Checkpoint for Friday 6 November 2015

6:57 PM.The Wellington Phoenix football club is pleading with fans to come to their next home game against Adelaide United next week in an attempt to show Football Australia that they're worthy of a spot in… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.When it comes to sport, particularly rugby, New Zealand politicians seem keen to get on the bandwagon and associate themselves with victory. But is there a line and when is it crossed? Our political… Read more Audio

6:27 PM.A native falcon is being brought in to scare off the pests at the University of Canterbury. Audio

6:23 PM.Myanmar, one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, is preparing for an historic election this weekend. Sean Gleeson is from the Myanmar Irrawaddy Magazine. Audio

6:20 PM.A Kaitaia man who the court says deliberately ran over and killed the woman he lived with will spend at least 17 years in prison. Audio

6:17 PM.Supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership say newly released details dispell critics' claims, that the deal puts the country at the mercy of big business. Alex Ashton reports. Audio

6:14 PM.Seven days in Syria have landed an ex Taranaki man in deep water in Australia where he's being held in detention facing imminent deportation. A community leader in Sydney, Keysar Trad told our… Read more Audio

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

5:54 PM.A visiting Australian expert on the skin cancer melanoma says New Zealand must do more to protect children in particular from the sun. David Whiteman, from the prestigious Berghofer Medical Research… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.The Labour Party leader Andrew Little says the Trans Pacific Partnership deal the Government has signed up to, does not meet one of its bottom lines, relating to the sale of New Zealand houses to… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A former Hutt Valley pastor found guilty of three sex offences against young girls is tonight beginning a 4 years and 11 months jail sentence. Audio

5:40 PM.Three German interpreters say an FBI translation of a message in which Kim Dotcom appears to call himself evil is inaccurate. Kate Newton's been at district court in Auckland where expert witnesses… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The Government's books are back in deficit but it is not as bad as predicted in the May Budget. Brent Edwards has been looking at the numbers after a small surplus last financial year. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The Black Caps have a mountain to climb at the Gabba. The Australian cricketers have declared their first innings at 556 for 4, on day two of the opening Test against New Zealand in Brisbane. The… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Medecins Sans Frontiere says US authorities ignored urgent pleas for bombing to stop against an unarmed hospital in Afghanistan. Audio

5:20 PM.The All Blacks World Cup road show arrived in the capital today. Fans took days of work, school and study to celebrate with the team and see up close the golden Webb Ellis Cup they bought with them… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Training is being tightened up on New Zealand's most common helicopter after a series of fatal crashes. Audio

5:14 PM.The country's largest polytechnic, Auckland's Unitec, is axing jobs in student services and contracting them out to a private multinational. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

5:08 PM.A New Zealander returning to Perth from Syria has run foul of Australian Immigration and faces deportation as early as tomorrow. Warren Marriner, who's 49 and from Waitara, was detained at Perth… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.NZer facing deportation upon return from Syria, Auckland polytechnic to axe 300 jobs, Training tightened on helicopters after crashes, Pleas get brush-off as Afghan hospital bombed, Higher tax take… Read more Audio