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  • NZ audiences still favour TV, radio

    6:22 PM.This year's NZ on Air survey has shown TV and radio are still the nation's favourite form of media, despite the rapid rise in popularity of online platforms. Audio

  • Will Rio be free of dopers?

    6:18 PM.The New Zealand men's rowing four will not compete at the Rio Olympics after Russia confirmed it would put together a crew for the event. Audio

  • Prisoner advocates unhappy with Parole Board slip-up

    6:15 PM.After the Parole Board sent a prisoner's private information to the wrong victim, prison reform proponents have spoken out in support of prisoners' rights. Audio

  • Smith shows off Auckland SHAs

    6:15 PM.Minister of Housing and Building Nick Smith took John Campbell on a tour around Grey Lynn, Three Kings' Quarry and Weymouth ahead of the Unitary Plan announcement. Video, Audio

  • Blackadder signs with English club Bath

    6:11 PM.Outgoing Crusaders rugby coach Todd Blackadder is heading to England having signed a three year deal with club side Bath. Audio

  • Crackdown on freedom camping in Christchurch

    6:09 PM.Christchurch councillors today voted to permanently ban freedom campers travelling without toilets on board. Video, Audio

  • David Jones opens in Wellington

    5:57 PM.Hoards of people queued for hours on Wellington's Lambton Quay this morning, desperate to get inside the new David Jones department store. Video, Audio

  • National kapa haka festival in 16th year

    5:54 PM.The national secondary schools' Kapa Haka festival is underway in Hawke's Bay this week, with hundreds of students taking part. Audio

  • Tongan PM promises action on passports

    5:51 PM.Controversy over the sale of thousands of Tongan passports has dominated the first day of Tongan PM 'Akilisi Pohiva's visit to New Zealand. Audio

  • Hollande attends mass for murdered priest

    5:49 PM.French President Francois Hollande joined hundreds at a mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral to honour the 85-year-old priest killed in a knife attack by terrorists earlier this week. Video, Audio

  • Charity under pressure to provide hygiene kits

    5:44 PM.Children's charity Kidscan says low-decile schools are increasingly asking them to provide hygiene packs for students whose parents are unable to afford deodorant, soap and toothbrushes. Video, Audio

  • Man sentenced for mistreating bobby calves

    5:39 PM.A Waikato man has been given ten months' home detention and 200 hours' community work for wilfully and recklessly mistreating bobby calves at a pet food plant in Te Kauwhata last August. Video, Audio

  • Evening business for 28 July 2016

    5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

  • Home ownership out of sight for working poor

    5:22 PM.The voices of young, poor people are often missing from debates on housing supply and demand, with no obvious lobby group to speak for them. John Campbell went to Manukau to investigate. Audio

  • Auckland councillors try to exclude Maori members

    5:19 PM.As Auckland's councillors assess their response to the Unitary Plan, a group has failed in its bid to exclude Maori representatives from the final debate. Audio

  • Pharmac announces funding for chickenpox, HPV vaccines

    5:15 PM.Chicken pox and HPV may become things of the past after New Zealand's drug buyer Pharmac announced further funding today for vaccines to prevent them. Audio

  • Tweets cause employment row

    5:12 PM.The Meatworkers' Union and Talley's-owned meat processing company AFFCO are caught up in a stoush over the Union's tweets, which AFFCO says are untruthful, derogatory and breach the duty of good… Read more Audio

  • Twelve sign up for govt relocation offer

    5:09 PM.A total of 12 people have been paid out a government grant to move from Auckland to regional towns including Tawa and Invercargill. Video, Audio

  • Unitary plan shows Akld going up and out

    6:09 PM.A revised version of the Unitary Plan has been unveiled by an independent hearings panel, and recomments nearly 60 percent of the city be zoned for higher density housing of two or three stoires. Video, Audio

  • Bacon and egg pie wins top pie award

    5:57 PM.A bacon and egg pie from Patrick Lam's Gold Star Bakery in Tauranga has beat out more than 500 competitors to be named New Zealand's best pie - its baker's fifth Supreme Pie Award. Audio

  • Council annouces water consent crackdown

    5:54 PM.The Canterbury Regional Council is getting tough with farmers who are breaching their water consents, saying people who continue to flout the rules will be prosecuted. Audio

  • Women speak out about high prices for sanitary goods

    5:50 PM.The Salvation Army has joined with a supermarket and a Labour MP to raise awareness and call for donations of sanitary products for vulnerable women unable to afford them. Video, Audio

  • How effective is the Mr Big scenario

    5:47 PM.Lawyers are divided on the police undercover technique known as the Mr Big scenario, with some citing its effectiveness in cold cases and others fearing false confessions. Eddie Gay reports. Audio

  • Access to Taranaki walkway at risk

    5:44 PM.A stoush between a Taranaki farmer and the Department of Conservation is threatening public access to one of the region's most famous walks, the White Cliffs Walkway. Video, Audio

  • IS terrorists kill priest in Rouen

    5:41 PM.One of two knife-wielding attackers who killed a 85-year-old priest and severely wounded a hostage in northern France has been revealed to be a well-known jihadist. Video, Audio

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