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6:08 PM.Len Brown remains mayor of Auckland tonight after surviving the biggest test of his career in front of the Auckland Council. Audio

5:56 PM.The Department of Conservation appears to be gearing up to spend millions of dollars extra on 1080 poison drops next year to combat a predicted pest boom. Audio

5:52 PM.The mother of a woman who was killed after police failed to act on complaints about her former partner says she's still very angry about what happened. Audio

5:49 PM.A Human Rights Commission reports - sparked by multiple complaints - has found innocent people caught up in the 2007 Te Urewera raids had their mana trampled; The Labour Party has chosen former iwi… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.An earthquake community group in Canterbury says a damning report on the ineffectiveness of the Earthquake Commission highlights the frustration of getting information on their own homes. Audio

5:42 PM.The swift recovery in the farming sector from drought has boosted economic activity to its fastest pace in nearly four years. Audio

5:38 PM.A High Court judge has slammed a former Christchurch police officer telling him that his behavior was sleazy, if not pathetic. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:21 PM.The way police dealt with a woman's complaint was grossly inadequate and failed to protect her from an ex-partner who was breaching a protection order and threatening to kill her. Audio

5:15 PM.The police have admitted their initial investigation into the woman dubbed the Black Widow was below standard and failed to trigger a homicide inquiry when it should have. Audio

5:07 PM.Len Brown is still the mayor of Auckland tonight after surviving his biggest test in front of the Auckland Council. Audio

6:50 PM.A Maori organisation that had to fight for the return of ancestral land on the Kapiti Coast describes the experience as painful, arduous and frustrating; A hapu collective opposing a major roading… Read more Audio

6:44 PM.Doctors say it's about time drug firms stopped contentious payments to GPs and others who agree to promote their products. They say other drug-makers should follow the move by GlaxoSmithKline… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.In Australia, the Prime Minister has announced a one hundred million dollar assistance package to Holden workers after the company announced it would stop making cars there in 2017. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport Audio

6:28 PM.The ANZ Bank's Chief Economist says business confidence is at an almost 15-year high, despite an elevated dollar and expectations interest rates will rise. Audio

6:23 PM.Brazil says it has no plans to offer asylum to Edward Snowden despite the American intelligence leaker offering to help the country defeat US spying. Audio

6:18 PM.DOC is being forced to spend two million dollars fixing a six million dollar computer system that still isn't working properly more than a year after it went live. Audio

6:14 PM.The jury in the Helen Milner trial in the High Court in Christchurch has just retired for the evening. It's been out since just after 11 this morning. Helen Milner is accused of poisoning her husband… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Auckland's mayor Len Brown continues to brush off calls for him to resign just ahead of tomorrow's crucial council meeting which is expected to censure him over breaches of a code of conduct. Mr Brown… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.For the first time in more than a decade, a sitting National MP has been rolled by a challenger, in a vote to decide who'll be the party candidate for an electorate seat. Stuart Smith has defeated the… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A Maori organisation that had to fight for the return of ancestral land on the Kapiti Coast describes the experience as painful, arduous and frustrating; A hapu collective opposing a major roading… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The police in south Auckland say 14 elderly victims have lost thousands of dollars after being tricked by burglars into giving out their bank card PINS. Audio

5:42 PM.India has ordered a series of reprisals against the United States over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York. Security barricades have been removed from around the US embassy in Delhi and a… Read more Audio