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Labour's Jacinda Ardern is appalled by Judith Collins comments on child poverty. She joins Checkpoint in the studio. Video, Audio

Police Minister Judith Collins is under fire for comments implying that bad parenting is the cause of child poverty, and that there is money available to everyone who needs it. Audio

A petition with 17,000 signatures urging the Government to make medicinal cannabis more readily available was presented to Parliament today. Video, Audio

Tech giant Samsung has issued a global recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after failing to resolve safety concerns around some devices spontaneously exploding. Video, Audio

Emotionally graphic and disturbing stories were told today to a health select committee hearing submissions on voluntary euthanasia. Video, Audio

Heavy snow has fallen on central Otago, closing major state highways, bringing down trees and cutting power to 1800 homes. Video, Audio

Police Minister Judith Collins says money is available in New Zealand, it's bad parenting that's the problem. Finlayson Park School principal Shirley Maihi responds. Audio

Compass has increased its prices for the six DHBs which signed up to a nation-wide hospital food contract. The savings from the contract fall $110m short of what was expected. Read more Audio

David Connell was sentenced yesterday for causing the death of Ming-Cheh Hsieh. But Mr Hsieh wasn't the first cyclist he'd fatally hit. The sister of his first victim says Connell's never apologised.