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4:10 PM.US based mega store Costco is branching out with a second store in the Auckland region. A 6.5-hectare site in Drury south of Auckland city has been ear marked for the big box store that sells… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.It was a sunny Canterbury Spring day for this year's New Zealand Trotting Cup, as thousands streamed through the gates at Addington Raceway. It's one of the biggest days on the country's racing… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about Australians observing the 50th anniversary of the country's most serious political crisis when an elected Prime Minister was sacked by the… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:35 PM.New Zealand's most successful female doubles tennis player's winning combination has come to an end. Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski are breaking up after two and half years… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.A scathing report by the police watchdog has found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police including former Commissioner Andrew Coster over how police responded to accusations of sexual… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Coalition differences were aired at volume today - with Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters at loggerheads over the prospect of asset sales. The Prime Minister says it's a conversation worth having… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.The minister responsible for gun law reform is kicking police out of Firearms Safety Authority, in a move she says will help rebuild the trust of law abiding firearms owners. The authority is in… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.New Zealand's effective ban on military-style semi-automatic firearms has survived the coalition's overhaul of the Arms Act. The government has been rewriting the country's gun laws, as part of… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.New figures from ACC show 11 claims for babies or toddlers with carrier related injuries in 2024, more than twice the number the year before. It's prompted renewed calls for the government to… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.It's likely to be at least a week until some of the key tracks in Tongariro National Park reopen after a wildfire tore through thousands of hectares of land. Prolonged periods of precious rain have… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.It was a big day for racegoers at the New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting at Addington in Christchurch. The Cup, with a purse of $1 million is one of New Zealand racing's pinnacle events. Sports reporter… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.US correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the Senate being on track to end the longest ever government shutdown, as well as the US President has pardoned a number of his allies… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.It's a charged issue, electric to be exact and it is catching some riders out. Electric dirt bikes are featuring in a growing number of crashes and cases of illegal riding, according to the police… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigning over a Donald Trump documentary edit. Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:33 PM.A group of Wellington students have turned a page on history today, moving some of the last books into the capital's redeveloped central Library. Te Matapihi was forced to close its doors in 2019 when… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.The Black Caps went into the penultimate T20 against the West Indies in Nelson this afternoon with the upper-hand in the five match series. The first three games were all decided in the final over of… Read more Audio

5:25 PM."Dinner or debt"; that's the choice some people receiving the pension say they're forced to make after taking on student loans later in life. One Taupo woman says she's still got a $58,000 student… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.Te Pāti Māori has severed ties with estranged MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, after a torrid period of internal conflict. Its national council voted to expel the pair at a hui on Sunday… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Crews fighting the fire at Tongariro National Park are reinforcing containment lines after the blaze burned through more than 2800 hectares. Rain has helped their efforts, along with helicopters and… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.A tourist helicoptered out of the Tongariro National Park to avoid the fire burning through the region has described the dramatic moments he realised there was danger in the air. Matthias Gerold was… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.A second-half slump wasn't enough to break the All Black's century-long unbeaten streak against Scotland. Despite a strong start, several yellow cards and a Scottish comeback threatened the All Blacks… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Blanket bans on pets in rental properties won't be allowed from next month, but there are concerns that landlords will find a work around. Tenants will still need to get their landlords consent to… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about more information emerging on the atrocities unfolding in Sudan, as well as the fragile ceasfire largely holding in Gaza, bringing more… Read more Audio