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

6:28 PM.The annual arrival of the godwits in Christchurch has been marked, despite the city's cathedral being out of action following February's earthquake. Audio

6:25 PM.Paymark says spending on its network rose by almost 11 percent, before the Rugby World Cup opened. Audio

6:20 PM.The police have been strongly criticised at the Pike River Mine Royal Commission but have defended their taking control of emergency teams responding to the fatal blast. Audio

6:16 PM.An economist is questioning predictions of hefty economic benefits from hosting the Rugby World Cup. Audio

6:11 PM.An urgent independent inquiry has started into the mess Auckland's public transport descended into during Friday's Rugby World Cup launch. Audio

6:08 PM.Organisations responsible for the Rugby World Cup opening party and transport have fronted up to Auckland councillors to explain what went wrong. Audio

5:55 PM.The Government has faced a barrage of questions this afternoon over its move to take greater control of Auckland's waterfront. Audio

5:51 PM.The strength of a teenager's memory has become the crunch point of a manslaughter trial, in which the accused is said to have deliberately crashed a car into a bus. Audio

5:49 PM.Whangarei is in party mode tonight - with big crowds of Rugby World Cup fans in town for the Tonga versus Canada game; A Maori boarding-school teacher says the success of the anti-smoking campaigns at… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Early Childhood Educators have told MPs that centres are struggling to cope and some are now going to the wall. Audio

5:40 PM.Labour will dump the Government's controversial national standards in reading writing and maths if it wins the election. Audio

5:35 PM.The Financial Markets Authority is dropping investigations into six collapsed finance companies because it's not found any evidence yet of anything illegal. Audio

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

5:27 PM.A Gisborne farmer is facing a massive clean up after a tornado ripped through the station he manages leaving behind a three to four kilometre trail of destruction including smashed buildings and… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.New Zealand's SAS soldiers have been at the scene of the fierce attacks near the diplomatic district in Kabul. Audio

5:14 PM.There was shattering testimony today into the Pike River Mine disaster inquiry. Audio

5:08 PM.Auckland councillors have thrashed out what went wrong on the opening night of the Rugby World Cup and have come up with a plan to make things right. Audio

5:00 PM.Compensation for fans who didn't make it to Eden Park on time. An apology from the police at the Pike River inquiry and Western forces subdue heavily armed Taliban gunmen in Kabul. Audio

6:53 PM.The Department of Conservation says the jailing of a man who clubbed seals to death near Kaikoura is the heaviest penalty for animal cruelty it can recall. Audio

6:47 PM.The co-ordinator of the waka used in the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony, Joe Conrad, says it wasn't just waka paddlers who got hurt in big crowds at the event; The Prime Minister, John Key, is… Read more Audio

6:43 PM.Students at Christchurch's Shirley Boys High School were upbeat about their return today to their old school, for the first time since the February earthquake. Audio

6:39 PM.Opposition parties are accusing the Government of not caring about children in poverty after it dismissed a new report from the Child Poverty Action Group. Audio

6:35 PM.An Australian Navy cadet who used a mobile phone to record himself raping a woman while she slept has told a court it was because he wanted to be accepted by his peers. Audio