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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

6:07 PM.The Government is going to lower the blood alcohol limit for adults so drunk driving kicks in after fewer drinks. Audio

5:57 PM.Rescuers who tramped through snow and high winds in the dark to bring out a woman critically injured on a South Island glacier say she probably wouldn't have lasted the night. Audio

5:54 PM.A tribunal is considering its judgment in the case of an Auckland lawyer accused of overcharging a client by hundreds of thousands of dollars for leaky building work. Audio

5:51 PM.The long-drawn-out wrangle over alternate trustees on the Crown Forestry Rental Trust has finally been sorted - by court order; The Labour Party's new Maori vice-president, Nanaia Mahuta, says… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Police in Hamilton are hunting for an armed intruder who may have broken into three separate properties in the suburb of Hillcrest. Audio

5:40 PM.The Government is slashing the limit for drink driving, saying the law change which will begin its passage through Parliament before Christmas will save lives. Audio

5:37 PM.A sailor from the Navy has appeared in court accused of bashing a man who later died from his injuries. Audio

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

5:30 PM.Dennis Brown helped start the Northern Action Group in Rodney which wants to break away from the super city. Audio

5:26 PM.Auckland councillors are getting a big pay rise. Audio