Checkpoint for Monday 4 May 2015

6:55 PM.The world's first graffiti drone has vandalised one of New York's largest billboards. Audio

6:50 PM.Officials managing a wharenui in Britain have been thrown a lifeline; A retired paediatrician suggests research into low birth weight could be one way to establish if a child might have suffered… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Climate scientists have good news for those mourning the end of the golden summer, with a mild winter predicted for the entire country. Audio

6:40 PM.Evidence of extreme labour exploitation, slave-like conditions and black market labour gangs have been found on farms and in factories supplying Australia's biggest supermarkets and fast food chains. Audio

6:37 PM.The Earthquake Commission has failed in its bid to force three property owners to pay legal costs with the Court of Appeal ruling against it today. Audio

6:34 PM.Thai police believe 26 bodies found in a mass grave deep in the jungle are the victims of human trafficking. Audio

6:25 PM.New figures show children at decile one schools come from neighbourhoods where over half the homes are overcrowded. Audio

6:18 PM.A proposal to charge would-be immigrants to Australia for the privilege of moving there has riled unions and businesses alike. Audio

6:14 PM.A detective held up a bloodied knife in court today, which he said he found in the kitchen of the man accused of the rape and murder of Blessie Gotingco. Audio

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

5:57 PM.The search is carrying on for a police dog missing in rugged bush north of Wellington. Audio

5:54 PM.Officials managing a wharenui in Britain have been thrown a lifeline. Just days after a mansion which this meeting house had been placed next to was gutted by fire, a Maori advisor says the wooden… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.A Dunedin woman feared for her life when a 150-kilogram pig sat on her lap, trapping her in her car. Audio

5:46 PM.Both a surgeon and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board are in the gun over a man who bled to death during what was meant to be routine gall bladder surgery Audio

5:43 PM.A former wine boss has been accused of playing a double game in a big deal he set up, and using his son to hide the kickbacks he received for it. Audio

5:39 PM.There has been a deadly shooting in a Dallas suburb in Texas at a controversial art exhibit, featuring depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Audio

5:36 PM.The mother of a Whangarei woman, killed just days after warning police that her ex-partner had broken a protection order against him, says she fears the police have learnt nothing from her daughter's… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.The sharemarket ended lower today, with the NZX 50 index shedding 30 points to 5767. Audio

5:28 PM.The police will try again on Wednesday to pull out of the sea the car belonging to the step-father of an 11 year-old Invercargill boy missing for months. Audio

5:23 PM.The Prime Minister has confirmed he is paying for the legal advice he has sought about the prospect of facing an assault charge for pulling an Auckland waitress' ponytail Audio

5:18 PM.The Australian police say they do not have blood on their hands for helping Indonesia catch the Bali 9 drug smugglers and they can't guarantee it won't happen again. Audio

5:15 PM.With us is Victoria University seismologist John Townend. Audio

5:12 PM.A fair few bottles of wine have been smashed but there've been no injuries or major damage in the strong earthquake that hit near Wanaka this afternoon. Audio

5:08 PM.An elderly man bled to death on the operating table as a junior doctor stood there with his hand in the wound, after the surgeons gave up. Audio

5:00 PM.A man bleeds to death from a surgeon's mistakes. A strong earthquake rattles Wanaka and John Key confirms he's paying for his own legal advice over the ponytail pulling. Audio