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5:41 PM.Marlborough Girls' College and Marlborough Boys' College will upsticks and move closer together. Audio

5:35 PM.Fisher and Paykel Healthcare has delivered a record first half result after introducing new products and changing its sales method in the United States. Audio

5:26 PM.It's the test within a test - the first day-night test AND the first using a pink ball, and it's underway at the Adelaide Oval. Audio

5:24 PM.A Kerikeri man is challenging Customs to say if it knew imported lamp bases contained bags of foreign soil. Audio

5:20 PM.More now on the Marlborough fires. Audio

5:17 PM.The last time a litre of 91 cost you a dollar 55 at the pump was back in 2009. Audio

5:15 PM.An 86 year old woman who waited two days for a mercy mission has been winched aboard a chopper from a cruise ship. Audio

5:11 PM.Stretched firefighters are now facing blazes on two fronts after a second fire broke out in Marlborough. Audio

5:08 PM.A Porirua deputy principal who had sex with her 12 year old student is tonight beginning a prison term of more than ten years. Audio

5:00 PM.A Porirua deputy principal who had sex with her 12 year old student is tonight beginning a prison term of more than ten years. Stretched firefighters are now facing blazes on two fronts after a second… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.Plans for a freedom camping ground near Wellington's Owhiro Bay have been stymied by a group of Wellington city councillors - for now. Audio

6:50 PM.Principals could be allowed to run more than one school and schools will find it easier to adjust their opening hours, under a proposed law change tabled today. Audio

6:48 PM.Animal rights activists are vowing to step up protest action as a company takes its proposal to build one of the country's biggest caged chicken farms to the Environment Court. Audio

6:45 PM.The French president Francois Hollande has gathered Pacific leaders in Paris overnight for a summit, before crucial climate change talks which start on Monday. Audio

6:42 PM.The partner of a New Zealander detained under tough visa laws in Australia says she is very worried about her partner's mental state. Audio

6:40 PM.Weather scientists here are ruling out the warmest year on record for New Zealand Audio

6:28 PM.A power line company has installed insulation at some of its sites to stop falcons being electrocuted. Audio

6:22 PM.An Australian police whistleblower says he has seen killings and other crimes in PNG but the Australian Government is turning a blind eye. Audio

6:17 PM.To the US, where four ex-Air Force men with more than 20 years experience between them operating military drones, have written an open letter to Barack Obama calling for an end to targeted killings. Audio

6:11 PM.The Government has had to abandon its most controversial plans to change the Resource Management Act. The Environment Minister, Nick Smith talks to us. Audio

6:07 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:57 PM.All Black Sonny Bill Williams has to share the limelight with his sister Niall. Audio

5:54 PM.A detainee who met with the Andrew Little behind the wire in Sydney today holds out little hope the Labour leader can help him directly. Audio

5:47 PM.A friend of a Taranaki farmhand, who police say was killed by his father, choked up in court today when he talked about his mate's relationship with the mother of his two children. Audio

5:44 PM.The Government says there are just two illegal fishing boats left hunting toothfish in Antarctic waters thanks to international anti-poaching operations. Audio