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5:35 PM.The Reserve Bank will delay tougher lending rules for property investors in Auckland by a month. Audio

5:27 PM.NASA is putting an end to internet rumours that the earth will shortly be struck by a devastating asteroid. Audio

5:17 PM.Northland principals dealing with violent children say it's time they were funded for permanent staff to help them. Audio

5:15 PM.The Deerstalkers Association says there's 'considerable confusion' over which hunter killed four endangered takahe on a pukeko cull on Motutapu Island. Audio

5:14 PM.An Auckland mother who's been living in a mouldy state home says grocery vouchers flung at her from Housing New Zealand won't buy her son a new set of lungs. Audio

5:10 PM.The Maori King has launched a new bid for Waikato-Tainui to gain a substantial part of the Auckland region. Audio

5:00 PM.Maori King signals start of treaty claim in Auckland;Family in mouldy home angered by treatment;Disbelief and anger at takahe shooting;Principals call for staff to deal with violence;NASA puts dampner… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse faces questions from Labour's Sue Moroney about the government's Health & Safety Reform Bill; Questions from Labour's Stuart Nash to the… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.A government report is pointing the blame at the Turakina Māori Girls' College Trust Board for the kura's financial problems; An organiser of an East Coast hapu initiative to map the land and… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.Treasure hunters have discovered 6-point-8-million dollars worth of Spanish gold coins, 300 years to the day after a fleet of galleons sank in a hurricane on their way from Cuba to Spain. Audio

6:43 PM.The police have been speaking out at a news conference about their chasing and shooting an armed man in Motueka this afternoon. Audio

6:40 PM.A Timaru man says he'll keep giving his mates a ride home from the pub despite warnings from the police to stop. Audio

6:36 PM.Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, might be thinking his government, if not his cabinet, is a leaky sieve delivering daily news headlines. Audio

6:32 PM.There's a big water main burst in Ngaio tonight. Water is off to most of suburb and may not be restored till midnight. And one-hundred year old water pipes, and schools so rundown they've taken the… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.More now from Motueka where there has been a police shooting. Audio

6:22 PM.In Australia, a global tobacco company has attempted to use freedom of information laws to mine school surveys about children's attitudes to smoking and alcohol. Audio

6:16 PM.The country's school buildings are in worse shape than the government thought and the cost of repairs will be massive. Audio

6:12 PM.The political debate over the government's health and safety reforms has taken a farcical turn, with the revelation high risk categories include mini-golf courses and worm farms, but not cattle or… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital after he pointed a gun at officers who then shot him. Audio

6:05 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:54 PM.A government report is pointing the blame at the Turakina Māori Girls' College Trust Board for the kura's financial problems; An organiser of an East Coast hapu initiative to map the land and… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Growing numbers of New Zealanders are being detained at a Darwin detention centre under toughened laws that allow them to be deported. Audio

5:43 PM.The FBI is now on the hunt for the Ashley Madison hackers who stole millions of files on people keen to cheat on their spouses and then published the details. Audio

5:40 PM.More now on the wanted man shot by police in Motueka this afternoon. Audio

5:38 PM.Disgraceful, racist and shocking are just some of the words people are using to describe a jibe at the Irish from the boss of Fletcher Construction. Audio