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5:26 PM.Croatian Kiwis celebrated today after their team romped into the World Cup final for the first time. Now they're hoping they'll make history again when the team plays against France in the final. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.The world has had its first look at the 12 Thai boys and their football coach since their dramatic rescue from the Tham Luang cave. And as Zac Fleming reports, they appear in good health and in good… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.While Hawke's Bay Hospital had to call on an emergency agreement to get four extra nurses on wards today, other DHBs said they were relatively quiet despite the strike. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Nurses went on strike today, despite their union recommending they accept the DHBs' latest offer. Why did they strike? What do they hope to achieve? John Campbell asked them when he joined them on… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.NZNO spokesperson Cee Payne joins Checkpoint live to discuss the nurses strike, which starts at 7am tomorrow. Audio

5:54 PM.Boxer Joseph Parker will fight Dillian Whyte in a fortnight in what will be his first fight since losing to Anthony Joshua. He spoke with John Campbell from Las Vegas, while back home his second… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.The Budget in May allocated $15 million for public media and today the Government announced it will be split between a new Innovation Fund, RNZ and NZ On Air. Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The Wild Boar football team and their coach have been rescued from Tham Luang cave in Thailand 17 days after they were trapped four kilometres underground. CNN correspondent Ivan Watson talks to John… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Department of Conservation is proposing 34 full or partial track closures across Northland, Coromandel, Great Barrier Island and Tauranga, but that's being criticised for not going far enough. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Auckland woman Louise Richardson Says she complained to Auckland Council about Ee Kuoh Lau, who was yesterday jailed for two years for repeatedly breaching the Resource Management Act, years before it… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.Tauranga iwi Ngai Te Rangi says it will pay an $11,000 cash reward for anyone with information about Anihera Black's claims that her late ex-husband Te Awanuiārangi Black was a paedophile. Video, Audio

5:15 PM.The perilous mission to rescue 12 boys and their coach from deep within a Thailand cave has ended more than two weeks after they were trapped by rising floodwaters. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.GPs and doctors clinics are gearing up for thousands of nurses to walk off the wards tomorrow, with elective surgeries postponed and hospitals winding down. Audio

5:09 PM.Thousands of nurses are scheduled to walk off the job at 7am tomorrow for a 24-hour strike. Last-ditch talks with District Health Board negotiators ended mid morning. Video, Audio

6:20 PM.Free Speech Coalition has raised $50,000 in 24 hours to bring judicial proceedings against Auckland Council over its decision to ban two right-wing speakers from using a council venue for a seminar… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford has unveiled details of plans to replace a HNZ high-rise in Auckland's central city with a new 'state of the art' housing unit for the homeless, state housing tenants and… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Ray Smith has contradicted statements made by senior government ministers in Parliament, that a contract for the public private partnership to build the new Waikeria prison was already in place when… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Auckland property developer Ee Ku-oh Lau, also known as Augustine Lau, has been sent to jail for repeatedly and brazenly ignoring the Resource Management act. Video, Audio