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6:50 PM.Week begins with welcome for MPs from around the Pacific. House passes a motion from Labour's Phil Twyford mourning the death of British MP Jo Cox. Questions for the prime minister include the… Read more Audio

6:27 PM.Yvette Shapiro is Irish and a passionate supporter of the Irish team, whose own dreams of a European Cup fairy tale were ended by France. Audio

6:24 PM.British qualifier Marcus Willis - ranked 772 in the world - caused a huge upset with victory over world number 54 Ricardas Berankis at Wimbledon. Audio

6:16 PM.With less than four days until the Australian federal election, the fight for key marginal Western Sydney seats, such as Parramatta, is ramping up. Audio

6:13 PM.Local councils are increasing the pressure on central government over what they call the systemic underfunding of the police. Audio

6:08 PM.In its latest survey of household wealth, Statistics New Zealand found that the country's richest individuals - those in the top 10 percent - held 60 percent of all wealth by the end of July last… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Abortion rights activists are celebrating in the United States, after the country's Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that limited pregnancy terminations. Audio

5:48 PM.Latest sports news from the RNZ Sport team. Audio

5:44 PM.Residents of Governors Bay close to Christchurch say they feel like they're being held hostage in their own homes by boy racers. Audio

5:42 PM.The Foreign Minister says he understands a New Zealand staff member based at the Embassy in South Korea has now been interviewed by the police there.. Audio

5:38 PM.Child advocates say lives are being put at risk because people are too afraid to report suspected cases of child abuse. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:29 PM.Football fans in Iceland supping at the English Pub were gobsmacked after the tiny country beat England 2-1 in the Euro 2016, knocking them out of the tournament. Audio

5:17 PM.With uncertainty on the rise in Britain, racial abuse has spiked, and pundits and voters alike are wondering who the country's new PM will be. Catherine Drew joins Checkpoint. Audio

5:09 PM.The Prime Minister and the Labour leader have gone head to head in Parliament, with John Key facing accusations he misled New Zealanders over problems with the foreign trust regime. Audio

6:23 PM.In Taranaki, plans are evolving to turn the pa where the first shots were fired in the Taranaki Land Wars into a heritage park. Audio

6:16 PM.About 500 people protested outside the Rotorua District Court this morning demanding, in their words, 'Justice for Moko', while hundreds more gathered across the country. Audio

6:15 PM.Outside the Rotorua High Court court, Tania Shailer's lawyer, Ron Mansfield, spoke to our reporter Edward Gay. Audio

6:08 PM.Moko's killers have each been sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of nine years. Attorney General Chris Finlayson joins Checkpoint. Audio

5:55 PM.The Waikato police are looking at illegal street racing as part of their investigation into a horror smash on Friday night that killed four young people. Jo O'Brien reports. Audio

5:52 PM.The future way to link Auckland airport with the city is unlikely to be commuter rail, though trams are a likely possibility. Audio