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5:08 PM.Guardian Political Editor Anushka Asthana joined Checkpoint to discuss why the outcome had happened. Audio

6:26 PM.The owner of a dive school plans to take legal action against the school's former owners, after being asked to repay nearly one-and-a-half million dollars to the Tertiary Education Commission. Audio

6:20 PM.Will Britain leave the EU? The polls are open. Our correspondent Catherine Drew discusses the latest news on the referendum. Audio

5:57 PM.With Compass in the headlines, Checkpoint approached Health Minister Jonathan Coleman for interview but was told he was too busy to appear. Audio

5:54 PM.Two New Zealand cyclists - George Bennett and Shane Archbold - have now been confirmed to ride in next month's Tour de France. Audio

5:51 PM.Hunger and homelessness are being called "the new normal" for increasing numbers of New Zealanders by the Council of Christian Social Services. Audio

5:47 PM.More than 90 blackspots on roads deemed to be high risk around the country will get safety improvements over the next six years. Audio

5:43 PM.A Te Puke man living in a $200 a week cabin with his sick four-year-old son says he's desperate to find them a home. Audio

5:39 PM.A memo from Housing New Zealand details an exit strategy for its presence in Queenstown, relating to the sale last month of a former state house. Audio

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

5:27 PM.An inquiry by the Ombudsman into an alleged leak at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised the State Services Commission and Dame Paula Rebstock. Audio

5:23 PM.A man who distributed Islamic State material that included videos of a beheading lashed out and yelled as he was sent to jail today, in the first case of its kind in New Zealand. Audio

5:17 PM.Political commentator and journalist Susie Boniface, who writes as Fleet Street Fox, says British votes for and against Brexit are informed by emotional factors rather than reasoned consideration. Audio

5:09 PM.Prime Minister John Key says the government will not pay a ransom for a New Zealander kidnapped in Nigeria if it's asked for, due to standard policy. Audio

6:27 PM.South Island ski fields are praying to the weather gods for snow due to unseasonably mild conditions, Conan Young reports. Audio

6:23 PM.The Tainui dialect is being taught at tertiary level for the first time as a language course at the Waikato Institute of Technology to increase fluency. Audio

6:20 PM.The Government could soon be paying private schools per student rather than from a capped pool of money - though state school teachers are calling for all Government funding to be ceased. Audio

6:10 PM.A New Zealand-registered company implicated in two international corruption scandals has caught out a well known campaigner for corporate transparency, Bruce Sheppard. Audio

5:56 PM.The Local Government Commission is talking with West Coast communities about potential new council models, which may involve joining the four councils in the region. Audio

5:52 PM.All vessels could have to prove their hulls are clean in order to enter Fiordland waters, under a first-of-a kind proposal aimed at stopping marine pests. Audio

5:49 PM.A major infrastructure group is calling for road charges in Auckland to be brought in urgently to tackle the city's chronic congestion. Audio