Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 April 2015

6:50 PM.NZ First gets a new list MP in the form of Invercargill's Ria Bond. Tributes paid to Nepal quake victims. Government ministers - including Minister for Women - face questions about PM's ponytail… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Most of Wellington region's grassroots Māori oppose the plan for a supercity that would see them lose their voice on local councils; The wife of the late Maori leader, Sir Archie Te Atawhai Taiaroa… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.The first survey of the demands on resthome and other aged care staff, most of them women, show a workforce being undermined by low wages and increasing workloads. Audio

6:40 PM.A Christchurch City Council proposal to force bars to close early could land it in court. Audio

6:35 PM.The acting Prime Minister, Bill English has been left to defend the actions of the Prime Minister John Key and his ponytail pulling antics, in Parliament this afternoon. Audio

6:26 PM.The Finance Minister says the Government is looking at how tax enforcement can be beefed up to snare investors trading in houses. Audio

6:20 PM.The sister of one of the victims of the Cave Creek tragedy says the outdoors are safer for the death of her brother. Audio

6:14 PM.Nepal's government has declared three days of mourning for the more than 4 thousand 300 people who perished in Saturday's massive quake, as the number of dead keeps rising. Audio

6:06 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:58 PM.Fish and Game are applauding what they say is a precedent setting sentence for trout poaching, with a man jailed today for 12 months. Audio

5:55 PM.Most of Wellington region's grassroots Māori oppose the plan for a supercity that would see them lose their voice on local councils. Audio

5:52 PM.Christchurch people fear that multi-million-dollar road changes will make traffic jams worse and put pedestrians and cyclists in danger. Audio

5:46 PM.A Tauranga man says the clean up of an oil spill in the city's inner harbour has been too slow and badly coordinated. Audio

5:44 PM.The All Blacks captain has been ruled out of this weekend's Super rugby match after being knocked out in the Cruasders win over the Blues. Audio

5:40 PM.Kim Dotcom's evidence in the John Banks donations case is being described as fantasy and nonsense as the Court of Appeal considers whether to scrap the retrial it ordered. Audio

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

5:28 PM.Business owners near Wellington's Basin Reserve are furious they've been flooded for the second time in two years, despite repeatedly asking the council to clear choked drains outside their… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei, suggested Mr Key should delay any free trade agreement until Saudi Arabia improves its human rights record. Audio

5:22 PM.A man has been injured in a shoot-out with police following a lengthy armed stand-off in South Auckland today. Audio

5:17 PM.Fires are still burning in the US city of Baltimore after hundreds of rioters torched buildings and cars, looted shops and hurled bricks and rocks at police. Audio

5:14 PM.Blessie Gotingco was a small woman in her mid 50s and didn't stand a chance - the Crown says she was walking home and just minutes from her front door, when she was hit by a car driven by a stranger… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.In Nepal, the death toll keeps rising as rescuers work around the clock digging through debris in search of more victims. Audio

5:00 PM.Nepal quake crosses 4 thousand, Murder trial hears how Auckland woman run down by car, Baltimore riots after black man is killed in police custody, Police stand-off with man in Manurewa, Greens urge… Read more Audio