Checkpoint for Thursday 24 September 2015

6:52 PM.New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters returns to the House following a trip to the UK as media liaison for the Parliamentary Rugby Team at the World Cup, and puts questions to Defence Minister Gerry… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.A march today to raise awareness about child sexual abuse was also joined by Northland College students who promoted their concerns about bullying; Rangatahi in the Nga Manu Korero Speech competition… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.After weeks of political wrangling there will now officially be five designs to choose from when voters return their flag referendum papers. Audio

6:42 PM.Spark, Air New Zealand, the Warehouse - we're not talking not just about some of the biggest names on the stock market, but also the companies which topped the complaints list last year. Audio

6:35 PM.Several regional public hospitals are under increased scrutiny over higher than predicted death rates of patients. Audio

6:27 PM.The Christchurch mayor is defending spending ratepayers' money on public artworks. Audio

6:23 PM.In a world first, a man who's been paralysed from the waist down for five years has walked again, using only his brain with help from technology at the University of California. Audio

6:20 PM.Dairy farmers say today's lift in Fonterra's forecast payout still isn't enough to be making money from their farms. Audio

6:14 PM.Nicola Atwool has worked as a social worker at Child, Youth and Family and is now an Associate Professor at the University of Otago. Audio

6:12 PM.The Social Development Minister has given assurances that no private company will be given ultimate responsiblity for at-risk children in state care. Audio

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

5:55 PM.The Crown says Kim Dotcom and three other men accused with him knowingly made vast sums of money from copyright breaches. Audio

5:51 PM.Rangatahi in the Nga Manu Korero Speech competition believe it's now doing more to revive te reo Maori, than what it originally set out to do. The national secondary-school contest began 50 years ago… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.An Auckland restaurant owner has been imprisoned for the biggest class B drug crime in New Zealand history. Audio

5:45 PM.Agresearch has confirmed it's moving to cut jobs, aiming to axe 33 scientists and 50 technicians to cope with a 5 million dollar drop in income. Audio

5:41 PM.Volkswagen New Zealand is waiting to hear whether its diesel engines here have been rigged to mask emissions as they are in America. Audio

5:36 PM.The brother of a New Zealander detained on Christmas Island says he has no confidence authorities here will intervene, even as increasing numbers are sent to the Indian Ocean immigration detention… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.Shares in the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund have reached a five-month high after Fonterra's annual profit went up 183%. Audio

5:26 PM.An experienced health and safety auditor has found 25 flaws in the city council's investigation into the 2013 near-miss with the tiger. Audio

5:23 PM.The Hamilton City Council is dismissing any suggestion that lessons weren't learned from a close call with a tiger two years ago, that may have prevented the weekend's fatal attack at the city's zoo. Audio

5:19 PM.A defective chain's being blamed for causing a suspension bridge to break, pitching four tourists eight metres down into a river. Audio

5:14 PM.Dairy farmers say today's lift in Fonterra's forecast payout is a relief but many still won't be making money from their cows. Audio

5:09 PM.More money will be poured into Child, Youth and Family as the government moves to completely overhaul the agency. Audio

5:00 PM.Putting children first in the overhaul of Child Youth and Family and Fonterra's boosted payout is expected to inject a billion dollars into the economy. Audio