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5:38 PM.It's been six months since Marahau, in the Tasman region, was hit by Cyclone Gita, which brought down an avalanche of forestry debris. Tracy Neal went to the town to find out how the clean-up is… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.The government is proposing a range of changes aimed at making it easier for tenants to rent properties - and stay in them, but landlords are hoping they'll also be considered before any changes go… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Manawatu was meant to be the test case for how well officials handled the toxic firefighting foam contamination countrywide, but instead it's been like David in gumboots versus Goliath. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Churches in Auckland are begging their mayor and councillors to be their saviour or else they say their recent biblical rates rises could force them to close. Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flatly rejected accusations from National that she had any influence over the Speaker's decision to halt an inquiry into the leak of Simon Bridges' expenses. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.A man killed two people at a gaming competition in Florida, US, before taking his own life. Several other people were injured. Video, Audio

6:23 PM.Thousands of eyes will be on the slopes and the sky as the Winter Games, billed as one of the world's top five winter sports competitions, officially opens in Wanaka tonight. Video, Audio

5:53 PM.With 1 trans-Tasman rugby trophy already wrapped up by the Black Ferns, the All Blacks can claim another when both teams host their Australian counterparts at Eden Park in Auckland tomorrow night. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.After the stoush over demands for greater access over a farm owned by American TV personality, Matt Lauer, farmers say the surge in visitors wanting to roam across their land is making them feel like… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Aurora, the lines company owned by Dunedin City Council, says a power pole which is on a precarious lean on a main road and near a primary school, told Checkpoint it was red-tagged for replacement in… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:29 PM.The inquiry into who leaked National leader Simon Bridges' expenses has been canned after a person claiming to be a National MP confessed in an anonymous text and pleaded for the inquiry to end for… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Scott Morrison is the new leader of the Liberal Party and the 30th prime minister of Australia after winning a leadership spill. Audio

5:20 PM.Clare Curran said she's taken accountability for her error but says she can still be trusted and her demotion is "proportionate" to her mistake. She spoke with Checkpoint producer Bridget Burke. Audio

5:10 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to John Campbell shortly after she announced she had removed Clare Curran from Cabinet after she failed to record a meeting with Derek Handley about the Chief… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.Can people taste the difference between grass-fed and grain-fed beef? Simon Gault helped our reporter Zac Fleming conduct a blind taste test to find out. Read more Video, Audio