Checkpoint for Monday 15 June 2015

6:52 PM.The co-chair of the Kohanga Reo National Trust, Tina Olsen-Ratana, is accusing the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, of delaying negotiations on the Kohanga Reo Treaty of Waitangi claim; Dairy New… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.Two children have had their arms bitten off in separate shark attacks within two hours of each other off the same small North Carolina town in the US. Audio

6:35 PM.Today marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta, the bedrock of civil liberties in much of the modern world. Audio

6:23 PM.Blobs of oil are dotted along 10 kilometres of Foxton Beach and the hunt is on to find out where it's come from. Audio

6:20 PM.A split second is all it took for a surgeon's mistake to end the life of 55 year old Christchurch woman Bonnie Schlef. Audio

6:15 PM.Nasa's airborne space observatory has touched down in Christchurch for a second season with its sights set on Pluto. Audio

6:10 PM.Tony Abbott and his front bench have rebuffed attempts in Parliament this afternoon to uncover more about the people smugglers payments controversy. Audio

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

5:55 PM.Opposition parties are labelling the Government's plan to build affordable houses on surplus crown land a botched fiasco. Audio

5:51 PM.A Far North hapū is demanding there be more engagement with Māori over mining, oil and gas exploration. Audio

5:47 PM.The Dunedin City Council is being accused of trying to shut out rural communities with its plan to abolish wards and trim community boards. Audio

5:43 PM.A High Court judge has ruled that a convicted abuser can keep her animals until her appeal is heard in August. Audio

5:39 PM.Huge seas in Dunedin at the weekend have swept away a small dog. Audio

5:36 PM.Roads on Wellington's south coast have been closed today after yesterday's large swells washed up rocks and debris, and the future of some stretches is now in question. Audio

5:34 PM.Abano Healthcare has appointed an insider as its new Chief Executive. Audio

5:26 PM.A Whangarei builder is amazed six people survived a car hurtling through the air and smashing into a garage and the side of a house. Audio

5:21 PM.The lawyer for one of two boys accused of taking part in a fatal dairy robbery says a specialist has analysed the 14-year-old and concludes he's got a traumatic brain injury Audio

5:14 PM.New Zealand has agreed to become a founding member of a bank that China is setting up as a counter-weight to the American-backed World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Audio

5:10 PM.Dr Ken Clark is the chief medical officer at the Midcentral DHB. Audio

5:08 PM.A hospital has admitted a woman who was left a paraplegic might still be walking if she had been transferred to the orthopaedic department sooner. Audio

5:00 PM.A hospital admits its mistakes have left a woman a paraplegic. NZ joins the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank backed by China and pressure mounts on politicians over paying people smugglers. Audio