Checkpoint for Monday 5 October 2015

6:50 PM.Ngai Tahu says its very happy with a net profit of 109 million dollars for the 2015 financial year, despite a fall from 160 million dollars last year; About 120 rangatahi joined forces at Ratana Pa… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.Pink balls will be on the minds of the New Zealand cricketers in Hamilton this week as they come together to prepare for the historic night test in Adelaide next month. Audio

6:44 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner has found that a frail, elderly patient was prescribed a too much paracetamol before her death while under the care of the Waikato District Health Board. Audio

6:37 PM.The government's first-ever national science strategy has forecast big increases in research spending. Audio

6:28 PM.A Wellington parole lawyer says a new law giving convicted criminals fewer chances to get parole will result in prisoners losing hope and keep jails fuller for longer. Audio

6:24 PM.Tourism New Zealand has hastily removed a promotional video posted on YouTube of a campervan driving on the wrong side of the road somewhere in the South Island. Audio

6:22 PM.The deputy Prime Minister says there's no evidence New Zealanders held in Australian detention centres are living in appalling conditions. Audio

6:17 PM.WorkSafe is considering changes to the way it investigates health and safety breaches, and could lower its threshold for prosecuting employers. Audio

6:12 PM.The outcome of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Atlanta will be known early tomorrow morning New Zealand time. Audio

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

5:57 PM.Small-town meat workers arrived en masse in Auckland today as their almost two-year long employment dispute with Affco headed to the Employment Court. Audio

5:53 PM.About 120 young people joined forces at Ratana Pa near Whanganui at the weekend to find ways to reduce the high numbers of Maori youth who kill themselves. Their suicide rate in 2011 for example was… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.It's just been revealed more than 4-and-a-half thousand Volkswagens in New Zealand with diesel engines have been fitted with the emission-cheating software. Audio

5:48 PM.Meanwhile Forest and Bird are considering a legal challenge to the landswap. Audio

5:44 PM.The Department of Conservation has done a deal which could allow land home to the endangered short-tailed bat to be flooded. Audio

5:41 PM.WorkSafe is considering changes to the way it investigates accidents, and could lower its threshold for prosecuting employers. Audio

5:37 PM.A blaze in a truck laden with gas cylinders led to the evacuation of businesses in Nelson early this morning. Audio

5:34 PM.The Financial Markets Authority says protecting investors and ensuring intergrity in financial markets are top of its priorities as it starts a second year, with an expanded role. Audio

5:26 PM.The government has forecast big increases to spending on research in its first ever national science strategy. Audio

5:23 PM.Hundreds of homes are still without power this evening after violent winds ripped through Southland and Otago bring down power lines. Audio

5:19 PM.A frail elderly woman who was severely underweight has died after being given too much paracetamol in hospital. Audio

5:16 PM.An investigation has been launched into an ammonia leak which forced the evacuation of Cadbury factory workers in Dunedin. Audio

5:11 PM.A rescue pilot is facing charges after rescuing an injured hunter in the remote Puhi Puhi Valley, north of Kaikoura. Audio

5:08 PM.Negotiators at the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Atlanta are heading into another long night as officials try to nail the deal down Audio

5:00 PM.Still optimism in Atlanta as the TPP trade talks drag on into the night. The rescue helicopter pilot in trouble for saving the life of a hunter when he shouldn't have been flying and still hundreds of… Read more Audio