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5:45 PM.The oil industry is facing off against the Customs Service over duties on petrol dating back to 1986. Audio

5:43 PM.An Auckland police custody officer has today been acquitted of raping a woman he met on the dating website Zoosk. Audio

5:39 PM.More on the parents of badly injured ten-week-old twins who were jailed today for neglect. Audio

5:36 PM.Canterbury has been marking five years since the September 2010 earthquake. Audio

5:35 PM.Z Energy has issued an earnings warning over an ongoing battle with Customs about excise duties. Audio

5:25 PM.Former frontman for Hello Sailor Graham Brazier has died at the age of 63. Audio

5:22 PM.Winston Peters is warning Chinese investors could swoop on the country's largest beef exporter as early as Monday, and investors in it are alarmed. Audio

5:16 PM.All Black great Terry Lineen, who's 79, is missing in London and his family and police are searching for him. Audio

5:13 PM.The parents of ten-week-old twins found with broken arms and legs have been imprisoned for neglect, but not for causing the injuries. Audio

5:08 PM.Four French tourists have walked away unscathed after plunging more than 8 metres into a river, after the suspension bridge they were on in Te Urewera suddenly gave way. Audio

5:00 PM.Parents of injured twins are jailed for neglect; All Black great Terry Lineen, 79, missing in London; Chinese move on big beef exporter appears imminent; Graham Brazier remembered; marking five years… Read more Audio

6:55 PM.An unmanned helicopter for spraying crops has won the first approval given out under new aviation rules around using drones. Audio

6:48 PM.Iwi in Auckland have ultimately secured the first right of refusal to develop housing on surplus crown land; The demand for repairs for marae around the country is growing as many reach 100 years old… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.China's President has announced he will cut 300,000 troops from the world's largest military machine; numbering 2.3 million. Audio

6:39 PM.Fresh supplies have been flown to a group of Russian climate scientists besieged by a pack hungry polar bears up on the Arctic Circle. Audio

6:27 PM.The United States is keeping a close eye on five Chinese navy ships operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. Audio

6:25 PM.The Labour Party says the Prime Minister John Key should publicly reprimand his Pakuranga MP Maurice Williamson for his highly offensive behaviour as MC at a conference awards dinner. Audio

6:18 PM.The New Zealand Government is cutting aid to Nauru's justice system because of draconian civil rights abuses and its former chief justice says Australia should follow suit. Audio

6:12 PM.A neighbour woken by children screaming at a Palmerston North house where a child and her grandmother died in a fire today says the whole street will be devastated. Audio

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

5:55 PM.The Crown has told a jury that a police custody officer accused of rape picked up a woman he met online with no money and no intention of taking her out for dinner. Audio

5:52 PM.The demand for repairs for marae around the country is growing as many reach 100 years old. Audio

5:48 PM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says a try should be worth seven points, not five. Audio

5:44 PM.The Sensible Sentencing Trust is taking legal action to try and stop the head of failed finance company Bridgecorp from being released on parole within days. Audio

5:36 PM.The Government and iwi in Auckland have resolved their stand-off over developing surplus Crown land for housing. Audio