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5:30 PM.Maori news editor Taiha Molyneux speaks to Lisa Owen about a hui at on Omahu Marae in Heretaunga about how best to unify iwi across the country. Audio

5:26 PM.It's been a bad day at the office for two of the world's best golfers at the U.S. Women's Open. Kiwi Lydia Ko and world number one Nelly Korda are both in danger of missing the cut at the second… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.E tu Negotiation Specialist, Michael Wood speaks to Lisa Owen about TVNZ losing its appeal to the ERA's ruling over how it handled job losses. Audio

5:13 PM.The Finance Minister got in a bit of a tangle over her tax cut promise today - first by overstating how many households will get the maximum amount - and then by overstating how much that is. It comes… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.CNN's Julia Benbrook speaks to Lisa Owen about the conviction of Donald Trump on all 34 charges in the hush money case in New York. Audio

4:49 PM.Save the Children's Rachael Cummings speaks to Lisa Owen about the situation on the ground in Gaza. Audio

4:45 PM.An investigation is underway after a Jetstar twin-jet plane slid off the runway and came to rest partially on the grass at Christchurch Airport this morning. Timothy Brown reports. Audio

4:29 PM.RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about the Football Ferns and the last weekend of the Super Rugby Pacific regular season just around the corner. Audio

4:25 PM.Canterbury University students association's Luc Mackay speaks to Lisa Owen about a competition for students to keep their hands on a car in order to have a chance of winning it Audio

4:19 PM.Visual journalist Nick Monro asks people if they can afford to head away for the long weekend. Audio

4:13 PM.Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Lisa Owen about the hectic hurricane season that the country is bracing itself for, the increasing number of Canadians leaving for the US and a… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.One way the government's clawing back some money in the Budget is by increasing what international visitors have to pay when they arrive here. Chris Roberts was the head of Tourism Industry Aotearoa… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth asks Panmure residents what they made of the Budget. Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about China lifting its ban on Australian beef imports. Audio

5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis joins Lisa Owen to discuss her first Budget Audio

5:23 PM.The fight for governance change at New Zealand Rugby looks set to rumble with provincial unions comfortable with the prospect of the Players Association breaking away. Rugby reporter Joe Porter was at… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.The Government's first Budget doesn't contain money for the lifesaving cancer treatments National promised in the election campaign. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.Economist Susan St John on Budget 2024 Audio

5:08 PM.The Finance Minister has delivered her first Budget - and says she has kept her pledge to New Zealanders. Our political reporter Giles Dexter has more. Audio

4:41 PM.Budget debate: Lisa Owen is joned by BBM Community Kitchen and Foodshare operator David Letele; former Labour MP and now CEO of Community Law Centres o Aotearoa Sue Moroney; and managing director of… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Thousands of protesters hit the roads and streets from Northland to Invercargill today to oppose government policies toward Maori. Lauren Crimp reports. Audio

4:32 PM.Reporter Luka Forman asked folks in Auckland's Onehunga how they feel about the government's tax cuts Audio

4:24 PM.Calculators at the ready ..its time to talk tax cuts... the government's budget centre piece costing three-point-seven billion dollars a year. Infometrics chief economist Brad Olsen crunched the… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the jury in Donald Trump's criminal trial starting deliberations today. Audio