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5:44 PM.A struggling but successful youth support programme in Kapiti says it could do more for disillusioned young people than a military style camp, if only it had more funding. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Morrinsville locals say the community remains resilient after a gunman open fired on police early yesterday morning leaving some residents on edge. Jessie Chiang reports from the Waikato town. Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.The owners of a Bay of Plenty hostel have introduced a $50 bond for all New Zealanders following 16 major incidents on the premises this year. Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Katy Gosset is in Leeston where torrential rain is turning streets into waterways. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.A Ministry of Health document, leaked exclusively to Checkpoint, warns district health boards against paying mental health workers more. Meanwhile, they're leaving for higher pay elsewhere. Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has just discovered he is a New Zealand citizen, which goes against the country's dual citizenship law for politicians. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Public health funding is grossly inadequate and the Health Minister needs to 'sweep out the senior rank' of his 'incompetent ministry', New Zealand Medical Association President Pippa MacKay says. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.An abandoned Wellington building that's been dubbed an eyesore by locals is going to cost up to $40 million to refurbish after the Environment Court ruled it can't be demolished. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.While Auckland's mayor Phil Goff is pondering how to help fund for a billion dollar blowout in the region's transport needs, a business group wants a radical speeding up of major projects. Video, Audio

5:36 PM.House sales may be down, but demand for affordable housing in Auckland is not cooling. John Campbell heads out to the new Three Kings quarry development to find out why. Video, Audio

5:36 PM.House sales may be down, but demand for affordable housing in Auckland is not cooling. John Campbell heads out to the new Three Kings quarry development to find out why. Video, Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Gareth Morgan's Opportunities party has officially launched its election campaign promising to change the political landscape by getting rid of the old guard. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren, who shot and wounded four police officers during a 24-hour siege in Kawerau, shouted down a judge and walked out as he was sentenced to preventative detention. Audio

5:15 PM.Cancer patient Paul Schofield has been waiting for prostate surgery since a positive biopsy in February. The Dunedin man finally has a date for his operation - six months after his diagnosis. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Sixteen of 20 district health boards forecast "unfavourable" financial results for the year ending in May. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said the deficit was increasing, but wasn't as bad as in… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.Documentary makers' film about water quality challenges the Government to take the issue more seriously. Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.An Auckland couple who relocated to Taranaki to be closer to family say they plan to turn the Stratford RSA into their dream home. Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Long serving Labour MP and former deputy Annette King is bidding farewell to Parliament after a political career spanning more than 30 years, 11 elections and nine leaders. Video, Audio