revealed they started investigating the disgraced former drugs squad head, Michael Blowers, 12 years ago. Audio

6:11 PM.The Labour MP David Parker has used parliamentary privilege to call for a deeper investigation into allegations arising from Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

6:06 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:53 PM.New Zealand is bidding to win the title, and bragging rights to having officially recorded the most extreme temperature in Oceania. Audio

5:49 PM.A Motiti Island group, who challenged the Crown in the Waitangi Tribunal, thinks the Government is unlikely to listen or act on any of the tribunal's reccomendations. Audio

5:46 PM.An unusual effort is underway in the United States to save the life of a mentally-ill death row inmate in Texas who is due to be executed tomorrow afternoon. Audio

5:43 PM.The Defence Minister has been repeatedly questioned today, about whether or not army units are preparing to be sent to Iraq. Audio

5:39 PM.Two New Plymouth teenagers accused of sexually violating a 17-year-old girl at a party in Oakura last year, filming it and posting it on Facebook have been acquitted on all but one charge. Audio

5:33 PM.The New Zealand dollar has fallen more than a US cent since this time yesterday, largely because dairy prices keep falling Audio

5:33 PM.The former Chief Financial Officer of NZCU Baywide has told a Human Rights Review Tribunal Hearing he believes management deliberately stole a Facebook photo from a former employee in an act of malice… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The America's Cup challenger Team New Zealand says it's close to making a formal bid for taxpayer funding, following the announcement that Bermuda will host the next regatta in mid-2017. Audio

5:24 PM.Jai Davis' mother, Victoria Davis, is pleased the police will reconsider charges but says she'll believe it when she sees it because she's already been let down many times. Audio

5:18 PM.The police may reconsider the decision not to lay charges for an Otago prisoner's death after they have reviewed fresh evidence uncovered at his inquest. Audio

5:13 PM.Blowers' colleagues reported him to police bosses at the end of 2011 and Detective Inspector Stuart Allsopp-Smith says there were failings in the way that was handled. Audio

5:09 PM.The police in Northland have admitted failing to properly investigate one of their senior detectives who's today been jailed for stealing drugs from a police locker and passing them onto a dealer. Audio

5:07 PM.The Labour MP David Parker has used parliamentary privilege to call for a deeper investigation into allegations arising from Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

5:00 PM.Police failed to investigate a senior officer jailed today for stealing and selling drugs. Calls for a new investigation into dirty politics and Mother calls for justice for her son. Audio