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6:18 PM.A South Auckland liquor store is so fed up with being robbed and police doing nothing, it's hired two teenagers to call on for back-up. Audio

6:14 PM.Hawkes' Bay residents hoping to finally have a boil-water notice lifted, will have to wait even longer. Alex Ashton visited Havelock North locals who are increasingly frustrated. Audio

6:13 PM.Tech giant Apple has vowed to fight a European Commission order for it to pay Ireland up to 13 billion euros in unpaid taxes. Audio

6:12 PM.Despite numerous concerns about overcrowding, the Ministry of Education failed to spend all the money put aside to build new schools and classrooms in the last financial year. Audio

5:57 PM.Some apartment owners are complaining about their neighbours renting their properties through accommodation sharing website Airbnb. Audio

5:53 PM.Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer is calling for Family Court judges to have the final say on a person's right to choose how and when they might die. Audio

5:49 PM.An Auckland lawyer has launched a class action targeting the makers of steel mesh in the floors of tens of thousands of New Zealand homes. Audio

5:42 PM.Hawke's Bay Regional Council's process to acquire conservation land to build the $900 million Ruataniwha Dam was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Audio

5:40 PM.Three more default KiwiSaver providers are moving to dump their investments in companies that make cluster bombs, landmines or nuclear weapons. Audio

5:25 PM.John Campbell has been trying to get Apple to answer a number of questions on its costs and tax for almost a year. Today he revisited his past attempts and continued on his hunt for answers. Audio

5:23 PM.An investigation in Europe has concluded Apple's Irish tax benefits are illegal, prompting New Zealand's Prime Minister to respond to questions of whether multinationals here are paying enough tax. Audio

5:18 PM.Ministry of Social Development's spokesperson for social housing Kay Read responds to claims of increasing homelessness in Tauranga. Audio

6:22 PM.Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney arrived home this morning and headed straight to her old school on Auckland's North Shore. Reporter Sarah Robson reports. Audio

6:16 PM.Police deny a large brawl between school students outside a KFC in Mangere, Auckland, yesterday could have been prevented. Audio

6:13 PM.Christchurch City Council is considering fast-tracking work to better protect the city's drinking water, which it has been told is a "time bomb". Audio

6:11 PM.It's just a month to go until the local body elections. Checkpoint asked Havelock North locals if the water contamination crisis will impact on how they vote. Audio

6:08 PM.Hundreds of people have turned up for a public meeting in Havelock North to discuss the water contamination crisis. Checkpoint reporter Alex Ashton joined us from the meeting. Audio

5:57 PM.September is tipped to feel more like summer than spring, with some areas expected to be five to 10 degrees warmer than average. Audio

5:51 PM.Questions remain over how it was possible for 500 cows to be stolen, without anyone seeing.  Audio