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5:50 PM.A Ngāi Tahu academic has challenged Māoridom's educational and tribal leaders to make way for a new generation of rangatira. Audio

5:49 PM.The New Zealand men's basketball team need to create a major upset tonight against Australia to qualify for next year's Olympic games. Audio

5:43 PM.Four Northland rugby teams are refusing to play a team with Head Hunters gang members in it, claiming it's too intimidating. Audio

5:41 PM.A Waikato school bus driver has been stood down for driving a group of children to class while she was drunk. Audio

5:38 PM.A 37 year old man who stole keys to a pantry died after eating 24 muesli bars, three loaves of bread, and eight hamburger buns. Audio

5:36 PM.The Finance Minister has raised the prospect of the State-Owned Enterprise Landcorp having to sell off more land to reduce its debt, saying the Government won't be stepping into to help with a cash… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.An interpreter who worked for the New Zealand Defence Force in Afghanistan and who suffers from post traumatic stress because of what he witnessed, is pleading with the government to allow his parents… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau has pleaded guilty to trying to board a plane with five dead kereru but not to shooting them. Audio

5:20 PM.The Ministry of Maori Development has spent four million dollars on contractors since October last year. Audio

5:12 PM.Thailand's Defence Minister says it is becoming much clearer who the bombers are who killed 22 people including eight tourists in a blast in the heart of Bangkok. Audio

5:08 PM.The Government's controversial Saudi sheep deal is to come under the scrutiny of the Auditor-General. Audio

6:51 PM.The United States has overtaken Australia to become the country's largest wine export market, spending 372-million-dollars in the year to June. Audio

6:47 PM.A former social worker in south Auckland says people have become desensitised to the number of Maori and Pasifika families living in poor housing, garages and even cars; A bronze bust of the second… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Canada has beaten out China, Australia and the US as the biggest foreign direct investor in New Zealand in the last two years. Audio

6:35 PM.A young man was left with a paralysed right shoulder after his doctor cut a lump out of his neck. Audio

6:23 PM.If the All Blacks weren't strong favourites to win the Rugby World Cup, they are now after smashing the Wallabies 41- 13 to keep the Bledisloe Cup. Audio

6:21 PM.A Hutt Valley pastor has gone on trial accused of molesting two young girls. Audio

6:18 PM.Contact Energy is closing down its gas-fired Otahuhu power station at the cost of some jobs, though environmentalists are pleased. Audio

6:12 PM.A third of patients with bowel cancer in this country don't find out they have the disease until they reach a hospital emergency department. Audio

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

5:55 PM.A bronze sculpture of the second Maori King has been unveiled at a ceremony in Hamilton. Audio

5:52 PM.A man's been banned from a Canterbury zoo after agitating the new gorillas to the point the 190 kilo silverback charged the glass, smacking into it. Audio

5:47 PM.One of New Zealand's oldest daily newspapers, the Oamaru Mail, is expected to be cut to a weekly paper. Audio

5:44 PM.Car maker Ford says the fuel use figures it advertises for its cars shouldn't be taken as real world examples. Audio