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5:23 PM.Who is using synthetics, and why? John Campbell walks the streets of Auckland to find users, and it turns out they weren't hard to find at all. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The synthetic cannabis death toll is rising, but police say they're no closer to discovering the source of the killer drug. Anusha Bradley reports. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Thames engineering firm A & G Price has gone into liquidation this afternoon with the loss of around 100 jobs. Audio

5:16 PM.Two women were shot dead when they went to inspect a property in Whareora, near Whangarei this morning. A man is believe to be inside the house, which is on fire. RNZ reporter Lois Williams has the… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Southern DHB's Chief Medical Officer Nigel Millar talks to John Campbell about a shortage of ICU beds, which one family says contributed to their father's death. Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.A social kava-drinking club in Auckland has come under fire from some Pacific people. Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Southern DHB has postponed urgent surgeries for months, cancelled as patients have been wheeled into surgery, and in at least one case a patient died on the waiting list, familes say. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.SAFE is calling for a national ban on farrowing crates, used in 70 percent of pig farming in New Zealand. Checkpoint has exclusive footage secretly filmed inside the crates. Jessie Chiang reports. Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Nearly 60 flood-hit households in Christchurch are having to find somewhere else to live because their properties are potentially contaminated with raw sewerage. Conan Young visited some of those… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.Embattled Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay has made a low key return to Parliament following allegations he secretly recorded one of his electorate staffers, but he is still refusing to speak to… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.Boris Johnson says the UK wants to have control of its own borders, but loves Kiwis coming into the country. The British Foreign Secretary met with the Government today and toured Zealandia. Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Southern District Health Board's CEO Chris Fleming says the DHB does not have enough ICU beds and patient care is being delayed as a result. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Several Southern DHB patients have had surgeries delayed multiple times because of a bed shortage in the intensive care unit, with one man passing away while he waited. Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.National list MP Nuk Korako's team put a campaign poster over Labour MP Ruth Dyson's poster at the weekend, believing they were the only ones to have permission from the home owner. Video, Audio

6:18 PM.Kaikoura locals were delighted to see Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in their town today. Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Initial tests on an aquifer in Wellington's harbour are showing promising signs of it being able to supply water to parts of the capital that could be without water for prolonged periods after a major… Read more Video, Audio