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5:44 PM.A Paihia couple have won a three-year battle to get their real estate agent a share of the commission on their house sale, gaining nothing themselves except a feeling of justice being done. Audio

5:38 PM.More on the warnings the government got about its controversial Saudi sheep deal; this afternoon the Foreign Minister dumped hundreds of documents about how it spent $11 million building an agrihub to… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.MPs have said 'no' to the family of a Carterton balloon victim who wanted a law change. Audio

5:22 PM.A teenager says he made a stupid decision when he walked up to a group of Head Hunter associates and kicked one of them in the head, sparking a fatal street brawl. Audio

5:15 PM.The mother of a missing Auckland teenager has given more details about the girl's plea for help saying the 15 year old has complained of being physically abused by the man she's with. Audio

5:12 PM.Dam Buster Les Munro was a man who liked to fly close to the edge. Just a few months ago he was prepared to break to law for his mates suggesting he would sell his war medals to keep the London Bomber… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The Government was warned by the Auditor-General that its business case for an $11 million taxpayer-funded farm in the Saudi Arabian desert was weak. Audio

5:00 PM.Govenrment $11million Saudi sheep deal didn't add up, Final Dambuster pilot Les Munro dies, Mother of missing teen says daughter has been physically abused, Still family disappointed by MPs' decision… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.The Māori Language Commission is commending a secondary school student for raising the possibility of extending Maori language week with the Prime Minister; The acting chair of Tūhoronuku, Sam Napia… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A 96 year old man who died from the flu at a rest home wasn't given the medication he was prescribed and was put on palliative care without input from the family or doctor. Audio

6:38 PM.A Feilding rugby team is facing expulsion from all competitions as its players have continued to abuse referees and tried to blame another teammate for it. Audio

6:34 PM.A North Shore man who smuggled in a shipment of birds' nests has put the country's bird life at risk. Audio

6:25 PM.Three months after riots erupted over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, his hometown Baltimore is seeing a surge in homicides, 45 last month alone. Audio

6:21 PM.The Australian government is searching for a new Speaker of the House to replace the disgraced Liberal MP, Bronwyn Bishop, who resigned yesterday after weeks of pressure. Audio

6:12 PM.A forestry company has pleaded guilty over the death of a worker but not as a result of an official prosecution - but a private one. Audio

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

5:53 PM.Eltham locals fear they won't see a cent of the more than three hundred thousand dollars in fines slapped on Fonterra and a council over a buttermilk stink. Audio

5:50 PM.A Bay of Plenty runanga says it's disappointed the region's council never informed it that Fonterra had spilled 11-thousand litres of whey into the Rangitaiki River last year. The dairy giant has been… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The company that runs the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is pinning its hopes on paying lower prices for the transmission of electricity around the country. Audio

5:44 PM.The Prime Minister remains confident a favourable Trans Pacific Partnership can be reached, and expects fresh talks to resume in the next few weeks. Audio

5:40 PM.A Feilding rugby team notorious for referee abuse and deceit is facing expulsion from all competition after its captain swore and spat at a referee's face. Audio

5:36 PM.Legal action may follow over a disabled man who died in a fire after he was locked in a house unsupervised while his caregiver went to buy food. Audio

5:33 PM.Shares in electricity stocks have jumped after Meridian Energy struck a deal to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open for at least three more years. Audio

5:25 PM.It's taken a private prosecution to get a forestry company to plead guilty over the death of one its workers - a case Worksafe refused to take. Audio