Checkpoint for Wednesday 23 September 2015

6:55 PM.A computer scientist from Melbourne University is warning about the dangers of on-line voting. Audio

6:50 PM.Government puts House under urgency to pass a bill adding the "Red Peak" design to the four options already selected for the first flag referendum in November. Urgency supported by all parties except… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.Maori working in the justice system say mainstream courts could end up seeing less tangata whenua in prison and re-offendending if they adopt a more holistic model; New research has found Maori are… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Flip Flop bounced back from karaka berry poisoning as a young bird. But now the popular kiwi has succumbed, put down at Wellington Zoo after vets couldn't save him. Audio

6:39 PM.Pharmac is facing a major hike in the price it pays for a drug used to treat a common food-borne illness that can be serious for people with compromised immune systems. Audio

6:35 PM.Latest figures from Fiji show the country's economy grew by more than five percent last year. Audio

6:26 PM.A nine and ten year old boy were playing with a piece of an electric fence before the ten year old was rushed to hospital with a serious head injury. Audio

6:23 PM.The New Zealand cyclist, Linda Villumsen, has finally become a world champion, winning the individual time trial at the World Road Championships in Virginia this morning. Audio

6:17 PM.The father of a family turned down for refugee status based on climate change, has today been deported from New Zealand. Audio

6:12 PM.A Chinese company will invest up to 3 billion dollars in the Christchurch rebuild. Audio

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

5:54 PM.Millions of dollars in teacher training is going to target high priority subjects like maths and science, and poorly performing regions such as Northland and the East Coast. Audio

5:52 PM.A former All Black has failed with his appeal against a firearms conviction that could stop him attending his children's Christening and accepting lucrative promotions work overseas. Audio

5:48 PM.Māori working in the justice system say mainstream courts could end up seeing less tāngata whenua in prison and re-offendending if they adopt a more holistic model. They say there are moves in the… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.All eyes on Japan at the Rugby World Cup overnight, as they try and pull off another upset when they meet Scotland in Gloucester. Audio

5:42 PM.A hapu leader and a corporate lawyer have locked horns over the merits of oral versus written history in the Environment Court in New Plymouth today. Audio

5:36 PM.Accountants are warning the Government's so-called bright-line tax test aimed at curbing property speculation will leave a path of collateral damage in its wake. Audio

5:34 PM.The DNZ Property Fund, soon to be renamed Stride Property, is to buy 19 Countdown supermarket sites in a deal worth 287-million dollars. Audio

5:28 PM.The naming of the 23-year-old All Blacks flanker, Sam Cane, as captain for Friday's World Cup clash against Namibia has taken many in the rugby world by surprise. Audio

5:25 PM.Red Peak, will almost certainly be added to the flag referendum with legislation to be passed under urgency. Audio

5:21 PM.The father of a family who failed to obtain refugee status based on climate change, has today been deported from New Zealand. Audio

5:12 PM.A Horowhenua man held under Australia immigration laws on Christmas Island says 75 fellow New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders are being held alongside him. Audio

5:07 PM.A Chinese company will invest up to 3 billion dollars in the Christchurch rebuild. Audio

5:00 PM.A Chinese company injecting up to three-billion dollars into the Christchurch rebuild. The plight of 75 New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders being detained on Christmas Island and a green light for… Read more Audio