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5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The first convoy of 50 private cars has made it to Kaikoura on the inland route - but bad weather meant the return trip back to Kaikoura had to be called off. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.A man fishing in the Kaipara Harbour on the afternoon the Francie sank says the disaster could have been much worse because 21 people were due to be on the doomed fishing trip that day. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Veteran South American soccer correspondent Tim Vickery talks to Checkpoint about the Brazilian football team Chapecoense, which were travelling on a plane which crashed in Colombia. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Brazil's President has declared three days of mourning after a charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed in Colombia killing 75 of the 81 passengers onboard. Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Checkpoint has asked repeatedly to talk to Solid Energy CEO Tony King. Today, he told Checkpoint the company has not changed its position on sealing the mine. Video, Audio

5:07 PM.The families of the men who died in the Pike River mine were told by Solid Energy today that it will seal the mine, without question. The father of one of the 29 men, Bernie Monk, reacts. Video, Audio

6:26 PM.A long time friend of the late musician Ray Columbus, archivist Grant Gillander, says his friend tore up the charts at a time when every hit was by the Beatles. Grant Gillander joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The world's best bowlers are battling it out in Christchurch, which is playing host to the World Bowls Championships for the next couple of weeks. Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Controlled public convoys are to be allowed on the Inland Road in and out of Kaikoura for the first time from tomorrow morning. RNZ reporter Kate Newton joins Checkpoint with the latest. Audio

6:07 PM.One of New Zealand's best-known singers Ray Columbus, has died at the age of 74. He died peacefully at his home in Auckland after battling ill-health for the past four years. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A citizens' science initative is helping to keep little blue penguins out of harms way during the construction of a seawall extension in Taranaki. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Parents at a Dunedin special school which allegedly abused and secluded its pupils say the claims are a massive beat up. Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Kaikoura parents who evacuated their children after the quake are desperate to get them home again, but the town is still largely cut off. Audio

5:12 PM.The family of Taulagi Afamasaga, who's been missing in the Kaipara Harbour since Saturday, are keeping vigil by the Parakai wharf in the hope the sea returns his body. Video, Audio

5:06 PM.New Zealand musician Ray Columbus has died aged 74. Checkpoint spoke to Suzanne Lynch from The Chicks about his life, and his work. Video, Audio