Checkpoint for Friday 1 May 2015

6:56 PM.The US Supreme Court appears sharply divided on whether to allow same-sex marriage in all states. Audio

6:52 PM.Thousands of Aboriginal rights campaigners demonstrated their opposition across Australia today over the Western Australian Government's plans to close down their rural communities; A Maori advisor… Read more Audio

6:33 PM.The past week should have been a good one for the Prime Minister John Key. He attended a peace conference in Istanbul, the Anzac centennary ceremonies at Gallipoli and then visited the Gulf states to… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Millions of Asian students sitting American university entrance tests this weekend may have already seen the questions Audio

6:22 PM.Criticism of Christchurch's planned convention centre is mounting, but the city's recovery authority is refusing to give details about the full cost and who will actually own it Audio

6:19 PM.The lawyer for an Iranian sheikh deported from Australia says Canberra should accept a United Nations ruling that it breached the man's human rights. Audio

6:15 PM.The former New Zealand rugby league coach Graham Lowe says the forecast wet weather will favour Australia in tonight's Anzac Test in Brisbane, but he's backing the Kiwis to win. Audio

6:11 PM.A New Zealand adventure company which lost five Nepalese guides in avalanches on Mt Everest six days ago says it's still too risky to return, despite the government in Kathmandu urging climbers to… Read more Audio

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

5:56 PM.Some Housing New Zealand tenants in Tamaki are feeling blindsided by the Government's move to transfer two thousand eight hundred homes to a redevelopment company it owns. Audio

5:54 PM.Thousands of Aboriginal rights campaigners demonstrated their opposition across Australia today over the Western Australian Government's plans to close down their rural communities. A Maori advisor… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.To Australia now, where women at risk from violent partners are getting CCTV in their homes as a deterrent under a trial announced in Victoria. Audio

5:42 PM.Enviromental campaigners have told a hearing that a consent to operate the Maui gasfield should not be granted. Audio

5:40 PM.The oil spill in Tauranga harbour has so far cost 200-thousand dollars to clean-up. Audio

5:37 PM.Blessie Gotingco's body showed signs of being hit by a car, being strangled and stabbed before she was dumped in a North Shore cemetery. Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.Tattoos might be getting in the way of a less permanent body accessory, the Apple Smart Watch. Audio

5:24 PM.A company importing aluminium cladding of the type blamed for a catastrophic blaze in Melbourne is investigating whether it may have been used incorrectly in buildings here. Audio

5:14 PM.After a summer of low petrol prices, the cost of fuel is on its way back up, breaking through the two-dollar mark for the first time since December. Audio

5:10 PM.A Board of Inquiry has upheld enforceable nitrogen limits for the Ruataniwha Dam, a ruling Forest and Bird says is another nail in the irrigation scheme's coffin. Audio

5:07 PM.Three weeks out from the budget, the Finance Minister has confirmed the Government is unlikely to meet its surplus target. Audio

5:00 PM.Finance Minister confirms surplus unlikely, Ruataniwha ruling a nail in coffin - Forest and Bird, AA says fuel companies too quick to put prices back up, NZ importer investigating flammable cladding… Read more Audio