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

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

5:19 PM.The Mana Movement isn't ruling out a merger with the Maori Party, as the two prepare for talks on how they could work together. Audio

5:18 PM.A man, sentenced to prison for kidnapping his partner in May this year, had to be taken from the court during his sentencing. Audio

5:16 PM.The Solicitor-General Michael Heron is taking over the private prosecution of the Act party leader, John Banks, for electoral fraud. Audio

5:10 PM.Our reporter Steve Wilde has been talking to the police this afternoon. Audio

5:08 PM.The police are ruling out a bullet as the object that smashed through a car killing the driver near Wanaka. Audio

6:54 PM.Eight family members caring for adult disabled children have reached a settlement with the Health Ministry over compensation. Audio

6:52 PM.Greenpeace has told MPs deep sea drilling for oil is crossing a technological rubicon and the risks are too great. Audio

6:48 PM.Sir Eddie Durie has been told that he should not be temporarily removed from his role as a member of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust, over claims of a conflict of interest; The chair Te Runanga o Te… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.The director of an Auckland museum has come out in favour of Te Papa's putting its new branch in Manukau and not on the waterfront where others want it. Audio

6:37 PM.More now on the Kapiti Coast community, north of Wellington, being told it must act to stamp out alcohol fuelled violence Audio

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

6:28 PM.To Australia, where a plane which crashed while fighting the bushfires has killed the pilot and sparked another blaze in southern New South Wales. Audio

6:25 PM.The Fitch Ratings Agency says New Zealand's regional lenders face a tougher time with intense competition from the four big Australian-owned banks. Audio

6:21 PM.The police are still looking for the object that smashed through a car windscreen killing the driver near Wanaka this morning. Audio

6:18 PM.The Minister of Economic Development has accused the Green Party of adopting unsavoury tactics in opposing the Government's partial privatisation policy. Audio

6:16 PM.A jury has found a 19-year old Waihi man not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter of a 64-year old man at Waihi beach on New Years day. Audio

6:09 PM.Crash investigators looking into why a packed Wellington commuter train derailed were so alarmed by Kiwirail's slack maintenance they've called for urgent changes across the country. Audio

5:54 PM.The Treasury says Government moves to make it easier for people to buy their first home will undermine attempts to protect the flow of money through the economy . Audio

5:51 PM.Sir Eddie Durie has been told that he should not be temporarily removed from his role as a member of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust, over claims of a conflict of interest; The chair Te Runanga o Te… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The US Government won't say it has never tapped the personal phone calls of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Audio

5:40 PM.Kiwirail's maintenance has been found wanting over the derailment of a packed commuter train in Wellington in May. Audio

5:37 PM.The Environment Court's has granted resource consents for a 200 hectare opencast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau in the face of stiff opposition from conservationists. Audio

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