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6:36 PM.The man at the centre of an eight year old investigation into the disappearance of Sara Niethe has told police he was coming down from using methamphetamine when he argued and struggled with her. Audio

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

6:27 PM.The current account deficit is expected to keep widening, with the improving economy sucking in more imports and lifting earnings in New Zealand by foreign owned companies. Audio

6:22 PM.The embattled Canterbury University hit with falling student numbers and a huge loss of income is to get more from the taxpayer than it was expecting. Audio

6:19 PM.The number of people making the move to New Zealand, either permanently or long-term, rose last month for the first time since March. Audio

6:10 PM.New figures show the gap between what the country earns overseas and what it spends continues to widen. Audio

6:07 PM.The Crown is defending the toughest sentence ever handed down by a district court, of life imprisonment to a P cook who made more than a million dollars of the drug. Audio

5:58 PM.An Auckland tour operator says a council plan to stop buses visiting the top of one of the city's key landmarks is crazy. Audio

5:52 PM.An Irish Air Force search plane is heading off this morning to resume looking for a yacht overdue with a New Zealander aboard. Audio

5:49 PM.The Mana Party's Manukau East candidate says he'll fight to improve the lives of people on low incomes - partially through increasing wages and getting rid of GST; Just a day after settling its Treaty… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The Green Party launched its vision today for creating one hundred thousand jobs and the bulk of them depend on kickstarting renewable technology ventures. Audio

5:41 PM.The new scheme to recycle old televisions may not be as environmentally friendly as first-thought. Audio

5:37 PM.Terry Serepisos' battle to hold on to the Phoenix football team may be swinging his way. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.High pressure jets of water are the latest weapon Kiwirail is using to defeat taggers trying to graffitti trains. Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.The Act party says it won't support National's urgent legislation on police covert surveillance, without conditions. Audio

5:16 PM.A teenager has died of meningitis in Wellington as officials warn of a spike in the disease. Audio

5:12 PM.A P cook who made well over a million dollars of the drug has been handed down the first life sentence ever imposed by a district court. Audio

5:07 PM.The head of Mines Rescue has told the Royal Commission investigating the Pike River disaster that the bodies of the 29 men could have been recovered after the first explosion. Audio

5:00 PM.Evidence the Pike River miners could have been recovered after the first explosion. A P cook is sent to jail for life and defeating taggers trying to graffatti trains. Audio

6:55 PM.American Samoa's Public Defender says the territory needs a school for at-risk youth as Radio New Zealand International's Yosan Legaspi explains. Audio

6:50 PM.The Christchurch-based insurer, AMI, is confident it won't need to draw on the government's backstop support package despite posting a 705 million dollar annual loss. Audio

6:47 PM.A tribe made landless during the Tauranga Campaign of 1864 has signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown; The head of the ministerial inquiry into the use of foreign fishing vessels in local waters… Read more Audio

6:39 PM.Samoan rugby officials have met with the International Rugby Board this afternoon over a Twitter tirade from one of their players comparing his team's limited down time to slavery and the Holocaust. Audio