Checkpoint Podcast Options

5:56 PM.The flu vaccine for this year has been upgraded to include two new strains of the virus which could hit New Zealand in the coming months. Audio

5:53 PM.Dunedin's leaders are buzzing about a group of Chinese and other foreign investors who want to build a 60 million dollar international school in the city. Audio

5:50 PM.The people of the north are urging those at Waitangi to pay attention to their concerns with mining and the treaty negotiations process; as Leigh mentioned....some hapu - who say they've been cut out… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A coroner has found a dunken Wellington man fell head first into a two thirds full stormwater drain trying to get back the car keys he dropped, after a night on the town. Audio

5:38 PM.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in four-and-a-half years, but wage growth remains subdued. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.A man emptied a bucket of dead fish near the Prime Minister as he left the Waitangi marae on what's been an otherwise largely peaceful day ahead of tomorrow's commemoration of the Treaty. Audio

5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:23 PM.New guidelines for schools have sailed close to the margins of the law in order to give principals the powers they say they need to keep their schools free of drugs and weapons. Audio

5:18 PM.The Crown has dropped its million dollar civil lawsuit against three men who vandalised the Waihopai spy base, after years of pursuing them through the courts. Audio

5:14 PM.Rae Portman's mother is having to come to grips with losing her daughter and her unborn grandchild in a drug deal that went terribly wrong. Audio

5:10 PM.Linda Barlow says the worst mistakes were made before she got to hospital but the Health and Disability Commissioner says she got poor care from the staff there as well. Audio

5:07 PM.A self-employed midwife now faces possible legal action for the multiple failures that lead to a baby's death in 2009. Audio

5:00 PM.The failings of midwife and Waikato Hospital which led to the death of a baby. Rae Portman's killer is jailed for at least 21 years and school students can be breathalysed and tested for drugs. Audio

6:49 PM.A family is challenging the Crown over the return of land to three iwi at the top of the South Island; The Nelson-Marlborough District Health Board accepts changes to Maori health provision has left… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.The Napier City Council is looking for somewhere to house a large part of its museum collection following revelations a new purpose built multi-million dollar complex cannot house all its collection… Read more Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:28 PM.An aged care worker's lawyer has told the Court of Appeal her case isn't just about money, but about the historic, gender-based under-valuation of women's work. Audio

6:25 PM.Westpac Bank will begin trialling one of its banking apps on Google Glass this month, making it the first bank in New Zealand to use the technology. Audio

6:20 PM.The Government says it has no choice but to bend to United States' demands to supply its tax authorities with private information on Americans living here. Audio

6:16 PM.The Texan Oil giant Anadarko is on its way to Otago to drill for oil and gas, after having no luck in Taranaki. Audio

6:13 PM.Our political editor Brent Edwards is at Waitangi. Audio

6:08 PM.The Governor-General says he wasn't jostled and he's 'heard worse' than the jeering that accompanied his welcome on to Te Tii Marae at Waitangi today. Audio

5:56 PM.A judge says a man jailed for defrauding his fellow church-goers out of more than eight hundred thousand dollars manipulated their Christian values. Audio

5:51 PM.Cases of cancer worldwide are predicted to rise by 70 percent, to 25 million diagnosed each year, and researchers are warning we can't treat our way out of the disease. Audio