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6:28 PM.If you live in Dunedin and you're wondering how a road cone found its way atop the highest turret on the Fortune Theatre, you're not alone. Fortune Theatre set designer Peter King says it appeared out… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Around 200 people stood outside Parliament in the pouring rain today to protest against the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Audio

6:09 PM.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is another of Trump's outsiders... although that depends on the question - outside of what? Not a career politician, he was a very particular kind of corporate… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Visitor numbers to the Catlins, which is nestled between Dunedin and Invercargill, have jumped 15% in the past year and by at least a third since 2008. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The Christchurch City Council is considering taking on fast food outlets by offering more healthy options such as tap water and fruit from edible gardens. Audio

5:47 PM.The Avonhead Rotary Club is understood to be the only club out of the 267 nation-wide organisation that excludes women. Audio

5:38 PM.Team New Zealand is two fifths of the way to the America's Cup challengers finals, after it's opponent BAR withdrew from the day with damage. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.New Zealand confectionery makers are among those to have expressed interest, and Mondelez has also received inquiries from companies with no previous confectionery history. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.A primary school sent a 10-year-old girl home when she began menstruating, because the school toilets had no suitable receptacle for used sanitary products. Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, was a British citizen born in Pakistan, who was already known to police and Britain's domestic spy agency MI5. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The Shirley Rugby Club in Christchurch is meeting under urgency to discuss allegations that one of the club's coaches racially abused the grandmother of a young player. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with the Prime Minister Bill English and the Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee in Wellington. Audio

5:00 PM.Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 6 June 2017. Video

6:25 PM.Preparing to hit the road this long weekend? The AA wants drivers to consider their etiquette to help curb road rage outbursts. Video, Audio

6:19 PM.RNZ's rugby reporter Joe Porter talks to former greats to find out exactly why the Lions of the past called themselves blood brothers. Audio

6:14 PM.Former NZ climate change ambassador Dr Adrian Macey believes the President's public rational for withdrawing from the agreement, simply doesn't stand. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Dozens of state and local government officials in the United States have condemned Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Video, Audio

5:56 PM.The National Cat Show is on in Christchurch on Sunday, the first time cat lovers from across the country have met in Christchurch since the earthquakes. Video, Audio

5:54 PM.David Lee, who owns a Night 'n Day store in Woolston, says the new $1.8 million fund won't cover what dairys need. Audio

5:50 PM.Forty people will voluntarily spend 40 hours in a tiny cage, with nothing to do, eating nothing but cereal, to bring attention to factory farming. Read more Video, Audio