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5:29 PM.Havelock North bores are still testing positive for E Coli with authorities having no idea where it is coming from. Checkpoint reporter Alex Ashton joins Checkpoint from the site of the bores. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Havelock North is starting to bounce back and any further asisstance is the responsibility of the Hastings District Council, Minister for Small Business Craig Foss says. Audio

5:26 PM.Havelock North businesswoman Liv Reynolds says businesses must try to force some kind of response from either the council or government. Audio

6:50 PM.Week in the House begins with a round of speeches praising the performance of New Zealand's athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio. Questions for the prime minister, John Key, begin with a series from… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Sir Ngatata Love, who is on trial in the High Court on alternative charges of fraud and corruption, had to take a break from giving evidence this afternoon due to ill health. Audio

6:20 PM.Disability and school groups fear disabled children will be short-changed by a huge shift of special needs funding from schools to early education providers. Audio

6:13 PM.The government has faced questions in Parliament about why money to help small councils deliver clean drinking water is no longer available. Audio

5:55 PM.Matamata residents Lynn and Jonathan Beesley are fed up with a "low hum" that's keeping them awake at night. Alex Ashton went to investigate the mysterious buzzing noise that only a few can hear. Audio

5:48 PM.Faroz Ali charged Fijian workers large sums of money, facilitated their unlawful entry here and then employed them in breach of their visa conditions, Immigration NZ said at his trial. Audio

5:39 PM.Controversial businessman William Yan and three others have been ordered to hand over nearly $43 million worth of property in a record settlement over alleged money laundering. Audio

5:31 PM.The owners of a rest home where a caregiver was filmed slapping an elderly man say they're shocked, while Waikato DHB says it's sorry his family isn't satisfied with its response. Audio

5:25 PM.The family of Piri Hemi, an elderly man mistreated in his rest home, is relieved the caregiver in question has been charged. Audio

5:20 PM.A Hawkes Bay school is deciding what to do next after it was forced to close this morning when E Coli was detected in its water. Audio

6:25 PM.Sir Ngatata Love has given evidence in his own defence at the High Court in Wellington, where he is accused of selling his influence on a $1.5 million property deal. Audio