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

6:27 PM.A playground inspired by Margaret Mahy's stories, including Mister Whistler and Down the Back of the Chair, will be built in Christchurch's new inner city greenbelt. Audio

6:24 PM.Fisher and Paykel Healthcare has reported a record annual profit following strong demand for its products, revenue growth and improved gross margins. Audio

6:21 PM.Amnesty International says too many countries are abusing human rights in the name of immigration control - and it lists New Zealand as one. Audio

6:09 PM.Mining firm Bathurst Resources has been given approval to use conservation land on the West Coast's Dennison Plateau. Audio

5:54 PM.The Indonesian Government will review all mining operations and has demanded the closure of the Grasberg mine in Papua as the last of 28 dead workers was pulled from the rubble of a trapped… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Environmentalists are condemning Nick Smith's decision to let Bathurst Resources access to mine conservation land on the West Coast. Audio

5:49 PM.It will be nine months before Tuhoe starts talking about where and when it wants the police commissioner to apologise for the 2007 Urewera armed police raid; From now on - Police Iwi liaison officers… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The former Chief Executive of two failed finance companies has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison. Audio

5:42 PM.Figures show more people are having their power cut off and the Opposition says that's because they can't afford to pay their bills. Audio

5:39 PM.The New Zealand dollar has dropped by about 2 percent after the US central bank signalled it may taper its stimulus measures soon if the American economy continues to improve. Audio

5:36 PM.A scam by a car company, which bid on its own TradeMe auctions to drive up sale prices, has been described as the most prolific, systematic and damaging campaign against the auction site and its… Read more Audio

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

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

5:23 PM.Security has been stepped up at army barracks across London after a man was hacked to death on a footpath in Woolwich by two men armed with machetes. Audio

5:18 PM.Kiwirail workers are going to be randomly tested for drugs and alcohol from next month - a move that will cost the SOE two hundred thousand dollars a year. Audio

5:13 PM.The Minister for Primary Industries is blaming his officials for the blockade of sheep and beef meat at the Chinese border. Audio

5:07 PM.Anti-mining protesters are promising to camp in front of the bulldozers to stop an open cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast. Audio

5:00 PM.Mining conservation land on the Denniston Plateau. Government bureaucrats get the blame for the China meat blockade and street battles in London after the brutal killing of a British soldier. Audio

6:54 PM.Samoa's opposition party has criticised the country's finances and renewed calls for the Finance Minister to be sacked. Audio

6:50 PM.The police are being asked to re-engage with Tuhoe - following a critical report into armed raids on tribal settlements in 2007; The Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat could stay in the whanau; The Maori Women's… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.A security symposium's heard that New Zealand should do more to support United Nations' peace keeping missions even as it bids to become a member of the UN Security council. Audio

6:38 PM.The head of the Earthquake Commission is questioning why some Christchurch people are living in dire straits when there's help available. Audio

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

6:25 PM.New Zealand Post says Kiwibank does not have a risky lending portfolio and it's disappointed the credit ratings agency, Standard and Poors, has amended its outlook to negative. Audio