Checkpoint for Tuesday 27 January 2015

6:57 PM.Jewish holocaust survivors and children of survivors have gathered at the Holocaust Memorial in Makara, Wellington to mark 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Audio

6:53 PM.The Environment Court hearing to stop a contentious wastewater treatment plant going up on land intended as an extended Maori family homestead, near Whakatane has got underway today; Leading Maori… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.A young man drowned in a Southland lake after he put on a replacement motor that broke the back of his boat. Audio

6:47 PM.A new tool is making it possible for doctors to work out the likelihood of elderly patients dying within three months. Audio

6:44 PM.The Canterbury A&P Association is threatening legal action if the Christchurch City Council goes ahead with building a sports hub on land used for car parking. Audio

6:40 PM.Air Chathams will start flying to Whakatane at the end of April, replacing Air New Zealand which is pulling out. Audio

6:34 PM.A treasure-trove of one hundred year old hand-written field notes from Gallipoli have provided the most detail yet of some of the trenches and tunnels New Zealand and Australian soldiers fought in. Audio

6:28 PM.Twenty-one scientists sail out of Wellington tomorrow aiming to track singing blue whales using state-of-the-art sonar equipment. Audio

6:21 PM.Kurdish militia have pushed Islamic State group out of the Syrian border town of Kobane, dealing the jihadists an important blow. Audio

6:17 PM.An Invercargill woman has been told to get rid of all but three of her 25 of her cats within three weeks. Audio

6:11 PM.Fire fighters say thanks to the work of helicopters and planes and a break in the weather, a large scrub fire near Arthur's Pass is now under control. Audio

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

5:56 PM.Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner is getting rid of the country's feared spy agency amid government suspicions rogue agents are behind the murky death of a state prosecutor. Audio

5:53 PM.Leading Maori theatre practitioners say they are desperate for an administrative office in Wellington, but efforts to secure adequate funding have been rejected. Audio

5:48 PM.Dave Luddy joins us with the latest from the Australian Open. Audio

5:45 PM.China's sports regulator is promising to end the country's obsession with winning gold medals as it moves to combat match-fixing and cheating in sports. Audio

5:37 PM.The Prime Minister has confirmed the Government will proceed with plans to sell thousands of State houses as it shifts more responsibility for social housing to community providers. Audio

5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar has continued to hover at three year lows against its American counterpart. Audio

5:28 PM.The career criminal Arthur Taylor has accused the Prime Minister in court of breaching electoral rules on election day. Audio

5:24 PM.A judge has told an Invercargill woman to get rid of all but three of her 25 cats within three weeks. Audio

5:20 PM.Air Chathams planes will fly out of Whakatane, filling the gap left by Air New Zealand pulling out of the Bay of Plenty town. Audio

5:15 PM.In nearby Castle Hill, Terrie-Ann Dean is staying with her family at a bach. She told Radio New Zealand her family feared the fire would spread, after seeing a tree explode. Audio

5:12 PM.Police investigating how a big fire started near Arthur's Pass yesterday afternoon want to speak to two cyclists and a person driving a tractor who were all seen close to where the flames first… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.A deadline's just passed in New York for all private cars to get off the city's 10 thousand kilometres of roads as people hunker down in the teeth of a massive blizzard. Audio

5:00 PM.Snow storm barrels into New York City; Police investigate who started Arthur Pass fire; Firefighters stop Flock Hill fire spreading further; Air Chathams to fly out of Whakatane, replacing Air NZ… Read more Audio