Checkpoint for Thursday 30 July 2015

6:54 PM.New research shows that if endangered New Zealand sea lions are to be saved, there will have to be a ban on squid fishing around the Auckland Islands. Audio

6:49 PM.Health and Safety Reform Bill passes second reading; Opposition fails to prise details of TPPA from government ministers as negotiations enter final hours. Audio

6:44 PM.The tribe that served dead kererū to iwi leaders and government ministers says it approached the Department of Conservation as soon as questions were raised about how the birds had been used; The… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.It's not gorillas in the MIST, but gorillas in our midst. New Zealand's first ever gorillas have mesmerised the lucky few who got to see them today. Audio

6:37 PM.Foreign Minister Murray McCully chaired the UN Security Council vote. Our parliamentary chief reporter Jane Patterson asked him if how, given today's veto, a resolution setting up a tribunal might… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.A deadline's fast approaching for Australia to return three men accused of rape to Papua New Guinea. Audio

6:19 PM.A baker wrongly fired after arguing with his bosses about his colleague seeing his payslip has won more than seven thousand dollars in lost pay and compensation. Audio

6:19 PM.Trucking supremo Don Braid's taken a swipe at the Treasury's call to shut down KiwiRail because it's bleeding millions. Audio

6:15 PM.DOC's stopping short of prosecuting a marae that served kereru to Crown ministers. Audio

6:12 PM.The aircraft debris that's washed up on an Indian Ocean island is right where sea drift modellers expected wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to end up. Audio

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

5:53 PM.In the US a University of Cincinnati police officer has been indicted for murder over the shooting of a black man in a traffic stop. Audio

5:49 PM.Activists fighting for support and recognition of the Maori language say while progress has been made over the last 40-years, much more is needed. Te Kupu o te Wiki started in 1975 and it's been an… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A hearing for an Otago Peninsula quarry that wants retrospective approval for breaching its resource consent conditions has heard about the city council's own mistakes. Audio

5:38 PM.A woman is in hospital tonight in a serious condition after being rescued from a burning second floor apartment in Remuera early this morning. Audio

5:35 PM.The veteran businessman Sir John Todd has died aged 88. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.New Zealand's first ever gorillas have mesmerised the lucky few who got to see them today at Christchurch's Orana Park. Audio

5:24 PM.The Government has hit back at the people calling for the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating text to be released - saying they just want to use it derail the deal. Audio

5:22 PM.Police watchdog the IPCA has ruled that officers held a family including a young baby illegally in a patrol car and a paddy wagon - but there's no sign they'll get an apology. Audio

5:18 PM.A Thames mother says it's disgusting that people who need to top up their pre-pay power deals may have to do so in a liquor store. Audio

5:14 PM.The Children's Commissioner says a study criticised for treating children like lab rats would never have got past an ethics committee. Audio

5:10 PM.The ABC's Graeme Powell is following developments from Perth and joins us. Audio

5:00 PM.It's part of a triple 7 jet but is it MH 370. Sir John Todd has dies at 88 and for the first time Gorilla's in our midst. Audio