Checkpoint for Monday 16 November 2015

6:55 PM.The terror attacks in Paris have increased the pressure on US President Barak Obama over his increasingly untenable policy on Syria. Audio

6:53 PM.People left isolated by the slumping of a bridge in Upper Hutt will have to wait until the end of the week before things improve. Audio

6:51 PM.Otago university students stand accused of smuggling ecstasy, cocaine and LSD - which police say could be to pay for their study fees. Audio

6:48 PM.The Wellington city council has been accused of being two-faced by allowing companies that make nuclear weapon systems to hold a promo day in one of its venues. Audio

6:41 PM.A plane is 29 times more likely to overshoot the runway at Wellington Airport than at Auckland, the High Court in Wellington has been told. Audio

6:41 PM.The number of yellow-eyed penguin nests in Otago and Southland has fallen to its lowest twenty-five years. Audio

6:34 PM.An Australian terrorism expert is warning of copycat attacks following the strikes on Paris. Audio

6:26 PM.The Department of Conservations is keeping an eye on an upcoming reptile fair in Germany, for any signs of protected species smuggled out of the country. Audio

6:24 PM.A second Wellington bar has been fined for breaching smokefree laws. Audio

6:22 PM.The first group of New Zealand soldiers who've completed a training mission in Iraq have touched down on home soil in the last hour. Audio

6:18 PM.One of the Paris attackers may have posed as a refugee to enter France Audio

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

5:54 PM.Maori doctors are saying it's not too late to take a stand against the Trans Pacific partnership Audio

5:50 PM.At least two more groups of New Zealanders have been transferred from the Christmas Island detention centre and into Perth's maximum security prison. Audio

5:46 PM.The wife of Davender Singh couldn't explain to police how her finger got cut or where the abrasions on her neck came from. Audio

5:43 PM.Christchurch dog owners could soon be slapped with a 300-dollar fine for not carrying plastic bags with them to pick up poo after their pets. Audio

5:40 PM.A jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his son has been told one of the first things it must decide is whether anyone is actually dead. Audio

5:36 PM.A French woman in New Zealand has posted a moving tribute to her sister who was killed in the Paris attacks. Audio

5:34 PM.Shares in the Fonterra Co-operative have ended the trading day up over 2 percent after the dairy firm upgraded its earnings forecast by up to as much as 10 percent. Audio

5:27 PM.To Australia now, and Black Cap Ross Taylor has been making history - but fallen agonisingly short of a triple ton. Audio

5:25 PM.Police officer Jason Harris ran a campaign of hatred against a woman who is a professional dominatrix. Audio

5:20 PM.RNZ has been told that as many as thirty New Zealanders may have been removed from the detention centre, on Christmas Island. Audio

5:17 PM.The Dunedin city council has unanimously backed a push to make the city a resettlement centre for Syrian refugees. Audio

5:13 PM.From Paris, we're joined by the BBC's Olivier Weber. Audio

5:08 PM.France's retaliation for the Paris attacks has been almost immediate, its warplanes dropping 20 bombs on the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa in Syria. Audio

5:00 PM.The latest on the Paris attacks and the French beginning their retaliation against IS. As many as thirty New Zealanders may have been removed from Christmas Island and Ross Taylor making history… Read more Audio