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

5:27 PM.A 74 year-old Vietnam veteran says the last year and a half has been insane as he battled to prove he was innocent of knowingly importing 6.2 kilograms of methampthetamine into the country. Audio

5:22 PM.The police in south Auckland say they don't know - and don't plan on finding out - how many times officers used a controversial policy which let unlicensed Maori drivers off paying a fine. Audio

5:20 PM.The Corrections Minister is coming under more pressure over just when he knew about allegations a prisoner at the privately run Mt Eden Prison had been dropped from a balcony. Audio

5:19 PM.New Zealand's scrabble champion, Nigel Richards, is now the French champion - and he's done this without speaking the language. Audio

5:15 PM.A fifteen year old boy has been referred to youth aid and the police are not ruling out charging others involved in a violent schoolboy rugby brawl. Audio

5:12 PM.An Auckland charter school has been accused of ensuring children's good behaviour with KFC and doing its students more harm than good. Audio

5:05 PM.An inquest's heard an Auckland security guard was bashed in the head but that forensics couldn't link any potential weapons found to a killer. Audio

5:00 PM.Evidence security guard died after being bashed in the head, Charter school accused of food bribery, Others may be charged for violent school rugby brawl, Corrections minister under pressure, Police… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.Government moves urgency to fix a glitch in the law related to speed limits; PM questioned on Housing, the flag referendum, and Mt Eden Prison fight-clubs - which is also the subject of a snap debate.

6:47 PM.A Ngati Hine leader in Northland said he's vehemently against kereru being served at events such as Iwi Leaders Forum; The Social Development Minister is backing an investigation into two Work and… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.After more than a year of abuse and threats a Tauranga woman has finally decided to re-name her business and drop the word Isis. Audio

6:38 PM.An Australian astrophysicist says he's 'blown away' at being given the job of leading a multi-million dollar search for alien life. Audio

6:35 PM.The surfer hailed a hero for paddling towards Mick Fanning as he was fighting off a great white shark says he was getting ready to use his board as a weapon. Audio

6:27 PM.In Australia two backpackers from the Netherlands have taken a former employer to court, claiming they were underpaid for a job most of us wouldn't think exists. Audio

6:23 PM.The Prime Minister's chief science advisor has launched what's believed to be a world-first programme to get young people doing science projects. Audio

6:22 PM.Children are confirmed to be on board a suspected asylum seeker boat off the coast of Western Australia. Audio

6:18 PM.The Labour leader, Andrew Little, has been forced to defend his party targeting Chinese buyers in the Auckland housing market at Parliament today. Audio

6:11 PM.Parliament is rushing through a fix to road speed limits to make sure the limits, and all the speeding tickets issued under them, are legal. Audio

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

5:56 PM.A soldier who died of heart failure after marching up a hill should have been taken to hospital straight away. Audio

5:50 PM.A Ngati Hine leader in Northland says he's vehemently against kereru being served at events such as Iwi Leaders Forum events. Audio

5:48 PM.A 74 year-old Vietnam veteran from the United States told customs he wasn't carrying luggage for anyone else, despite agreeing to deliver a suitcase to a woman he had never met. Audio

5:44 PM.Parliament has gone into urgency to fix a muck up that's meant some road speed limits haven't been legal. Audio

5:40 PM.The primary teachers' union is abandoning its fierce opposition to the government's flagship education scheme after negotiating what it says are significant changes to the plan. Audio