Checkpoint for Tuesday 3 February 2015

6:58 PM.Cadbury is slicing a row off family blocks of chocolate to save money. Audio

6:53 PM.If you think you have a hard time teaching your family how to stack the dishwasher - just be greatful they're not robots. Scientists at Birmingham University are trying to teach their robot Boris how… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.The Maori Law Society says it is only consulted on an ad hoc basis when it comes to providing suitable tangata whenua as candidates to be judges; Whanau of students at a bilingual unit at an Auckland… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.Ashburton's new art gallery will open shortly without any pictures on its walls despite the mayor's last-ditch bid to prevent that happening. The gallery is $4 million overspent but even so its air… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.The man who laid the first complaints over prisoner Jai Davis's death is promising to keep up the pressure despite police saying today they won't prosecute anyone. Audio

6:21 PM.It was a genuine anthem of the times, and now the story of the 1984 song, Poi E, is being turned into a movie. Staring Maaka Pohatu as Dalvanius Prime, 'POI E: 'The Story Behind Our Song' tells of the… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.The number of people trying to scam the system by using false names has shot up in the last five years to 216,000, according to the country's largest credit bureau. Audio

6:12 PM.The United States is reconsidering whether to send weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists. The policy u-turn comes amid a surge of new fighting in eastern Ukraine. Audio

6:08 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:57 PM.The hot, dry weather over the past few weeks is expected to make the history books. Most areas had temperatures 1.5 degrees above normal, and had their third or fourth driest January since records… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Cadbury announced on facebook this morning it's slicing a row off family blocks to save money. Audio

5:52 PM.Some Maori wood carving students say they aren't worried by a lack of work prospects, despite warnings from skilled kaiwhakairo in the profession. It follows an Auckland-based carver saying the… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Moviemakers are warning their budgets are already tight, amid moves to push up the fees to film in Auckland. The council wants to bring in the same fees everywhere and in the most extreme case… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.One of the Springhill prison rioters, jailed after putting a shotgun in the mouth of the mother of his children, has had more than two years added to his sentence. Samuel Junior George Rasmussen was… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The police have decided ultimately to lay no charges over the death of an Otago prisoner, a decision his mother says means more prisoners will die. The police told Victoria Davis today there'll be no… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

5:30 PM.Firefighters had to use a hose, rakes and shovels to free a fox terrier trapped deep inside a storm water drain in Taupo. Audio

5:25 PM.An Australian liberal back bencher has pleaded with his collegues to unite behind the Prime Minister as speculation mounts about Tony Abbott's future. Audio

5:21 PM.The family of a young forestry worker who was crushed by a tree have told a Coroner they found out about his death from a text message. Audio

5:17 PM.A Christchurch youth centre is being investigated over suspicions it's a front for a men's sex club but the trust's chair denies it's doing anything wrong. Audio

5:15 PM.Police in New Plymouth have shot dead a pitbull terrior while it was attacking its owner in her backyard. The 41 year old woman is now in Taranaki hospital with serious injuries. Audio

5:12 PM.The Prime Minister now says he found out about personal issues that would lead to the resignation of National MP Mike Sabin a week earlier than he'd previously said. Mr Sabin, who'd been under a cloud… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.The British Foreign Secretary is urging New Zealand to commit troops to help train the Iraqi army to fight Islamic State. Philip Hammond met the Prime Minister, John Key, and Foreign Minister, Murray… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Key's knowledge of Sabin appears to change, Police shoot dog, Charity investigated over claim it's a front for men's sex club, Mother says Worksafe must do better for grieving families, Pressure… Read more Audio