Checkpoint for Tuesday 26 May 2015

6:55 PM.In Australia, a stoush over a 17 million dollar Lotto prize is now heading to court as the winner's angry co-workers insist they should be in on the windfall. Former courier Gary Baron has now… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.John Key uses Question Time to bash Opposition leader, Andrew Little, over the head for talking about means testing of old age pension payments; Speaker sends Winston Peters packing; Stoush over… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The Tai Tokerau Maori Council is set to enter the fray, over the Ngapuhi Treaty settlement; The mayor of Rotorua says a new partnership model with Te Arawa will ensure Maori are heard at the council… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.It takes a few sheep to spell out the word bugger on a hillside, but North Canterbury farmer Mike Bowler has a whole flock. He's been using them to spell bugger and other words, and to make pictures… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.The Sydney siege gunman had run-ins with officials and tried to bamboozle Customs including by flying to New Zealand and back in one day. Audio

6:28 PM.The Auckland carwash where a seal was found napping had to close for nearly 12 hours today while DOC and Police decided how to capture the troublemaker. The seal had already been sent back to sea… Read more Audio

6:24 PM.Back to our story about a Sydney mother-of-two Jasmina Milovanov who's apparently left her children aged seven and five behind and flew to Syria this month. Audio

6:20 PM.The Labour Party leader's musings on the unfairness of the eligibility criteria for superannuation have forced him to clarify his party's current policy. Andrew Little insists Labour does not support… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:16 PM.Lifeline is one of the five agencies taking over the counselling from Relationships Aotearoa. Its Chief Executive Jo Denvir joins Checkpoint. Audio

6:11 PM.Thousands of people who see counsellors are being shifted to five new agencies named to take over from the country's biggest counselling service after its bitter scrap with officials and Government. Audio

5:55 PM.The secondary teachers' union is seeking a 5 percent pay rise for its 17-thousand members. The Post Primary Teachers Association lodged the claim with the Education Ministry today. Audio

5:53 PM.The New Zealand First leader was ejected from Parliament this afternoon as questions about last week's Budget became heated. Winston Peters had been attempting to ask Prime Minister about the… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.The Tai Tokerau Maori Council is set to enter the fray, over the Ngapuhi Treaty settlement. The council's new chair Rihari Dargaville is calling for an urgent meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A company whose fireworks display sent shrapnel hurtling into a stand and injuring three spectators, at an All Blacks match has admitted safety breaches and could be fined up to 500 thousand dollars… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.The victim of an attempted murder who ran into his attacker in a supermarket this month has accused mental health services of total arrogance over their failure to tell him the man had been released… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.A jury has found a man who stabbed two men in a south Auckland pawn shop guilty of the double-murder, rejecting his defence of insanity. The High Court jury in Auckland began deliberating about 11.30… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.They've been dubbed 'Jihadi Janes' - women who take off from the West to join Islamic State - and now Australia has another of them. Audio

5:35 PM.The New Zealand dollar was little changed today, despite the release of fresh trade data, which was slightly better than the market had been expecting. Audio

5:29 PM.The Black Caps are licking their wounds and promising a fight back after losing the first test against England at Lords. Brendon McCullum's side collpased and were all out for 220 in their final… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Parents at two West Auckland schools are demanding an explanation of how a rogue school bus driver took their children on a 17-kilometre ride yesterday. The replacement driver from Richies Transport… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.The Prime Minister has dismissed fears New Zealand troops in Iraq might face greater dangers now that Islamic State forces are in control of Ramadi. New Zealand First says those troops face an… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Two years of haggling over a national convention centre for Auckland has ended, with the Government and Sky City agreeing on a smaller and more expensive centre than originally planned. Audio

5:14 PM.The Solicitor General's told a packed courtroom that it's up to Parliament and not the courts to rule on whether a doctor can help someone die. The lawyer for Lecretia Seales who is 42 and has brain… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The country's biggest counselling agency has folded amid recriminations and accusations, and five others are taking over their thousands of clients. Days of negotiations between Relationships Aotearoa… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.A shakeup in counselling services; Woman with terminal cancer fights for right to die; Sky City convention centre deal agreed upon; John Key dismisses cowards claims; Parents complain after bus… Read more Audio