Checkpoint for Friday 24 April 2015

6:52 PM.While a Maori rights movement in South Australia is organising protest marches about the government's plans to close down rural Aboriginal communities, a demonstration yesterday in Perth turned… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.Alarm, strong rolling earthquake has hit central New Zealand. Seismologist on quake. Top police commander says Livingstone case will cause great change. Auckland Council responds to Port chairman's… Read more Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:25 PM.John Key faces yet more embarrassment over the Ponytailgate scandal, with the waitress he annoyed now in talks with a prominent union. Audio

6:20 PM.The woman behind the Anzac light and sound show in Wellington wants to take it around the world, now it's finishing its run at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Audio

6:17 PM.Many years of planning will be put to the test tomorrow at Gallipoli as thousands of New Zealanders and Australians commemorate the Anzac landings which marked the beginning of a bloody eight month… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.GNS Seismologist John Ristau is with us Audio

6:10 PM.Goods fell from shelves, high-rise buildings swayed and panicked customers ran out of a hardware store, in a strong earthquake that hit central New Zealand this afternoon. Audio

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

5:54 PM.A direct descendant of the creator of a renowned haka says its use during the First World War by unarmed Maori soldiers provoked fear in both their European countrymen and their enemy. Audio

5:50 PM.The Indonesian government has ordered preparations to be made for the execution of the Australian drug smugglers, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Audio

5:45 PM.A teenager has been arrested and charged with desecrating a Hamilton school's ANZAC memorial. Audio

5:40 PM.As commemorations get underway to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign, some historians are asking whether the right balance is being struck between memorial and celebration. Audio

5:35 PM.China's named eleven people it says are fugitives who've fled to New Zealand and it wants them extradited on charges of embezzlement, fraud and bribery. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.Thousands took to the streets of central Wellington today for the start of Anzac commemorations. Audio

5:21 PM.Auckland Council is heading for a showdown with its port company after the chairman threatened to resign if controversial wharf extensions are canned. Audio

5:13 PM.The police top southern commander choked back tears today while answering pointed questions about whether officers could have prevented Edward Livingstone from killing his two children. Audio

5:10 PM.Dr John Townend from Victoria University of Wellington is with us. Audio

5:07 PM.A rolling earthquake has hit central New Zealand, toppling goods from shelves and causing widespread alarm. Audio

5:00 PM.Alarm, strong rolling earthquake has hit central New Zealand. Seismologist on quake. Top police commander says Livingstone case will cause great change. Auckland Council responds to Port chairman's… Read more Audio