Checkpoint for Wednesday 22 November 2017

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

5:08 PM.Trying serial rapist Malcolm Rewa a third time for the murder of Susan Burdett will require the High Court to lift a stay of proceedings - believed to be a legal first in New Zealand. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Acclaimed Foreign Correspondent, Peter Godwin, was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He told John Campbell he has low expections for Emmerson Mnangagwa. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.John Campbell looks into disgraced former Waikato DHB CEO Nigel Murray's background, including his time as the head of a Canadian health authority, and how much he spent on travel while there. Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The Government had said it wouldn't release costings for a few weeks, but it buckled to pressure from the opposition today. Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Hamilton journalist Angela Cuming says she was humiliated by a 'joke' she received from city councillor Mark Bunting which played on her last name. He now faces a disciplinary hearing. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The All Blacks say Ardie Savea is in isolation with a mild case and it's likely he caught the disease from fellow back Rieko Ioane who was diagnosed two weeks ago. More All Blacks are at risk. Video, Audio

5:47 PM.A row over business class travel at Auckland Council could be taken all the way to the country's top public watchdog after its CEO rejected two councillors' motion calling for a debate. Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Two of Destiny Church's charities will be deregistered next month for persistently failing to meet annual return obligations, the independent Charities Registration Board has confirmed. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Expat Zimbabweans living in New Zealand shed tears of joy as news broke that Robert Mugabe's 37-year dictatorship had finally come to an end. Nita Blake-Persen spoke to some of them. Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Hamilton City Councillor Mark Bunting says he is sorry for sending a joke to journalist Angela Cuming, which was a play on her last name, but thought at the time it would make her 'giggle'. Video, Audio

6:18 PM.New Zealand's Commonwealth Games team has nearly tripled in size with the addition of its first para-athletes but there's one glaring omission - Paralympic Liam Malone. Video, Audio

6:22 PM.The secret life of a New Plymouth councillor's cat has been exposed after a GPS device revealed Dingle bypassed a trip to the park next door in favour of a visit to the pub. Video, Audio