Checkpoint for Monday 18 July 2016

5:08 PM.The Government has being asked to explain why Chinese officials appear to know more than officials in this country about an investigation into the alleged dumping of surplus steel. Audio

5:13 PM.In a few hours' time, John Key will be meeting with the Indonesian Prime Minister to discuss Indonesia's use of the death penalty, growing problems with global terrorism and a major trade dispute. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Vicent Skeen, who stabbed Luke Tipene with a broken bottle in 2014, was today found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Audio

5:19 PM.Passengers on a Cook Strait crossing had a white knuckle ride this morning after a truck's trailer units crashed through the ferry's barriers in rough seas. Audio

5:22 PM.Fire crews had to cut four foreigners - three of them dead - from their car after it crashed into a truck on the Desert Road. Audio

5:24 PM.A former US Marine has been identified as the gunman who shot dead three police officers and seriously injured three others in Baton Rouge. Audio

5:27 PM.World number one Lydia Ko has won her fourth LPGA title this year, after clinching a sudden death playoff at the Marathon Classic in Ohio. Audio

5:35 PM.Nona Pelletier wraps up the day's business news, including a market report. Audio

5:44 PM.Several hospitals have been accused of carrying out cruel and punishing practices on elderly and mentally ill patients in new reports released today. Audio

5:48 PM.Owners of uninsured homes that qualified for the government's red-zone offer in Christchurch are back in court again, fighting for what they say is a fair offer. Audio

5:51 PM.Republican party members are gathering in Cleveland for a crucial moment in the American Presidential election campaign - the Republican Convention, which begins tomorrow. Audio

5:55 PM.With the Hurricanes headed for the quarter-finals of the Super Rugby this weekend, the Tongan Bear, Loni Uhila, speaks out about what brought him to this point. Audio

6:12 PM.As New Zealand works to respond, delicately, to the issue of Chinese dumping steel, and China threatens tarrifs on New Zealand dairy and wool products, should the response become indelicate, what's… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.The new Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft is backing a report that shows there is bias against Maori in the education system and says he has observed bias in the youth justice system as well. Audio

6:26 PM.A New Zealander has helped to discover a new planet that is 65 times further from the sun than planet Earth. Audio