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5:26 PM.The chair of Greyhound Racing New Zealand has been caught up in a doping scandal. Audio

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

5:19 PM.A New Zealand patrol has been shot at with a rocket propelled grenade in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province. Audio

5:16 PM.The charges the three men face under the Civil Aviation Act carry a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment or a fine up to 10 thousand dollars. Audio

5:14 PM.Three men - a film producer, a company director and a broadcaster - have been arrested and charged over the fake pilot alert at Auckland Airport. Audio

5:08 PM.The Government is moving swiftly to pass a law allowing police to use illegally gathered evidence in dozens of cases. Audio

5:00 PM.A law change to allow illegally gathered evidence to be used in dozens of cases. Charges laid against a comedian who impersonated an airline pilot and New Zealand soldiers come under attack again in… Read more Audio

6:53 PM.Northland Health says it will be calling on Maori Health workers around the region to help with a vaccination programme against meningitis; The Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell, says a Supreme Court… Read more Audio

6:38 PM.Our Political Editor Brent Edwards looks at the political ramifications of a successful or otherwise Rugby World Cup. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:27 PM.Wellington waterfront's new wharewaka, or canoe house, is now home to a pair of ceremonial waka. Audio

6:25 PM.Our reporter Briony Sowden was one of thousands caught up in last week's downtown transport delays and joins us now from the fanzone at Queens Wharf. Audio

6:22 PM.The Warehouse plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars revamping its Red Sheds, admitting they're substandard and staff morale is low. Audio

6:19 PM.The Canterbury District Health Board is facing a bill in excess of $70-million to repair earthquake damage to more than seven and a half thousand rooms in two of its hospitals. Audio

6:14 PM.The Green Party says the Government is trying to rubber stamp the Transmission Gully roading proposal north of Wellington with its decision to refer it to an independent board of inquiry. Audio

6:07 PM.The police are stopping some covert video surveillance and asking for a law change after the Supreme Court finding that the secret filming in the Urewera raids case was illegal. Audio

5:55 PM.The Justice Minister Simon Power insists he could have pushed through controversial laws to speed up criminal trials but decided he needed broad political support for such big changes. Audio

5:52 PM.The expanded fan zone on Auckland's waterfront is open - but the small numbers of partygoers so far haven't warranted opening up the new overflow area. Audio

5:46 PM.The Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says the outrage felt by Tuhoe people over the 2007 police raids has been vindicated by the Supreme Court; Northland Health says it will be calling on Maori Health… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Dunedin's mayor is rejecting accusations he has damaged the council's subsidiary companies and their directors' reputations. Audio

5:40 PM.Christchurch schools will lose the equivalent of 167 teaching jobs next year as the government removes support for schools that lost pupils after February's earthquake. Audio

5:40 PM.The Supreme Court's ruling that the use of video surveillance in the lead-up to the Urewera raids was illegal, has prompted the police to put an immediate hold on some secret filming operations, and… Read more Audio

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

5:26 PM.Our reporter, Eric Frykberg, is covering the hearings and describes the problems the police had contacting the mineworkers' next of kin. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio