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Dunedin gripped by housing crisis - Clare Curran
5:55 PM.The Dunedin Labour MP says her office is inundated with desperate calls for help for shelter, after house prices rose more than 12 per cent in the last year. Audio
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Controversial Maori TV CEO resigns as legacy questioned
5:45 PM.A former Maori Television staffer says she's disappointed it's taken so long for the station's Chief Executive Paora Maxwell to resign. Audio
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Pacific bracing for category 5 Cyclone Donna
5:42 PM.Cyclone Donna is the strongest May cyclone ever to hit the Southern Hemisphere, but aid agencies are yet to reach the areas hardest hit. Video, Audio
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Colin Craig likens alleged defamation to medieval punishment
5:39 PM.Colin Craig opened his defamation case at the High Court in Auckland against Cameron Slater and the company that owns Mr Slater's blog, saying his reputation was dragged through the mud. Audio
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Information sought over Pike River footage
5:37 PM.If you have information about who was responsible for withholding recently released footage of Pike River from the families of those who died, Checkpoint wants to hear from you. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Mon 8 May
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Outrage over Canadian 'Haka' energy drink
5:27 PM.A group of expat New Zealanders has tried repeatedly to talk to the company behind Haka about its commercial appropriation of Māori culture, but the company won't respond. Read more Video, Audio
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Armed robbers smash way into Auckland cafe as staff watch
5:16 PM.Around six men smashed their way into three shops with baseball bats just after 5am today, ignoring the terrified workers inside. Audio
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Ray Warren is the voice of the NRL
5:11 PM.Ray Warren is the voice of the NRL, a commentator who's called so many games, and is so central to rugby league's identity in Australia, his home town has erected a bronze statue of him. Video, Audio
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Cocaine Kiwis dumped from World Cup side
5:07 PM.Kiwis Coach David Kidwell says embattled Kiwis captain Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor will not be considered for the upcoming World Cup. Video, Audio
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Duck shooting season opens
6:29 PM.Forty thousand hunters are expected to head out to estuaries and lakes around New Zealand during duck season, which kicks off tomorrow. Audio
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Phosphate seizures could cripple farming industry
6:26 PM.New Zealand imports around 400,000 tonnes of phosphate every year for fertiliser, but that's under threat due to political problems in north-west Africa. Audio
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Tributes flow for Prince Philip after life of public service
6:20 PM.The Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from public service at 95-years-old. Audio
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Wellington bus drivers in the dark over future work
6:16 PM.Two companies that have won Wellington's bus contracts have been labelled 'anti-union' and accused of paying workers poorly. Audio
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Auckland businesses 'treating homeless like animals'
6:13 PM.Sprinkler systems used to deter homeless people from sleeping in doorways of businesses in Auckland's CBD have been described as "inhumane". Audio
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Dunedin parking wardens subject to near daily violence
5:57 PM.Body cameras have recorded 18 incidents of abuse or violence against parking wardens since they were introduced a month ago. Audio
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Flights suspended in Vanuatu ahead of Cyclone Donna
5:55 PM.People in the island's north are being told to stay inside ahead of the category three cyclone, which could bring with it winds over 200km/h. Audio
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Parker out to prove a point
5:51 PM.Boxer Joseph Parker says he's confident he'll beat Romanian Razvan Cojanu, who's 14th in the world according the WBO. Read more Video, Audio
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Southland down to just one neurosurgeon
5:47 PM.Three recent resignations mean there's only one neurosurgeon left at Dunedin Hospital, meaning others now have to travel in from Canterbury, Wellington and Hamilton. Audio
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Auckland hotels still fuming despite watered down bed tax
5:41 PM.Auckland's mayor Phil Goff today unveiled a fine-tuned version of his controversial tax, now proposing three rating zones radiating out from the city centre. Audio
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Daycare supervisor found guilty of assaulting children
5:38 PM.Day care manager Lynn Abraham has been found guilty of 10 of 11 charges of assaulting children in her care. Court reporter Edward Gay discusses the details with John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 5 May 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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'Gruff and abrupt' - prolific royal photogrpaher talks Prince Philip
5:27 PM.The Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from public service at 95-years-old. Sun photographer Arthur Edwards talks to John Campbell about the prince and the photos he's been taking of him for 40 years. Video, Audio
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Minister admits slim chance of eradicating myrtle rust fungus
5:23 PM.Myrtle rust fungus has the potential to wipe out or seriously damage native trees, including manuka, along with feijoas and guavas. Video, Audio
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Police respond to claims they withheld video from families
5:15 PM.Police deputy commissioner Mike Clement says police did not intentionally withold any video footage from Pike River families, despite families saying they weren't showed video of men inside the… Read more Video, Audio