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6:35 PM.Dairy prices plunged again this week piling more pressure on the country's dairy farmers and New Zealand's biggest industry. Audio

6:17 PM.One of the most accomplished All Blacks of all time, Dan Carter, will play his final test match in front of a hometown Christchurch crowd tonight, when the side takes on the Pumas. Audio

6:12 PM.Dairy farmers say bank credit is drying up faster than Fonterra's milk payout and accuse banks of tough tactics. Audio

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

5:50 PM.Two Nauru opposition MPs who've been in custody for the last month have been released on bail. Audio

5:47 PM.An iwi in Northland is warning that a council decision to dump its contract with a waste mangament company will have dire consquences for the rohe;A ceremony to show support for Hawaiians fighting to… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The All Blacks begin their Rugby Championship campaign against Argentina in Christchurch tonight - a game they're expected to win. Audio

5:45 PM.An English woman has been forced to raise her baby without it's father on the other side of the planet after a Kerikeri garden centre unjustifiably dismissed her. Audio

5:37 PM.A former senior Labour party official Shane Te Pou is demanding an apology from Andrew Little over the leaked list of Auckland house buyers with Chinese sounding surnames. Audio

5:35 PM.The jeweler, Michael Hill International, has lifted its full-year sales due to a strong performance in New Zealand. Audio

5:24 PM.Workers have walked off the job at a car dealership over claims of racial abuse and unsafe working conditions. Audio

5:20 PM.Dairy farmers say bank credit is drying up faster than Fonterra's milk payout and accuse banks of tough tactics. Audio

5:15 PM.A judge says a former financial advisor robbed his clients of their golden years after he stole 3 million dollars of investors' funds. Audio

5:12 PM.A prison officers' union says both Corrections and the company that runs Mt Eden Remand prison knew at least 18 months ago about gang organised fights between inmates. Audio

5:08 PM.The teacher cleared this afternoon of indecently touching nine girls in his classroom could still face professional disciplinary action. Audio

5:00 PM.A teacher accused of indecently touching girls is cleared;Prison officers union says Corrections known for 18 months about prison fight clubs;Finacial advisor who swindled investors gets six years… Read more Audio

6:54 PM.More and more young people seeking help by text. Youthline says six years ago most from people called in about their problems, but there's been a big shift and now a massive 91 percent of people… Read more Audio

6:49 PM.An environmental trust says iwi are leading the way in cutting the amount of nitrogen seeping into Lake Taupo - but there are fears their efforts to clean up the rohe are in vain; Some Maori military… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.The government being asked to fork out more money to fight kauri die-back, a fungal disease that kills both young and old trees alike, for which there's no known cure. Audio

6:38 PM.An Australian journalist and his Thai colleague are on trial in Phuket charged with defaming the navy after they quoted a paragraph from an award winning story by Reuters. Audio

6:28 PM.New research shows blue LED lights in refrigerators could help prevent people getting food poisoning. Audio

6:24 PM.The Nelson City Council has been told it will have to spend up to 13-million dollars to save its main civic building. Audio

6:21 PM.It may be the last hometown test match for Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, but neither are showing any signs of getting sentimental. Audio

6:11 PM.Fonterra is cutting 523 jobs and says more could go in the coming months as it pushes ahead with plans to cut costs and make the company more resiliant. Audio

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