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6:44 PM.The Australian government is sticking with tough rules for foreign investors who want to buy houses. Audio

6:38 PM.To Australia, where its defense force is now 'actively considering' a review of scientific evidence to see if jet fuel exposure to its personnel is causing them to have children with birth defects. Audio

6:35 PM.Te Taitokerau MP, Kelvin Davis, is calling for absolute clarification from Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi as to whether it contributed to a recent trip to Southland where it's chairperson, Sonny Tau… Read more Audio

6:24 PM.The Obama administration is pushing for tougher rules in the secret Trans Pacific free trade deal that'll keep the cost of drugs high while at the same time opposing those rules at home. Audio

6:16 PM.A lawyer specialising in drunk driving says in-car breathalysers are too expensive and impractical to be used as a regular sentencing option. Audio

6:12 PM.Aucklanders are bracing for new rates rises, with the official figures for each household set to be released at midnight on the council's website. Audio

6:07 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:52 PM.The Bay of Plenty Regional Council says it's cleaned up its act after accepting it didn't communicate well with Māori about an oil spill in April. Audio

5:49 PM.The Crown says the investigative journalist, Nicky Hager was initially regarded as a potential suspect in the hacking of Cameron Slater's computer and the Police were wanting to find out if he was in… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The only road serving a community north-east of Nelson has been reopened, three and a half years after being wrecked in a storm. Audio

5:40 PM.Pressure's building on the Government to commit to reopening Dunedin's historic courthouse, whatever the price tag. Audio

5:38 PM.Marlborough District Council says it will come down like a ton of bricks, on whoever it was who strung a wire across a popular cycle track. Audio

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

5:27 PM.A company that supplies breathalyser locks on cars for people convicted of drink driving says it'll dump its government contract unless the law changes to ensure more people are sentenced to use them.

5:22 PM.Aucklanders are bracing for new rates rises, with the official figures for each household set to be released at midnight on the council's website. Audio

5:19 PM.New Zealand Football is launching a series of appeals against the expulsion of the Under-23 side from an Olympic qualifying tournament in Papua New Guinea. Audio

5:12 PM.A woman who was beaten by her husband with a cricket bat and throttled has told a judge that sending her husband to prison would punish her. Audio

5:08 PM.John Banks says he's not giving up his hunt to find out why Crown Law withheld key evidence during the Dotcom donations prosecution against him. Audio

5:00 PM.John Banks still trying to find out why Crown Law withheld evidence, Husband is jailed for cricket bat attack on wife, NZ Football appealing eligibility of Deklan Wynne, Thousands spent informeing… Read more Audio

6:50 PM.People are being warned that selling home-made hangi could attract a four hundred and fifty dollar fine when the new Food Act comes into effect in March next year; Campaigners that tried to keep the… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.Record numbers of humpback whales have been found in Cook Strait, suggesting their numbers are slowly recovering. Audio

6:36 PM.In Mexico, the President Enrique Pena Nieto and the country's prison system is being lampooned over the embarrassing second escape of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Audio

6:28 PM.There are fears more than 100 Muslims will be tortured after Thailand sent them back to China accusing of them going to the Middle East to join jihad Audio

6:25 PM.A woman who complained about a 'violent' massage that left her with a sore back, neck and shoulders has triggered a top-level health investigation Audio

6:19 PM.Freedom campers could have some of their freedoms removed as part of a by-law recommended by Christchurch City Council staff. Audio