Checkpoint for Wednesday 1 April 2015

6:56 PM.Aucklanders are wasting the equivalent of about a dozen working days, or 95 hours, a year sitting in traffic. Audio

6:52 PM.Questions to Minister of Small Business and Minister of Defence require the Speaker's intervention. Gerry Brownlee and Winston Peters trade insults in the General Debate. Audio

6:48 PM.The mayor of Porirua says his city's right behind the local tribe's attempt to keep its language alive; The public will get a chance to view historic tupuna portraits - some of which have never before… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.MPs have been told the police need to put their foot on the accelerator to sort out adult sexual assault cases and police misconduct more efficiently. Audio

6:41 PM.The Finance Minister has confirmed the chair of Solid Energy resigned because she did not believe any more could be done for the troubled coal company. Audio

6:37 PM.In a matter of hours, we should know if Iran has agreed to curtail its nuclear programme in return for a reduction in the international sanctions against it. Audio

6:30 PM.A man who ran a Dunedin service station with fuel stolen from his competitors has been given 18 months home detention. Audio

6:22 PM.History has been made in Nigeria in the first ever democratic change of power, in Africa's most populous nation. Audio

6:15 PM.Our Court reporter, Ann Marie May has at the High Court in Wellington for the verdict . Audio

6:11 PM.Mark Lundy is beginning his second term of life imprisonment tonight after once again being found guilty of murdering his wife and young daughter in Palmerston North 15 years ago. Audio

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

5:56 PM.He's sexist, racist and anti-semitic - according to some critics of Trevor Noah, the new host of America's long-running TV programme The Daily Show. Audio

5:53 PM.The mayor of Porirua says his city's right behind a local tribe's attempt to keep its language alive. Audio

5:49 PM.Nineteen people living at a rest home in Taranaki have been kicked out and given just two weeks to find somewhere else to stay. Audio

5:46 PM.Auckland councillors have voted to take what one is calling an iron fisted approach, to try to halt the contentious port expansion. Audio

5:42 PM.The Government has set up a panel to lead an overhaul of Child, Youth and Family. But the Association of Social Workers is already questioning why no one from families or with a local social worker… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.More now on our top story, Mark Lundy's guilty verdict at his retrial for murdering his wife and daughter. The defence says it is too early to say if they will appeal. Audio

5:34 PM.The New Zealand sharemarket is up just 1 point today, with the benchmark NZX 50 index closing at 5,835. Audio

5:26 PM.More evidence today of dairy farmers exploiting their workers with the latest Labour inspector sting uncovering widespread breaches of the law. Audio

5:24 PM.New figures show New Zealand house prices are rising sharply. Audio

5:19 PM.An America's Cup challenger regatta in Auckland looks less likely after a majority of Cup teams indicated they want the entire series to be sailed in Bermuda Audio

5:16 PM.Christine Lockett was a friend of Christine Lundy's. I spoke to her shortly after the verdict came through. Audio

5:08 PM.Mark Lundy has been found guilty at his retrial of murdering his wife and daughter and immediately sentenced to life in prison. Audio

5:00 PM.Mark Lundy is found GUILTY of murdering his wife and daughter for a second time. The America's Cup challenger race slips further from New Zealand's grasp and Aucklanders waste 95 hours a year sitting… Read more Audio