Checkpoint Podcast Options

6:38 PM.A Feilding rugby team is facing expulsion from all competitions as its players have continued to abuse referees and tried to blame another teammate for it. Audio

6:34 PM.A North Shore man who smuggled in a shipment of birds' nests has put the country's bird life at risk. Audio

6:25 PM.Three months after riots erupted over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, his hometown Baltimore is seeing a surge in homicides, 45 last month alone. Audio

6:21 PM.The Australian government is searching for a new Speaker of the House to replace the disgraced Liberal MP, Bronwyn Bishop, who resigned yesterday after weeks of pressure. Audio

6:12 PM.A forestry company has pleaded guilty over the death of a worker but not as a result of an official prosecution - but a private one. Audio

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

5:53 PM.Eltham locals fear they won't see a cent of the more than three hundred thousand dollars in fines slapped on Fonterra and a council over a buttermilk stink. Audio

5:50 PM.A Bay of Plenty runanga says it's disappointed the region's council never informed it that Fonterra had spilled 11-thousand litres of whey into the Rangitaiki River last year. The dairy giant has been… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The company that runs the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is pinning its hopes on paying lower prices for the transmission of electricity around the country. Audio

5:44 PM.The Prime Minister remains confident a favourable Trans Pacific Partnership can be reached, and expects fresh talks to resume in the next few weeks. Audio

5:40 PM.A Feilding rugby team notorious for referee abuse and deceit is facing expulsion from all competition after its captain swore and spat at a referee's face. Audio

5:36 PM.Legal action may follow over a disabled man who died in a fire after he was locked in a house unsupervised while his caregiver went to buy food. Audio

5:33 PM.Shares in electricity stocks have jumped after Meridian Energy struck a deal to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open for at least three more years. Audio

5:25 PM.It's taken a private prosecution to get a forestry company to plead guilty over the death of one its workers - a case Worksafe refused to take. Audio

5:19 PM.An Australian doping expert is accusing the world athletics governing body, the I-double-A F, of doing nothing about doping in endurance running. Audio

5:14 PM.The trial of the man accused of murdering Connor Morris is a tale of two West Auckland parties. Audio

5:12 PM.The police fear for the safety of a 15-year-old Auckland girl who may have been kidnapped and being held against her will. Audio

5:08 PM.An Auckland liquor store worker has described how a man shot dead by the police, robbed her in a calm and even non-threatening manner. Audio

5:00 PM.Robbery victims speak out about the man shot dead by police. Fears for a teenage girl who may be held against her will and doping in running - have athletics bosses been ignoring it? Audio

6:52 PM.Mana Movement leader Hone Harawira says he's worried tasers will become the weapon of first choice for police rather than of last resort now frontline officers will be carrying them on duty; The Chief… Read more Audio

6:35 PM.Time now for Focus on Politics, where our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at how the political debate in New Zealand unfolded, during the week as the Trans Pacific Partnership… Read more Audio

6:27 PM.A Dunedin nurse is vying to become the gumboot-throwing World Champion. Audio

6:24 PM.The much-criticised last, last chance the Government's given to a failed Whangaruru charter school has delighted its nextdoor neighbour. Audio

6:20 PM.Papua New Guinea is banning all foreign advisors who work for the Government, accusing them of spying and saying they make local staff lazy. Audio

6:15 PM.The Black Caps will take the field as Aotearoa, not New Zealand, in their one-day international against Zimbabwe in Harare this weekend. Audio