Checkpoint for Thursday 28 May 2015

6:52 PM.Opposition probes reports of divisions among National MPs over workplace health and safety bill; Anne Tolley defends choice of providers to replace Relationships Aotearoa; Commerce Committee looks at… Read more Audio

6:47 PM.Relationships Aotearoa says the suddenness of its closure is causing confusion for whanau from Kaitaia to Gisborne. A leading Maori trade unionist wants Maori-owned companies to support the lower paid… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.A husband and wife have been sentenced to eight months' home detention for not declaring more than a million in cash sales at their Auckland restaurant. Audio

6:44 PM.People living on Wellington's south coast are still cleaning up after huge waves dumped sand, driftwood and rocks across the roads and into garages. Audio

6:38 PM.The FIFA corruption investigation has highlighted the long international reach of US authorities. Jessica Tillipman is from George Washington University's law department. Audio

6:35 PM.The Green Party is calling for an offical investigation into what it says is the Government's pay-offs to a Saudi businessman angered over a ban on live sheep exports. Audio

6:28 PM.The Government was questioned in Parliament today about disunity in the National Party caucus over the controversial workplace health and safety legislation. Audio

6:24 PM.A massive open cast gold mine in Waihi is too dangerous to work and 50 people have lost their jobs. Audio

6:20 PM.185 jobs may be axed at Fairfax New Zealand but around 160 new positions will be created, Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch joins us. Audio

6:15 PM.FIFA's congress is due to get underway later tonight in Zurich. The President, Sepp Blatter, is seeking re-election after about 17 years in the job. The Executive Editor of World Soccer, Keir Radnedge… Read more Audio

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

5:55 PM.Struggling dairy farmers are doing their sums after Fonterra lowered its forecast milk payout for the current season by another 10 cents a kilo of milk solids, to $4.40. Audio

5:52 PM.The government's move to pull the funding plug on the country's biggest and oldest counselling service is causing confusion for whanau from Kaitaia to Gisborne. Audio

5:48 PM.The latest of a series of grafitti attacks on Auckland trains was just one of the headaches on the city's rail network late yesterday. Audio

5:45 PM.MPs have been given a one-and-a-half percent pay increase, backdated to July last year. Audio

5:44 PM.A taxi driver says normally drunken passengers wind down their windows to yell out or be sick - they don't climb on to the car's roof while crossing Auckland's Harbour Bridge. Audio

5:40 PM.A massive open cast gold mine in Waihi is too dangerous to work and 50 people have lost their jobs. Audio

5:38 PM.The man that led the charge for New Zealand to host the FIFA Under 20 World Cup is adamant the bid was clean. Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:24 PM.Auckland Police are trying to identify a gang of masked grafitti taggers who ambushed a train at Newmarket last night, painting carriages while it was held at a stop light. Audio

5:21 PM.The police watchdog says the police investigation into John Banks' electoral return was robust and without interference. Audio

5:17 PM.185 jobs may be axed at Fairfax New Zealand but around 160 new positions will be created. Audio

5:14 PM.Fifa officials in Auckland have moved to shut down questions about this major corruption scandal facing the sporting body. Audio

5:10 PM.Les Murray was on FIFA's ethics committee between 2006 and 2012 and says he saw a lot of evidence of corruption and pursued it when he could. Audio

5:08 PM.A former member of FIFA's high powered ethics committee says he did everything he could to fight corruption and can sleep easy at night. Audio

5:00 PM.FIFA corruption scandal explodes worldwide, Former FIFA ethics committee member on latest revelations, Plans to axe 185 jobs at Fairfax New Zealand, Police watchdog clears police over John Banks case… Read more Audio