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6:13 PM.Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to disclose contacts he had with the Russian ambassador to the US during last year's election campaign, and is now in jeopardy of losing his job. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Kaikoura locals say it's taking too long to get SH1 re-opened after it was seriously damaged in the November earthquake. But NZTA says contractors are working six days a week and progress is fast. Video, Audio

5:53 PM.John Campbell revists a mother of five who after tirelessly saving, has been able to put a deposit on her first home in Dannevirke. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.A new Auckland University club says it wants to celebrate European culture, but critics fear it is being given a platform to promote white supremacist values. Audio

5:40 PM.The Overseas Investment Office has forced the station's new owner to allow walkers and cyclists access. Video, Audio

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

5:31 PM.Martin Guptill talks to John Campbell about his innings of 180 against South Africa, and what he think he needs to do to get a spot in the test team. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.A combination of record prices and fewer rentals available is forcing university students in Wellington to find alternative accommodation. Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Despite both parents having jobs, a couple and their three children have lived in a tent since Christmas because they cannot afford to rent a house. Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.NZTA's Earthquake Recovery Manager Steve Mutton says contractors are on site from 6:30am most days and are working hard to repair State Highway One. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.No one travels the alternative route along SH7 to or from Kaikoura as often as professional carriers. Marlborough Road Carriers Association chairman Peter Heagney joins Checkpoint. Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.The government isnt acting fast enought to repair State Highway One north of Kaikoura, frustrated locals tell Checkpoint. Video, Audio

6:26 PM.The Australian firefighter is here with around 80 others for a wedding and was about 20 minutes north of Culverdon when he was stopped at a cordon. Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The Warriors haven't won their first game of the season in eight years. They're hoping to fix that this weekend against the Newcastle Knights. Video, Audio

6:19 PM.RNZ's sports editor Stephen Hewson takes a look back on former Silver Fern Tania Dalton's career, and speaks to some of her former teammates. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Labour MPs will elect a new deputy next week after Annette King announced she would quit at the election, with Jacinda Ardern in pole position to replace her. Jane Patterson reports. Video, Audio

6:11 PM.Daryl Judge was on his way from Christchurch to Hanmer as the scrub fires broke out (road/fire footage: Jeremy Thomas). Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Cordons are still in place around Hanmer Springs due to a large scrub fire. Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Aktive, funded by Auckland Council and Sport New Zealand, has set up free water safety programmes for those of Indian ethnicity to address "low participation rates in sport and recreation". Video, Audio

5:46 PM.The Turner whānau from Ngaruawahia have banded together to buy a house that all 19 of them can live in. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The housing crisis has expanded to Central Otago with average house prices in Cromwell now at $500,000 and rising. Video, Audio