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5:08 PM.Five children aged under 14 are believed to have trashed three classrooms at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe, a Maori immersion school in Northland. John Campbell reports. Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Dubbed the country's premier rural contest, the New Zealand Young Farmers Competition brings together seven winners from regional competitions to compete in a gruelling three day event in Palmerston… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.A letter published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today shows one in five children are exposed to second hand smoke each week. Video, Audio

6:14 PM.A Christchurch family have found themselves stuck with a house that is too unsafe to live in after a fire revealed earthquake damage, which EQC admits it failed to identify. Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Former All Black Ian Jones, BBC's rugby reporter Chris Jones, and Rugby World magazine editor Owain Jones join John Campbell ahead of tomorrow night's British and Lions test. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Keiran Reid will celebrate his 100th test match tomorrow when the All Blacks play the British and Irish Lions. RNZ rugby reporter Joe Porter was at this afternoon's Captain's run. Video, Audio

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

5:28 PM.The world's largest airborne observatory has returned to New Zealand to gather data from stars, planets and galaxies that can only be observed in the Southern Hemisphere. Maja Burry took flight on the… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.School principal Gordon Pepere is on the verge of tears while describing children arriving at school barefoot and with little food in their bags, which they use as raincoats to shelter from the rain.

5:08 PM.Every time Manawatu Gorge is about to reopen, something else happens that means it has to stay closed. Now it's becoming a real possibility it may never open again. John Campbell reports. Audio

6:25 PM.More than 300 new social housing units will be built in Lower Hutt, but critics say it's too little, too late and the city is still nearly 4000 homes short. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Anna Youngman has pleaded with Christchurch City Council to stop the Winstones Quarry which she says is coating locals in harmful dust. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A Supreme Court ruling that protected conservation land cannot be destroyed for the Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay probably spells the end of the controversial project, Maggie Barry says. Video, Audio

5:47 PM.More than 100 former wards of the state gathered at Parliament today calling for a full Government inquiry into the abuse they suffered whilst in state care. Mihingarangi Forbes was there. Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Rookie backs Nganu Laumape and Jordie Barrett will make their first test starts in just their second ever test when the All Blacks take on the British and Irish Lions in Auckland this weekend. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Elderly patients waiting for eye appointments at Dunedin Hospital were forced to sit on the floor, whilst one waited seven hours without being seen at all. Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Men convicted for consensual homosexual activity under old laws have finally received a formal apology from Parliament. Political reporter Chris Bramwell was there when the historic apology was… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.There are fears the Government may try to change the law to get around a Supreme Court ruling against turning protected land in Ruahine Forest Park into a dam. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the Government is not doing enough to fight the issues arising from coastal erosion. Jan Wright says it's time for action, not talk, and now. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Thousands gathered in central Auckland to welcome Team New Zealand home after their triumph at the America's Cup in Bermuda. Checkpoint reporter Zac Fleming joined the crowd. Video, Audio

6:21 PM.The standoff between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, backed by allies including Egypt, is become more tense and more intractable. Reuters Middle East Editor Andy Critchlow tells John Campbell the situation is… Read more Video, Audio