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6:22 PM.The Queenstown Council is moving to tighten up on crowded rentals including trying to get hold of one landlord whose properties are packed with people. Audio

6:20 PM.A Northland famer says the Office of Treaty Settlements should back up on its decision to return surplus land at Kaitaia Airport to the Ngai Tatoko iwi instead of to hapu in Ngati Kahu. Audio

6:13 PM.The Kaitaia airport occupation's ended with five arrests but a vow from land protesters that they'll be back. Audio

6:08 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:53 PM.A restaurant owner who employs refugees warns they need more help to get jobs quickly or risk falling by the wayside. Audio

5:50 PM.More than 100 Christchurch homeowners have launched court action against the Earthquake Commission in a bid to make sure things are done better after the next big quake. Audio

5:46 PM.A geyser that's lain dormant for more than 35 years has burst into life in Rotorua, sending spumes of water four metres into the air. Audio

5:42 PM.Legislation giving Far North iwi a strong say over 90 Mile Beach and affecting the largest return of land to Maori has had its final reading in Parliament. The Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill includes… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The company that runs Kaitaia Airport says airline staff were too intimidated by protestors to fly in and out today. Audio

5:33 PM.Fonterra has opened its first manufacturing plant in Indonesia as part of efforts to meet growing demand for milk and dairy products in the country. Audio

5:25 PM.The eagerly anticipated tennis match today between tennis super stars Serena and Venus Williams did not disappoint. Audio

5:22 PM.A man who called himself Johnny Danger and was filmed climbing onto the roof of a taxi as it crossed Auckland's Harbour Bridge has been fined a thousand dollars and disqualified from driving. Audio

5:15 PM.Australia's announced it will take 12 thousand refugees from Syria but at the very same time's given its air force the go ahead for air strikes in their homeland. Audio

5:12 PM.A friend of the gunman shot and killed in Upper Hutt by police yesterday says what he did was totally out of character. Audio

5:10 PM.Protesters evicted by police from Kaitaia airport this afternoon are vowing to return even if the army's called out. Audio

5:00 PM.Kaitaia Aiport protesters evicted by police;Friend of Upper Hutt gunman speaks out;Australia to take 12,000 Syrian refugees;Car roof surfer sentenced;Serena versus Venus. Audio

6:52 PM.More surgery beckons for a chimpanzee at Wellington Zoo as staff seek to preserve hearing in the chimp's only functioning ear. Audio

6:50 PM.Questions about the economic health of the regions and refugees as Parliament resumes after a week's break. Finance Minister, Bill English, concedes some regions are struggling and confirms that an… Read more Audio

6:48 PM.The Ngati Kahu leader Margaret Mutu says the government will have to sit down and talk with the iwi if it wants Kaitaia airport to reopen; The Labour MP, Peeni Henare, says Te Puni Kokiri is burdened… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The Government says the telecommunications industry is changing fast and state regulation needs to catch up fast. Audio

6:40 PM.Aucklanders have responded to a controversial 1.5-million-dollar state house sculpture that has been granted resource consent. Audio

6:38 PM.The Wellington City Council is trying to create a strategy to cope with its biggest intake of Syrian refugees in a decade. Audio

6:35 PM.Immigration New Zealand says it's focusing on Wellington for the first influx of Syrian refugees because there are already some living there. Audio

6:25 PM.The police are warning about a new kind of internet scam, where men are being blackmailed after performing sexual acts over Skype. Audio

6:22 PM.A human rights lawyer says he plans to fight for the release of the country's longest serving prisoner - 77-year-old child sex offender, Alfred Vincent. Audio