Checkpoint for Wednesday 4 March 2015

6:54 PM.Hundreds of koalas have been put down in Victoria and thousands more are facing starvation due to overpopulation. Audio

6:50 PM.The Maori Party is pushing for an inquiry into the justice system over what it calls institutional racism following the Privy Council quashing Teina Pora's convictions for the rape and murder of Susan… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.The Australian based Refugee Action Coalition says as many as 150 refugees, including at least one family, have been arrested on Nauru amid days of unrest about their right to protest, and accusations… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.A deal's been done in the US for David Petraeus to plead guilty but most likely avoid jail in the culmination of his spectacular fall from grace at the CIA and military. Audio

6:29 PM.The Earthquake Commission and the insurer, Southern Response, have been accused of ignoring their own experts and cherry picking alternative theories on a damaged house, in order to help their case. Audio

6:23 PM.A top Canadian educator has pleaded guilty to possessing and creating child pornography, and grooming adults to sexually assault children, after being busted by a New Zealand undercover child… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.Indonesia is preparing to execute two Australian drug smugglers who have now been moved to an island jail where they will face a firing squad in the coming days. Audio

6:15 PM.People living on Otago Peninsula say a noticeable increase in dangerous driving by tourists this year needs an urgent solution. Audio

6:11 PM.The Government is ruling out an independent review panel to investigate miscarriages of justice in the wake of the Teina Pora case. Audio

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

5:55 PM.A new charter kura says some of its students have come to its classes because they were close to being kicked out of their old schools. Audio

5:51 PM.A court has been shown CCTV footage which the Crown says shows a man buying containers of petrol and a lighter, hours before the burnt body of the man he's accused of murdering, was found. Audio

5:46 PM.A US Justice department investigation has found overwhelming evidence that Ferguson police officers and court staff discriminate against black people. Audio

5:42 PM.Thousands of people have been evacuated in Chile after one of South America's most active and dangerous volcanoes erupted. Audio

5:38 PM.Lawyers say prosecuting anyone for Susan Burdett's murder, now Teina Pora has had his convictions quashed, will be very difficult. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.The executions of two Australian drug smugglers have moved a step closer with their transfer from a Bali prison to an island jail where they will face a firing squad in the coming days. Audio

5:23 PM.After 29 years the national kapa haka festival has returned to Christchurch (last held here in 1986), with more than 5000 people attending the opening of Te Matatini today in Hagley Park. Audio

5:20 PM.A Canadian university professor, and former deputy education minister in Ontario - caught out in a New Zealand pornography sting, has pleaded guilty in a Toronto court to possessing and creating child… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.An expert on fetal alcohol syndrome says there'll be other Teina Poras who've suffered a miscarriage of justice. Audio

5:07 PM.Teina Pora, a free man after two decades locked up for murder and rape, could be in line for a two million dollar compensation payday. Audio

5:00 PM.Teina Pora could get $2 million compensation; Justice denied because of fetal alcohol syndrome; Top Canadian educator pleads guilty after NZ bust; The national kapa haka festival returns to… Read more Audio