Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 July 2017

6:26 PM.Amnesty International is accusing the Government of abandoning its own principles by refusing to condemn Australia's policy around asylum seekers. Video, Audio

6:20 PM.A Treasury report says the CDHB would expect an almost $40 million deficit in the 2016-2017 financial year, but doctors say Treasury is focussing too much on the bottom line. Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Two men who used coded references to chainsaws, car parts and other items in a bid to outwit possible police surveillance of their drug operation have been jailed. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Team New Zealand should consider the best interests of New Zealanders and the economy when deciding on new protocols for the next America's Cup, Peter Busfield from the Marine Industry Association… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 PM.The bodies of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, parents of seven children, have been found 75 years after they went missing in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Robin Martin investigates whether it's been boom or bust for the regions under National, with the rise and fall of industries like dairy, oil and gas and mining. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The mayor of Horowhenua is calling for his council's chief executive to stand down and an investigation to be held into the way the organisation has been run. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Families are sleeping in their cars as the Auckland halo effect catches up in Dargaville. A serious shortage of houses is causing great concern, in a town that's never had a problem with homelessness… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:33 PM.RNZ reporter Jacob McSweeny is in Ashhurst, where a public meeting is being held for Ashhurst and Woodville residents frustrated about the extended closure of the Manawatu gorge. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The Earthquake Commission is being blamed for delays in settling insurance claims resulting from April's Edgecumbe flooding, with three staff assigned to deal with all 271 claims received. Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.A senior constable wept in court today as she described the bloody scene where Amokura Daniels-Sanft had been fatally shot in the head. The girl's father Gustav Otto Sanft is on trial for… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Labour has made its main economic pitch to voters with its alternative Budget, under which billions more would be spent on health, education and boosting family incomes. Audio

5:14 PM.Team New Zealand has released the first details of the next America's Cup, indicating it is likely to be held in Auckland in 2021 with strict conditions including a "constructed in country" rule for… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Hundreds of roles will change at IRD in order to better equip staff to handle technological changes, IRD commissioner Naomi Ferguson says. Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video