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5:41 PM.Scaremongering by anti-immunisation groups is being blamed for a drop in the rate of Pakeha girls receiving the HPV vaccine, from 68 to 58 percent in the past year. Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.An American online store selling products depicting historic Maori is under fire again, this time from the family of an 11-year-old Maori girl who say no permission was granted for her photo to be… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.In a rare address in front of his Downing Street office, British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a personal appeal to Britons his age and older to vote to stay in the EU. Audio

5:12 PM.Have Compass's contracts across the country saved as much as originally forecast? John Campbell investigates. Audio

5:10 PM.The mother of Pakeeza Yusuf has described how her murdered daughter came to her in dreams to ask for justice, on the day her killer was jailed for at least 21 years. Audio

6:26 PM.An AgResearch food scientist has come up with a new product: Waikato-farmed beef coated in chocolate produced by Auckland boutique chocolate maker Devonport Chocolates, with the consistency of Turkish… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Wellington Council has commissioned new recordings for its train announcements, with more accurate pronunciation of Māori place names. Audio

6:19 PM.A Samoan newspaper, at the centre of a storm over its publication of an explicit photograph of an apparent suicide, has now printed a front page apology. Audio

6:12 PM.Non-Communicable Diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, "account for more than 80 percent of all deaths and 50% of premature deaths" in the Western part of the South Pacific region. Audio

6:09 PM.Road tolls look more likely to become a reality in Auckland, following a report released by the Government and the Auckland Council. Audio

5:52 PM.Team New Zealand has launched the boat which carries many of the secrets it hopes will win it the America's Cup next year - a 45 feet catamaran. Audio

5:49 PM.Christchurch council has asked its residents to tell it if earthquake repairs haven't been done so it can accurately assess their property's value. Audio

5:45 PM.Tax evasion costs the New Zealand economy thirty times more than benefit fraud. Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.Hearing of the news that his singlet had sold for $122,000, runner Peter Snell says he cannot remember when or under what circumstances he gave it away. Audio

5:18 PM.A government proposal is threatening to revive one of the most bitter disputes the education sector has seen in the past quarter of a century. Audio

6:27 PM.A public emergency of sorts has emerged in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila where its famous kava bars are running on empty, due to a critical shortage. Audio

6:23 PM.A meeting is underway in Dunedin tonight to discuss the impact of last year's June floods and the work being undertaken by the Council to ensure South Dunedin doesn't flood again. Audio

6:20 PM.There are many sites throughout the country where toxins and pollutants have simply been left, buried and forgotten, with some now leeching into the environment. Audio

6:16 PM.The New Plymouth district council has voted unanimously in favour of a local bill giving Waitara leaseholders the right to buy their properties, and allowing the return of some land to Te Atiawa. Audio