Checkpoint for Wednesday 11 March 2015

6:52 PM.Primary Industries Minister faces questions about 1080 in milk powder scare. PM questioned on interest rates. More Northland campaign rhetoric. GCSB & Police up for annual reviews. Audio

6:49 PM.A Victoria university lecturer says schools are missing out on digital resources to help boost the use of Te Reo. Te Tumu Paeroa, the Maori Trustee says the success of a kiwifruit orchard on the East… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.America's foreign spy agency the NSA is being sued in another attempt to stop mass surveillance of US citizens. Audio

6:38 PM.The 1080 infant formula threat has set some shoppers' nerves on edge. Audio

6:35 PM.The single biggest manufacturer of baby formula in New Zealand won't discuss whether the Government's decision to make the threat public sets a precedent for dealing with blackmailers and is not best… Read more Audio

6:28 PM.Scientists have found an unexpectedly high number of blue whales in the Southern Ocean. Audio

6:23 PM.Hillary Clinton has conceded she made a mistake by failing to use a US government e-mail account when she was Secretary of State. Audio

6:20 PM.We're going to Beijing to find out what's being said in China about the 1080 scare, where it is 1pm Audio

6:12 PM.The Government's under pressure over going public with the blackmail threat to poison infant formula, at the same time as it has clamped down on 1080. Audio

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

5:53 PM.A Victoria university lecturer says schools are missing out on digital resources to help boost the use of Te Reo. Tabitha McKenzie says when it comes to technology, kura are lagging behind. This… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.A man accused of failing to take reasonable steps to protect another from the HIV virus has kept his name secret to protect the identity of the complainant. Audio

5:47 PM.Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay more than 10-million-dollars in damages to the family of the late soul singer Marvin Gaye after a jury ruled the pair took his music for… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A warning today that performance bonuses for chief executives often cost companies more in the long term. Audio

5:44 PM.The Commissioner of Inland Revenue has accepted responsibility for what is being called an extraordinary blowout in IT costs for its new child support payment system. Audio

5:41 PM.A man, described as a prolific serial stalker, has been jailed for two years for harrassing a woman he'd initially contacted over 20 years ago. Audio

5:37 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says the international community advised against going public with a threat to poison infant formula with 1080. Audio

5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar is falling in late trading, as the market continues to react to a threat made to New Zealand's dairy industry. Audio

5:26 PM.Solid Energy has warned MPs more job cuts are inevitable as it restructures its biggest mine, Stockton. Audio

5:23 PM.The country's electronic spy agency has rejected accusations it engages in mass surveillance but it refuses to answer questions about how it gathers information. Audio

5:16 PM.Listening to that Scott Gallacher the deputy director of the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio

5:10 PM.An infant formula exporter to China says the industry asked government officials to keep the 1080 blackmail threat quiet and not go public. Audio

5:07 PM.The Government has moved swiftly to clamp down on eco-terrorists with a law change making 1080 the most tightly regulated poison in New Zealand. Audio

5:00 PM.The government moves quickly to tighten controls on high purity 1080. Solid Energy warns more job cuts are inevitable and Marvin Gaye's family wins the copyright fight over the hit song Blurred Lines.