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5:50 PM.The Crown's star witness in the Rae Portman murder trial has described watching the killing take place. Audio

5:47 PM.The part Maori-owned mobile phone company, 2degrees, has successfully bid for a portion of the radio spectrum that will deliver faster broadband to handsets; The New Plymouth District Council has… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.People needing fingerprints for job and visa applications will now have to pay fifty-dollars for the service with New Zealand Post taking over from the police. Audio

5:39 PM.The size of the Ross Sea Marine Reserve, and extent to which fishing would be allowed are believed to be the key sticking points in creating the world's largest marine protected area. Audio

5:36 PM.A district court judge has described the actions of a man who clubbed to death a group of seals as abhorrent and a crime against the community. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:27 PM.A Northland polytech tutor is now facing 24 charges of sexual offending against young girls, including two of sexual violation. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.The head of US intelligence has told lawmakers that finding out the intentions of foreign leaders is a key goal of the nation's spying operations. Audio

5:18 PM.Charges have been laid against two organisations following an investigation into asbestos exposure at Christchurch Hospital this year. Audio

5:14 PM.An orthopaedic surgeon is warning some patients are living in agony or having to mortgage their homes in order to get hip or knee replacement surgery they need but can't get in the public health… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.DOC is backing a monorail that cuts into Fiordland National Park, arguing its impacts on conservation land will be minor. Audio

5:00 PM.DOC backs the Fiordland monorail. Reports of patients living in agony or having to mortgage their homes to get hip or knee replacements and more child sex abuse charges against a northland tutor. Audio

6:47 PM.A Waikato-Tainui Kaumatua who's been involved in translating the Islamic holy book, the Koran into Te Reo says it will help with a better understanding between Maori and the Islamic world; A survey of… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A copy of the first Koran to be translated into Te Reo Maori has been presented to the Maori King by the Spiritual Leader of a persecuted Muslim sect. Audio

6:40 PM.Does religion make you less scared of death, what can liquefaction in Christchurch tell us about earthquakes, and can autism be treated with zinc? Audio

6:36 PM.The Children's Commissioner will publish an annual measure of child poverty, which he says will be a world-first. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.Fifty grave sites in a children's section of a cemetery in Rotorua have been vandalised. Audio

6:24 PM.New Zealand's largest bank says cost savings and better credit quality are behind its 8 per cent lift in annual net profit to a record. Audio

6:19 PM.An independent inquiry has found Fonterra failed to recognise the explosive reputational risk of its food scare and didn't "join the dots" between botulism bacteria, infant formula and consumers. Audio

6:08 PM.An airforce helicopter has flown the bodies of two climbers off Mount Taranaki. Audio

5:54 PM.A woman who left her baby alone in the bath while she was on the phone for nine minutes has gone on trial at the High Court in Wellington. Audio

5:49 PM.The Defence Minister says he didn't ask the United States Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel if America spies on New Prime Ministers because he's sure it doesn't. Audio

5:46 PM.A survey of 500 people in the Te Tai Hauauru electorate shows more than half say they are worse off under the current government; A Waikato-Tainui Kaumatua who's been involved in translating the… Read more Audio