Checkpoint for Monday 20 July 2015

6:56 PM.Nearly three million dollars is being pulled together by Thames-Coromandel District Council to kick off its plan for a walk track that will eventually circumnavigate the Coromandel Peninsula. Audio

6:49 PM.A Taranaki business is finding the Australian market for its hangi cookers is really heating up. Te Kohatu Hangi Cookers expects to triple its turnover inside two years as Maori across the ditch… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.The AA says the Auckland Council won't stop people driving into the city by increasing the cost of parking. Audio

6:34 PM.Two New York times journalists have illegally snuck through the border into the Nuba mountains in North Sudan where the country's military is on a campaign of destruction. Audio

6:23 PM.Rugby players who deliberately named a player as abusing a referee when that player wasn't even at the game are now in the gun. Audio

6:16 PM.Champion surfer Mick Fanning says he'd be happy never to compete again after surviving a shark attack in South Africa broadcast on live television. Audio

6:12 PM.Three Government Ministers and dozens of iwi leaders were served kereru at a central North Island hui. Audio

6:05 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:55 PM.The Japanese company Mitsubishi has apologised for using American and British prisoners as forced labour during World War Two. Audio

5:52 PM.The Ministry of Social Development is launching a full investigation after Work & Income employees used racist language outside a bar in Taupo. A study of inequality in education has found the… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A chief medical officer says Alex Renton may have been harmed when his mother gave him cannabidoil without Wellington Hospital knowing. Audio

5:45 PM.Phil Rudd has been granted bail on a charge of possessing and consuming alcohol while on home detention. Audio

5:43 PM.The health watchdog's alarmed that a patient spent nearly a fortnight in hospital without enough food and water. Audio

5:37 PM.A 74 year-old US Vietnam vet told customs investigators he was emailed out of the blue and wired money before being sent tickets for a round trip from his home in Florida to Africa and Australia. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:35 PM.The cost of all-day parking at Auckland's council-owned parking buildings is to rise by 40%, and some evening rates by 50%. Audio

5:25 PM.A Manawatu rugby club is investigating the deliberate ploy to incriminate a player who was handed out a hefty ban for abusing a referee when he wasn't even at the game. Audio

5:15 PM.The Government rejects the Labour Party's view that stopping foreigners buying existing homes will help take some of the heat out of the property market. Audio

5:11 PM.Top prison officials had a hard hitting report into fight clubs at Mount Eden prison a year ago but didn't pass it onto the company that runs the facility until May this year. Audio

5:06 PM.Three cabinet ministers and dozens of iwi leaders were served kereru at a central North Island hui; an iwi leader who attended the meeting in Ohakune says kereru is the kai of the chiefs. Audio

5:00 PM.Three Cabinet ministers served kereru at a North Island hui, Officials fail to pass year old report on Mt Eden prison, Govt rejects Labour's push to stop foreigners buying homes, Player cops hefty ban… Read more Audio