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6:50 PM.Budget Week begins with a Question Time dominated by the housing shortage as the Opposition tries unsuccessfully to get the prime minister to admit that it has reached crisis point. Building and… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker says it's disappointing his fight against Carlos Takem was livestreamed and viewed for free by thousands on Saturday night. Video, Audio

6:10 PM.Beneficiaries have borrowed more than $400 million from the Ministry of Social Development, a figure that continues to grow. Audio

5:50 PM.According to Department of Conservation figures obtained by the Green party, over a thousand Department of Conservation bridges, boardwalks, jetties and viewing platforms are not up to standard. Audio

5:40 PM.Blenheim - or Marlborough City? A group of businesspeople from the South Island region have suggested a name change, but are facing a backlash from locals. Audio

5:37 PM.The Government is defending its record on building houses in Auckland, as it prepares to announce more money for Crown land and social housing in Thursday's Budget. Audio

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

5:27 PM.Leonard Nattrass-Berquist and Beauen Wallace-Loretz were sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of over ten years, after bashing a man to death with a bat. Audio

5:08 PM.Beneficiaries are a total of $417 million in debt to WINZ, with some owing as much as $74,000 each. Video, Audio

6:22 PM.Wellington's Circa Theatre is celebrating 40 years of bringing great theatre to the capital - much of it showcasing homegrown New Zealand acting and playwriting talent. Audio

6:12 PM.A family that has required extensive emergency housing is over $50,000 in debt to WINZ after remaining in a motel unit for many months. Audio

6:10 PM.The relatives of the 38 people who were caught up in the snowstorm are eagerly waiting for their family members in Roxburgh, Central Otago. Audio

5:57 PM.The Union representing cleaners says hundreds of New Zealanders working for the company Spotless are not being paid for all the hours they work. Audio

5:50 PM.Latest sports news from the RNZ Sport team. Audio

5:45 PM.Secondary school principals say their ability to punish foreign students for bad behaviour outside of school time is being put to the test. Audio

5:37 PM.68-year-old Bruce Honore was killed yesterday while watching a motocross event at a Cambridge racecourse after a bike came off the track. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The relative of a man whose ashes have been moved twice by the country's biggest cemetery without her knowledge says she can't believe what's happened and wants his remains back. Audio

5:23 PM.Fight promoter Duco Events is vowing to go after people who watched the weekend's Parker-Takam boxing match for free on Facebook, though legal experts warn it's an untested area of the law. Audio

5:15 PM.Central Otago roading engineers say the four wheel drive group was taking a huge risk tackling a treacherous track so close to winter. Audio

5:10 PM.Relatives of the 38 people trapped overnight in a snowstorm are waiting for their family members to be rescued. Peter Newport reports. Audio