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5:36 PM.The Prime Minister says he thinks a Bill that transfers Waitangi or Anzac Day to a Monday if they fall on the weekend will become law. Audio

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

5:28 PM.A National Finance investor who lost a large part of his life savings says the eight-and-a-half months home detention sentence imposed on a former director is a joke. Audio

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

5:20 PM.The Government and Opposition have entered a bidding war over who has the biggest list of names for and against asset sales. Audio

5:18 PM.More details have emerged about the pitched battles government ministers had with the board of Solid Energy, including its push to sell off parts of the business to large overseas companies. Audio

5:14 PM.Our political editor, Brent Edwards, is with us. Audio

5:07 PM.The Auditor-General has found no evidence of corruption in the 2008 case where the Labour MP and then Minister Shane Jones over-rode officials' advice and granted citizenship to a Chinese businessman.

5:00 PM.Shane Jones is cleared and back on Labour's front bench. More revelations about pitched battles between the Government and Solid Energy and investor says National Finance sentence a joke. Audio

6:51 PM.A mining company consultant has told a resource consent hearing for a new underground gold mine, that it's difficult to find a mine blast vibration to suit everyone. Audio

6:48 PM.The Green Party wants more drug and alcohol rehabilitation in prisons to reduce the high rate of Maori being locked up; A kaumatua - who has made more than thirty waka - is excited about plans to… Read more Audio

6:37 PM.One of the men accused in the rape and murder of a women student on a bus in the Indian capital, Delhi, in December has died in prison. Audio

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

6:20 PM.Businesses are expecting the surge in activity created by the pick up in the construction sector, to offset, any damaging downturn from the drought. Audio

6:17 PM.Manufacturing workers have told an opposition inquiry into the manufacturing sector they fear for their future as they see the industry decline. Audio

6:11 PM.The New Zealand Bankers' Association chief executive Kirk Hope is with us. Audio

6:08 PM.A group of legal experts say up to one million New Zealanders could be eligible to join a class action, that will attempt to claw back what they say are excessive bank default fees. Audio

5:54 PM.Business groups and a union are joining forces to fight a new tax proposal that could see car-parks in Auckland and Wellington costing up to 50-percent more. Audio

5:53 PM.An Auckland Grey Power leader says the group's submission on the city's draft annual plan alluding to a migrant influx threatening older people's lifestyles, is racist. Audio

5:50 PM.The Green Party wants more drug and alcohol rehabilitation in prisons to reduce the high rate of Maori being locked up; A kaumatua - who has made more than thirty waka - is excited about plans to… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Young people from the all eight political parties in Parliament have made the unusual move of banding together to show their support for a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Audio

5:39 PM.Tower Insurance has increased the amount it is willing to pay towards repairing an earthquake-damaged Christchurch home, but is still refusing to pay for a more expensive rebuild. Audio

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

5:28 PM.News from the business sector including a market report Audio

5:25 PM.An Opposition inquiry into the manufacturing sector has heard from workers who fear for their future as they see their industry decline. Audio