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5:27 PM.The private prison operator Serco has been under fire for prisoner safety and fight clubs. Audio

5:23 PM.New Zealand's leading runner Nick Willis supports Australia's call for Russian athletes to be banned from the 2016 Olympics after an investigation uncovered widespread doping. Audio

5:20 PM.Students at Otago University have had to retake their exams after nearly one hundred completed exam papers were stolen. Audio

5:16 PM.The Mongrel Mob is calling for calm, saying gang clashes have broken out amid tensions over the Mohaka River car plunge that killed three mob members. Audio

5:13 PM.Anna Henderson of the ABC is at the federal parliament in Canberra. Audio

5:10 PM.Our political editor, Jane Patterson is in Wellington, where Labour MPs walked out after the Speaker of the House refused to censure John Key. Audio

5:07 PM.Labour MPs have stormed out of Parliament after John Key said they were 'backing rapists' over the Christmas Island riots among detained New Zealanders. Audio

5:00 PM.PM's 'backing rapists' taunt triggers walkout. Accusations Labour backing rapists prompts mass walk out. More from Australian political journalist. Gang clashes follow crash: Mongrel Mob. Police seek… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.What's claimed as the country's first cat cafe, has been run off its paws since opening in Auckland. Audio

6:42 PM.One of Australia's most wanted fugitives has been found in the US by a writer who says it took him only a few hours. Audio

6:33 PM.The cost of P contamination in state houses is spiralling, with Housing New Zealand expecting it to increase sixfold this financial year. Audio

6:28 PM.Updating now our story about two receptionists being sacked at Maori Television because they don't speak Maori. Audio

6:21 PM.A researcher who found 54 countries took part in the CIA's notorious rendition programme suggests there are strong signs New Zealand was involved. Audio

6:17 PM.The South Otago police have had a confusing night trying to work out who they were dealing with in an armed stand-off at a forest lodge in the Catlins. Audio

6:12 PM.The ABC's political reporter Anna Henderson is with us. Audio

6:10 PM.The unrest on Christmas Island is dominating debate in Australia's Federal Parliament, with the Government under pressure to say what is going on. Audio

6:06 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:54 PM.Rain was perhaps the Black Caps only hope at the Gabba, but it has failed to arrive and save them from a dousing at the hands of the big-scoring Australians. Audio

5:51 PM.An advocacy group says the Corrections Department has stopped reporting offenders who fail to turn up for community work and this could be the reason so few of them complete their sentence. Audio

5:48 PM.Prince Charles has broken with protocol to talk withhorse riders who'd hoped to catch his visit to a dairy farm in Tikorangi, north of New Plymouth, today. Audio

5:41 PM.Two Maori receptionists are losing their jobs at Maori Television because they can't speak Te Reo Maori. Audio

5:38 PM.A detainee at the Christmas Island detention centre says it's a scary place and he fears for his life amid the violence. Audio

5:35 PM.The Prime Minister says if the United States accepts an invitation to send a naval ship here, he would not necessarily have to demand a direct assurance it's not nuclear powered Audio

5:33 PM.Silver Fern Farms has made a full year net profit of 25 million dollars and has also reduced its debt by more than half. Audio

5:26 PM.An Air Force helicopter has finally lifted a car from the Mohaka River, from where it plunged down a bank at the weekend killing three of the men inside. Audio