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5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.Cancer-causing concrete dust from rapid demolition and building in Christchurch, has sparked a warning from public health experts who say the levels must be monitored. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.NZ Bus had a meeting today about its drivers with Wellington City Councillor, Iona Pannett, whose toddler was thrown to the floor of a bus last week. Audio

5:17 PM.A Wellington paraplegic wants some local bus drivers suspended on no pay for their abusive and bullying behaviour towards disabled passengers. Audio

5:14 PM.The first firm figures on lending restrictions show banks are cutting back hard on people with low deposits. Audio

5:10 PM.The Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Amy Adams, says she's never been counting on Act or United Future's support to over-rule the Commerce Commission. Audio

5:08 PM.In an extraordinary move political parties have banded together to block the Government from changing the law to over-ride a decision that could bring down the price of internet connections. Audio

5:00 PM.Political parties band together to stop the Government over-ruling on broadband prices. Banks cut back hard on low deposit home loans and a paraplegic calls for bus drivers to be suspended. Audio

6:49 PM.A logging supply company is rejecting a union's claim that it's put its financial needs ahead of the workforce from the now closed Tachikawa sawmill in Rotorua; Ngati Kahungunu is supporting plans to… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Equestrian's top body in New Zealand is backing the Badminton and Burghley champion Jock Paget despite his horse returning a second positive test for the banned substance reserpine. Audio

6:40 PM.Australia's treatment of asylum seekers is under attack yet again, this time by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees who is questioning the legality of the detention centres on Nauru and… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.The Green Party's male co-leader role will be challenged next year by one hopeful - but only if he gets a high list ranking. Audio

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

6:26 PM.The Registered Master Builders Federation says it has more evidence the Reserve Bank's clamp down on low deposit loans is counterproductive and will result in fewer houses being built. Audio

6:23 PM.Tourism Holdings is hoping that more and more Chinese tourists will be attracted to the idea of taking camper van holidays in New Zealand. Audio

6:19 PM.An Australian tiger handler is recovering in hospital after he was mauled yesterday by a Sumatran tiger he was playing with. Audio

6:13 PM.More now on the Canterbury District Health Board and the asbestos charges it faces. Audio

6:09 PM.A new study shows children in their last year of primary or intermediate school are falling behind in writing and science - and a third are doing no better than children four years younger than them. Audio

5:54 PM.A sighting of the South Island kokako, previously thought to be extinct, has been declared authentic. Audio

5:51 PM.At least a hundred taxi drivers who say they're struggling to make a living, are threatening protests and disruption at Auckland airport after failing to get the company to accept their demands. Audio

5:48 PM.A logging supply company is rejecting a union's claim that it's put its financial needs ahead of the workforce from the now closed Tachikawa sawmill in Rotorua; Ngati Kahungunu is supporting plans to… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Driving with a hangover can be as bad or even worse than driving drunk, according to new research. Audio

5:40 PM.The lawyers for Kim Dotcom are accusing the Crown of withholding evidence they need for the internet billionaire's legal action. Audio

5:37 PM.An economist's claim that Auckland's housing shortage is being exaggerated has not put off the council as it moves to get more houses built. Audio