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

5:27 PM.Parliament has just passed the covert police surveillance bill under urgency. Audio

5:25 PM.A SAS trooper who died in Afghanistan last week has been remembered by family, friends and colleagues at a service in Auckland. Audio

5:23 PM.The Cook Strait ferry Aratere, which is fresh back from a costly re-fit, has run into engine problems on Wellington Harbour today. Audio

5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:18 PM.Unions are hopeful the Spanish contractor will give some work to Dunedin's Hillside rail workshop, which has recently shed staff because of a drop-off in work. Audio

5:12 PM.Auckland's fancy new fleet of electric commuter trains is to be built in Spain, following the signing of a half billion dollar contract this afternoon Audio

5:08 PM.The oil slick spreading out from the grounded container ship has claimed its first wildlife victims, with four birds found dead. Audio

5:00 PM.A spreading oil slick off Tauranga claims its first wildlife victims. New Zealand's biggest ever commuter train contract is signed and Parliament has just passed the covert police surveillance bill… Read more Audio

6:56 PM.A rare type of kiwi - the Haast tokoeka - has hatched at the West Coast Wildlife Centre. Audio

6:52 PM.The Minister of Earthquake Recovery says its absurd to claim the Authority is not being held accountable just because it won't be assessed by a self-appointed watchdog group. Audio

6:49 PM.A survey of major property owners in Christchurch's CBD shows 80 percent will take their money elsewhere if the Council's Central City Plan is introduced. Audio

6:46 PM.An operation is underway to repatriate up to twenty tattooed Maori heads from several museums across France; Hamilton City Council has declined a proposal by a Te Arawa company to build a… Read more Audio

6:40 PM.Parliament has received petitions aimed at keeping regional rail links open that are under threat of being mothballed. Audio

6:36 PM.A decision to send an overseas-based New Zealand artist to the art world's version of the Olympics has surprised some industry players. Audio

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

6:24 PM.A team of oil spill experts from around the country are on standby in case problems with a container ship stuck on a reef near Tauranga worsens. Audio

6:18 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:16 PM.The sell-off of the property empire of bankrupt Wellington businessman, Terry Serepisos, has begun to pay back his debts. Audio

6:13 PM.The Ministry of Education has confirmed that three of the people it has hired to new advisory roles with schools have never worked as school teachers. Audio

6:11 PM.The opera superstar, Placido Domingo, has presented a cheque for more than 300 thousand dollars to quake-ravaged Christchurch. Audio

6:08 PM.Former Labour MP Taito Phillip Field is getting out of prison after serving just a third of his six year sentence for bribery and corruption. Audio

5:56 PM.Parliament's cleaners have put on a lunch for politicians today to show them what life on the minimum wage is like. Audio

5:50 PM.Hamilton City Council has declined a proposal by a group of Te Arawa iwi to build a multimillion-dollar hotel in the city's arts area; An operation is underway to repatriate up to twenty tattooed… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.A man's been found guilty in a murder case that prompted the Government to tighten the laws around air rifles. Audio