Checkpoint for Thursday 10 September 2015

6:56 PM.With the usual fanfare Apple has launched its latest products in California; a television that talks to you, an improved iPhone and what it calls iPad Pro, with a 12.9 inch screen that works with a… Read more Audio

6:51 PM.Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler drops OCR to 2.75%, and fronts up to the Finance and Expenditure Committee; OCR drop is the subject of questions to the Finance Minister; Foreign Affairs, Defence… Read more Audio

6:47 PM.Supporters, staff and students of a Maori boarding school threatened with closure protested outside Parliament today. About three-hundred campaigners took part in what they say is a demonstration of… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.The Criminal Bar Association is calling on the Government to start funding more drug and alcohol rehab centres, as there's a chronic shortage throughout the country. Audio

6:39 PM.A 24 year old New Zealand mother living on the Gold Coast asked for help from police a week before she was run off the road and bashed to death. Audio

6:35 PM.A survey carried out for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has found deep-seated bullying within the profession. Audio

6:21 PM.Plans to introduce online voting in next year's local government elections may have been scuppered by Christchurch Council's decision to reject a trial of the new system. Audio

6:19 PM.An independent report says creditors of the ailing state coal miner Solid Energy will be far better off if the company stays in business and sells off its assets bit by bit. Audio

6:15 PM.A Greymouth Polytech is being accused of rorting course credits and inflating numbers with 'ghost students.' Audio

6:11 PM.Cash has never been so cheap and mortgage rates are heading for record lows with the third consecutive cut to the Official Cash Rate today. Audio

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

5:56 PM.East Coast Maori are prepared to protest plans to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Gisborne. The Energy and Resources Minister, Simon Bridges, has opened consultation on four proposed… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Returning to our earlier story about online voting at next year's local government elections being in jeopardy - the Associate Minister for Local Government Louise Upston joins us Audio

5:47 PM.A damning report by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons tells of bullying, discrimination and sexual harrassment all carried out by its own members. Audio

5:43 PM.The Auditor-General has found no evidence of illegal kauri exporting, but wants to ensure that more is done to make sure the wood isn't coming from indigenous wetlands. Audio

5:39 PM.Assyrian Christians are calling on the Government to give priority to Christians among the extra refugee intake because IS is intent on a genocide against them. Audio

5:36 PM.The Reserve Bank is forecasting one more interest rate cut, after lowering the official cash rate to 2.75 percent today. Audio

5:28 PM.To Europe, where Denmark's block on trains and roads to constrain refugees looks like being lifted - but now Hungary is moving to send soldiers to patrol its southern border. Audio

5:26 PM.An axe murderer is tonight beginning a jail term of at least 14 and a half years - but his victim's son says a life for a life was what he wanted. Audio

5:21 PM.Another gunman has opened fire in a McDonald's - this time on Australia's Gold Coast, where a woman is dead and the shooter is in a critical condition. Audio

5:16 PM.Contractors and employees from debt ridden Solid Energy are the big winners as the company prepares to sell off its assets. Audio

5:13 PM.Online voting at next year's local government elections is in jeopardy after the Christchurch City Council today rejected it. Audio

5:08 PM.The Auckland housing market is in dangerous territory. That's the message this afternoon from the country's central bank governor Graeme Wheeler. Audio

5:00 PM.A warning that the Auckland housing market is in dangerous territory. Online voting is in jeopardy after security fears prompt a 'no' vote and - an axe murderer is sentenced to life in jail. Audio