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5:46 PM.The head of the Serious Fraud Office has been told off for mishandling two staff socials. Audio

5:40 PM.The Rio Tinto aluminium smelter in Bluff, which employs 750 people, is up for sale. Audio

5:37 PM.Royal Commission hearings into the Canterbury earthquakes started in Christchurch today, with a indication that questions will be raised about whether some of those trapped in collapsed buildings… Read more Audio

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

5:28 PM.A West Coast criminal lawyer who did everything he could to beat a drink-drive test - including a runner from a police station - has been fined four thousand dollars. Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.The All Blacks are determined to keep their boots firmly on the ground despite going into Sunday's Rugby World Cup final as firm favourites. Audio

5:18 PM.A court's heard today that four Lombard Finance directors, including the former Justice Minister Sir Douglas Graham, knew the company was badly exposed because one of its big borrowers was in… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.A man is dead after a light plane crashed at the Arrowtown Golf Course this afternoon. Audio

5:11 PM.Shipping executives emerged from an hour long meeting with the Transport Minister today offering to help cleaning up the the Bay of Plenty coast. Audio

5:08 PM.Oil from the stricken Rena, grounded off Tauranga, could wash ashore as far as Te Kaha, as authorities warn the disaster is expected to take a turn for the worse tonight. Audio

5:00 PM.Fears the Rena will lose more oil and that the back half of the ship will come off. One person is dead in a light plane crash in Arrowtown and the lawyer who did everything to beat a drink-drive test… Read more Audio

6:52 PM.A Mount Maunganui marae was full to overflowing this afternoon, when iwi from Bay of Plenty and Hauraki, gathered to discuss the environmental disaster caused by the grounded container ship Rena; A… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.The National Party gained the lion's share of the provincial seats at the 2008 election, leaving Palmerston North as the only general seat outside Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland held… Read more Audio

6:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.A herd of bull sharks - considered by many experts to be the most dangerous in the world - took up residence when the Carbrook Golf course was flooded in the mid nineties. Audio

6:25 PM.The Rotorua District Council says it would be impossible to fence-off or sign-post all the geothermal dangers in its area. Audio

6:20 PM.A battle is brewing for control of the medical honey products maker, Comvita, after the coffee and food giant, Cerebos made a 71-point-6 million dollar takeover offer. Audio

6:15 PM.International corporations are lining up to cash in on Papua New Guinea's wealth in minerals, gas, forestry and fishery reserves. Audio

6:13 PM.The former English rugby player Brian Moore is predicting a Wales / All Blacks world cup final. Audio

6:11 PM.While the focus of attention in the Bay of Plenty is out to sea on the Rena, as it lies battered broken on the reef, there is also frantic work going on back in Tauranga at the Incident Control… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.The container ship grounded off the coast of Tauranga is only just holding together. Audio

5:55 PM.The last public golf course in Palmerston North has been ordered to close for littering a neighbouring organic farm with, among other things, stray golf balls. Audio

5:49 PM.The Reserve Bank is pumping money into the banking system to keep down interest rates amid ongoing nervousness about Europe's debt crisis. Audio

5:46 PM.The leaders of Tauranga Moana iwi say there's been huge support from members wanting to help in the clean up effort of oil deposits from the grounded container ship, Rena; A kaumatua on Motiti Island… Read more Audio