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6:11 PM.Our Otago reporter Ian Telfer is at Dunedin's Wingatui racecourse, which is hosting one of the three race meetings in New Zealand including Melbourne Cup which was shown on big screens. Audio

5:55 PM.Labour's plans for a state owned insurance company has been labelled crazy and stupid by the Finance Minister Bill English in Parliament today. Audio

5:52 PM.The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal will decide tomorrow morning whether a hearing for the lawyer should go ahead. Audio

5:49 PM.The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has reserved its decision on whether to proceed with a case against the top Maori lawyer, Donna Hall; The Maori Party says the Human Rights… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Auckland's largest real estate firm says it could be at least six months before the new mortgage lending restrictions are felt on Auckland's overheated housing market. Audio

5:38 PM.An audit of the Earthquake Commission's quake repairs in Christchurch has found many dissatisfied home owners and others being left in the dark. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:24 PM.The police in Kaitaia have arrested 20 people in a blitz on burglary, theft and drink-driving. Audio

5:20 PM.DOC is investigating after a heavy steel bucket full of 1080 poison fell off a helicopter in the Marlborough Sounds, with possum-killing pellets landing around some trampers. Audio

5:18 PM.Legislation which would force telecommunication companies to make sure the Government's spy agency can intercept their customers emails and phonecalls has just passed its third and final reading in… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The Government isn't ruling out subsidising Chorus, which says the ultrafast broadband rollout is now jeopardised by the price cuts it's been ordered to comply with. Audio

5:10 PM.The police are rejecting any suggestions that the involvement of an officer's son has slowed their investigation into a group of young Auckland men who've been boasting online about sex with drunk… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.With the latest on the betting, the TAB's Racing Manager Michael Dore joins us. Audio

5:06 PM.On the line from across the Tasman is racing commentator Jack Petley. Audio

5:00 PM.A setback for the Government's ultrafast broadband rollout. The 1080 drop - that fell unexpectedly from a DoC helicopter and from across the Tasman is our Melbourne Cup racing commentator Jack Petley.

6:55 PM.A private search for the lost boat Nina will restart this week but Search and Rescue officials here are refusing family requests to help. Audio

6:52 PM.More now on workers demolishing houses in Christchurch who are removing asbestos every day without wearing the right protection. Audio

6:49 PM.The Labour Party's new Maori vice-president, Nanaia Mahuta, says targeting all Maori seats in the next general election will be among the priorities in her new role; The long-drawn-out wrangle over… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.The public's health watchdog says hospital communication failures resulted in a 74 year old man experiencing a terrifying worsening of his asthma. Audio

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

6:29 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:24 PM.Criminal defence lawyer Marie Dyhrberg is with us. Audio

6:21 PM.An Auckland school has condemned the police's failure to act on sex accusations against a group of young men, one of whom is believed to be a former student. Audio

6:14 PM.An Auckland lawyer Karen Harding specialises in representing people charged with drink driving. Audio