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6:35 PM.Dangerous excavations are on the rise at Auckland building sites and the blame is being put on geotechnical engineers and builders. Audio

6:22 PM.Three times as many mortgages are being approved for property investors as they are for first-home buyers. Audio

6:17 PM.The private prison operator, Serco, is under fire yet again, with three inmates at its Mt Eden prison arrested and a guard being questioned about a methamphetamine selling operation. Audio

6:10 PM.Blessie Gotingco's killer and rapist can at last be named after he lost his final appeal to keep name suppression just days out from his sentencing. Audio

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

5:52 PM.When kuia and kaumatua say Māori language vowels are 'not pronounced like they used to be', they'd be right - over the years their sound has changed dramatically. Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Basketball New Zealand says Steven Adams' American club did not interfere in the star's decision to pull out of next month's Olympic qualifiers against Australia. Audio

5:50 PM.More than 75-million-taxpayer-dollars have been spent on the Christchurch convention centre, even though there's is no date for construction to begin and the total cost is still unknown. Audio

5:47 PM.Some of those arrested in the Head Hunter raids have appeared in court. Audio

5:45 PM.The Corrections Minister is refusing to address claims of corruption at Mt Eden prison, following revelations this morning that some inmates had been arrested as part of a major police operation. Audio

5:43 PM.More now on the disturbing history revealed today about the man who abducted, raped and murdered North Shore mother of three, Blesse Gotingco. Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.A retired top rugby referee is crying foul over All Black captain Richie McCaw's match-winning try against the Springboks at the weekend. Audio

5:22 PM.The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, says he's open to reviewing the way DHBs are funded, but at the same time is reassuring voters there won't be any wholesale changes. Audio

5:20 PM.The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, says he's open to reviewing the way DHBs are funded, but at the same time is reassuring voters there won't be any wholesale changes. Audio

5:15 PM.Drug raids across the upper North Island this morning targetting the Headhunters gang have also snared three Mt Eden prisoners and a former guard. Audio

5:12 PM.Correction's northern regional commissioner Jeanette Burns is with us now. Audio

5:07 PM.The authorities knew exactly where Tony Douglas Robertson was every minute of every day but they couldn't stop him abducting, raping and murdering a North Shore mother of three. Audio

5:00 PM.GPS monitoring fails to stop Blessie Gotingco's killer;Corrections defends monitoring of Gotingco's killer;Fired guard suspected of helping smuggle phones into Mt Eden;PM promises to give Pharmac more… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.A 74-year-old man who died after having gallbladder surgery may not have needed the operation in the first place. Audio

6:47 PM.Some Te Reo experts are challenging the idea that Maori is a dying language; Tributes from the Maori broadcasting community continue to flow for Anzac Pikia, an experienced journalist who died… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.An American sex abuse watchdog is accusing New Zealand Catholics of being too lax and helping cover up crimes against children. Audio

6:35 PM.The Health Minster is insisting that its very unlikely there will be any changes to district health board goverance while he's in charge. Audio

6:26 PM.Prospects for refugees processed on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea look bleaker than ever. Audio

6:23 PM.Half a million dollars worth of methamphetamine has been seized after police found more than half a kilo of the drug in a car. Audio