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6:19 PM.The Crown's accused Kim Dotcom's Megaupload website of letting users upload pirated videos and paying them for their efforts, despite receiving thousands of complaints from copyright holders. Audio

6:15 PM.Opponents of the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact have argued the Government's refusal to release information about the talks broke the law. Audio

6:12 PM.The UN has pulled out of inspecting detention centres in Australia saying the country's whistleblower law is too big of an obstruction. Audio

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

5:54 PM.An eldery woman with dementia has died after being given four times the prescribed dose of an antipsychotic drug. Audio

5:50 PM.Peter Gibson Audio

5:46 PM.The Maori Women's Welfare League says it's well positioned to help improve the Child, Youth and Family system for the benefit of tamariki; The new chief executive of the Kohanga Reo National Trust… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Australia's season of sharks continues, with a seven year old girl in Queensland bitten off Russell Island on the eve of a major shark summit in Sydney. Audio

5:38 PM.Returning to the story of the prison psychologist who started having sex with a newly released inmate, then used Corrections computer system scores of times to make sure he wasn't getting her into… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.The country's workers have turned pessimistic with employee sentiment at its lowest level in three years. Audio

5:28 PM.It was a terrifying few moments for a Bay of Plenty couple, trapped and starting sinking into mud while walking their dog along the beach. Audio

5:24 PM.The number of workers who think they're going to get a pay rise is at its lowest level in 11 years. Audio

5:20 PM.A detaineee waiting to be deported from Australia says all New Zealanders at the centre he's at in Perth are being moved to Christmas Island as they are deemed to be high security risks. Audio

5:16 PM.An investigation's been launched into Filipinos working illegally on dairy farms. Audio

5:11 PM.A prison psychologist who started having sex with a newly released inmate wrongly used Corrections computer system over and over to make sure he wasn't getting her into trouble. Audio

5:08 PM.Child Youth and Family has confirmed there are no secure beds available for girls in the Waikato, Auckland or Northland and are transferring all girls to Palmerston North or Christchurch. Audio

5:00 PM.CYF is sending girls south because it hasn't got enough secure beds. A prison psychologist misuses computers to check on her lover and a walk on the beach ends in quicksand. Audio

6:50 PM.The people of Heretaunga-Tamatea in the Hawkes' Bay will have their long-awaited Deed of Settlement signed tomorrow; A Maori advisor to the Northland Regional Council is supporting calls by a hapu and… Read more Audio

6:34 PM.The father of a family who failed to claim refugee status based on climate change, was this week deported from New Zealand. But his case raised the broader question of, as the changing climate takes… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Aggressive black-tailed deer are terrorising people, their pets and even hospitalising inhabitants of the American city of Ashland, Oregon. Audio

6:21 PM.Checks are being made on dance studios across Australia after a leading teacher, Grant Davies, pleaded guilty to a string of sexual offences against his students at the popular RG Dance studio in… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.A new agency set-up to over-see the Christchurch rebuild is signaling a new era in co-operation between the Christchurch City Council and the government. Audio

6:11 PM.Detainee numbers on Australia's remote Christmas Island are ramping up, among them New Zealanders sent there as a punishment for misbehaving and to isolate them. Audio

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

5:53 PM.Pope Francis has become the first leader of the Catholic Church to address US Congress. Audio