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

5:27 PM.The Palmerston North coroner, Carla na Nagara, says how the Feilding farmer died in July 2010 has been established and it's not up to her to inquire into who did it. Audio

5:22 PM.Average asking prices for properties have reached fresh highs, despite an increase in new listings. Audio

5:21 PM.Syria's entire declared stock of 290 tonnes of chemical weapons and a thousand tonnes of chemical agents has been placed under seals which the international inspectors say are impossible to break. Audio

5:17 PM.John Key says Sir Douglas Graham might have given up his knighthood if he hadn't been told today that he didn't have to. Audio

5:14 PM.New Zealand wants to protect 1 point 3 million square kilometres of the ocean. Making it the world's largest protected marine area. Audio

5:08 PM.Up to two thousand workers are to go at NZ Post in what the company says is one of the country's biggest single round of job cuts since the 1980s. Audio

5:00 PM.NZ Post cuts up to 2,000 jobs, Ross Sea marine reserve fails for a third time, Lombard investor says Sir Douglas retaining his knighthood devalues the honour, Syria's equipment to make chemical… Read more Audio

6:56 PM.A ten year plan that aims to cut by a quarter the number of young offenders going through the courts has been rolled out by the Government. Audio

6:53 PM.People frustrated with the pace of quake repairs in eastern Christchurch are pinning their hopes on a new plan to revitalise the suburb of New Brighton. Audio

6:48 PM.Te Papa Tongarewa - the national museum says now several Maori ancestral remains are back home they can finally be given the dignity of a proper tangihanga; The newly elected mayor of Rotorua, Steve… Read more Audio

6:45 PM.A group opposing the planned 630 million dollar Kapiti Expressway is pinning its hopes on the Supreme Court to bring the project to a halt. Audio

6:38 PM.One of the country's largest home builders says the Reserve Bank's new lending restrictions are killing the dream of new-home owners throughout New Zealand. Audio

6:36 PM.The Crown's star witness in the Rae Portman murder trial has twice denied murdering her. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.Nuclear experts are warning that one slip-up in the latest step to decommission Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant could trigger a monumental chain reaction. Audio

6:25 PM.A tiny technology company has made an extraordinary debut on the share market today. Audio

6:22 PM.There's strong signs of progress at a meeting to decide whether Antarctica's Ross Sea will get protective status. Audio

6:14 PM.Rick Walczak is a commercial balloonist who lives in Carterton and knew Lance Hopping well. He says he's totally shocked. He's with us. Audio

6:12 PM.It's emerged in TAIC's inquiry that two years before the crash the Civil Aviation Authority investigated talk of a balloon passenger being told their flight was cancelled because Lance Hopping… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.The pilot in the Carterton balloon crash had probably been smoking cannabis shortly before the fatal flight and his 10 passengers would have stood a better chance if he'd not made a bad call to try to… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.Canterbury University is being thrown a 260 million dollar financial lifeline by the Government. Audio

5:51 PM.The Maori and Mana Parties have taken the first step to mend relations by agreeing to develop policies to improve Maori outcomes; Several Maori ancestral remains have been welcomed home during an… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The economy is continuing to go from strength to strength. Audio

5:44 PM.Students at a Northland school have reacted with shock today to news that their former principal's been charged with sex crimes against boys. Audio