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6:09 PM.Teina Pora's legal team is disappointed the Government has awarded him just over two-and-a-half million dollars in compensation for being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Audio

5:56 PM.As avocados reach as much as $6 in some supermarkets, some people have been turning to crime to get their hands on the egg-shaped fruit. Audio

5:52 PM.Authorities are piling the pressure on Uber drivers for failing to comply with the law and hiring drivers in New Zealand without passenger licences. Audio

5:45 PM.A former school principal can now be named as the man facing 15 sex abuse charges in the Christchurch District Court. Audio

5:36 PM.The national median house price has topped $500,000 for the first time, as prices continue to set new records across the country. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.Former Mormon church elder James Brian Sanders has been sent to prison for 20 years for sexually abusing Northland girls as young as six. Audio

5:23 PM.Stephen Dudley's father has unleashed a scathing criticism of his son's school, saying it could have done much more to communicate with the family after the teenager died. Audio

5:20 PM.Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett is rejecting opposition calls for her to resign over a leak from her office about the chairman of Te Puea Marae, insisting she had no knowledge it had happened. Audio

5:14 PM.Teina Pora is aware of and will be considering the offer of $2.5m compensation, lawyer Ingrid Squire told media today. Audio

6:55 PM.Prime Minister leads MPs in expressing sympathy for the victims of Sunday’s massacre in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. The debate raises issue of homophobia. gun control and immigration… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.Three people stranded on a yacht in the middle of the Pacific have now been rescued, but the search for one man who fell overboard is continuing Audio

6:23 PM.The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board is warning that some pharmacies in the region are charging people more for prescriptions than is allowed under their contract. Audio

6:09 PM.Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett has been forced to apologise to the chair of an Auckland marae that's sheltering the homeless. Audio

5:56 PM.The Super Rugby side the Chiefs take on Wales in Hamilton tonight, in a one-off match against the visiting internationals. Audio

5:53 PM.Meanwhile the ACT Party leader is demanding refugees sign up to Kiwi values before being allowed into the country but what exactly are they? Audio

5:50 PM.Advocates say there's plenty of scope to further increase the number of refugees accepted by New Zealand, but the Government has to step up and support them. Audio

5:47 PM.One of Stephen Dudley's attackers has told an inquest into the Auckland teenager's death that they both felt pressured to fight each other, even through neither wanted to. Audio

5:44 PM.Te Oneroa a Tōhe board chair Haami Piripi joins Checkpoint to discuss the enormous meth bust around Ninety Mile Beach. Audio

5:36 PM.Three people have been rescued from their stricken yacht in the Pacific Ocean but the body of one of their crewmates has been left on the vessel. Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio