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5:12 PM.Deborah Booty lives in a Defence house on Wallingford Way. Audio

5:09 PM.Sam Nuttall is a plumber who was working on a high school construction site where three the three people where killed. Audio

5:08 PM.Three people have been killed and 250 people evacuated after a severe storm and tornadoes swept across west Auckland this afternoon ripping into houses and a big construction site in Hobsonville where… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Three people are killed as a major storm rips through Auckland. Kim Dotcom prepares to sue the police and the Government's spy agency. CTV inquest hearings expert witness says changes needed to Usar. Audio

6:53 PM.New Zealand has once again scored top marks on the global anti-corruption index which ranks 176 governments. Audio

6:49 PM.The Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia, has challenged the Government over petroleum and mineral operations - saying iwi need to have bigger role in who's selected to look for oil; No decision's… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Opponents of a controversial 100-million dollar hotel planned for Dunedin's waterfront say putting up the 28-storey building would be an illegal use of an industrial zone. Audio

6:43 PM.The Green Party says New Zealand is being shamed at international climate change talks in Doha over the Government's decision not to sign up to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol. Audio

6:40 PM.About a dozen people protested outside a major security firm's headquarters in Auckland today over what they call dangerous and poor working conditions in the industry. Audio

6:36 PM.The police are looking for two children and their mother they believe have been kidnapped in Waikato today. Audio

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

6:26 PM.A coroners report into the death of an inmate at a Waikato prison has rejected claims the man died because he was showered with pepper spray and hit with a baton. Audio

6:18 PM.Christchurch teachers have decided to strike for a day in February, in response to the Government's plans to close or merge 36 schools in Christchurch. Audio

6:15 PM.The Minister of Finance says the Government is on track to achieve its surplus target despite another deterioration in its monthly acccounts. Audio

6:11 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, says a Labour Party allegation about a conflict of interest involving a government apointee is reckless, cowardly and wrong. Audio

6:08 PM.A senior American fire fighter has told the CTV inquest it's inconceivable the Fire Service failed to put somebody in overall charge of the rescue operation, and it would've taken a crowbar to keep… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.The country's oldest cars are in Waimate, the newest in Auckland. Audio

5:53 PM.Special equipment has been brought in to sniff out the source an unpleasant smell that's been plaguing Timaru for years. Audio

5:50 PM.The death toll from a powerful storm that ravaged the southern Philippines is now more than 100, as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off in flash floods and mudslides. Audio

5:47 PM.The Kohanga Reo movement has been told by the National MP, Tau Henare, that the current government isn't entirely responsible for the demise of the Maori pre-schools' philosophy; The Maori Party… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Motueka High School Board of Trustees has been ordered to pay 60 thousand dollars reparation over a boy crushed under freshly cut logs on the school grounds. Audio

5:40 PM.Nanny and au pair companies have been quick to say they are not the ones using taxpayer subsidies to pay for cooking and cleaning services, but some may be doing it. Audio

5:36 PM.Hundreds of teachers have today voted to strike for a day in February, in response to the Government's plans to close or merge 36 schools in Christchurch. Audio

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

5:26 PM.Winston Peters joins us. Audio