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4:53 PM.The country's world first generational smoking ban is going up in smoke, as the Government pushes through its repeal legislation under urgency. It's prompted emotionally charged scenes in Parliament… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Air NZ should be ashamed of itself for inhumane behaviour and predatory pricing at a time of personal crisis. That was said by an American customer who was charged more than $13,000 to change flights… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Netball New Zealand kicked off its centenary celebrations over the weekend with the launch of a Hall of Fame, honouring some of the biggest names in the game over the past 100 years. However, the… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.Associate Health Minister Casey Costello was warned that scrapping the smokefree law would be viewed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi. RNZ has obtained Ministry of Health documents sent to… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Customers are returning to Dunedin South's Countdown store for the first time in more than two weeks after a rodent issue forced its closure. There have been 24 rats captured since the10th of… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Bosses at Three news told their PR company in January they were planning to make hundreds of news staff redundant but those staff were blind sided with the proposal at meeting called hurriedly this… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Forget putting your initials or a paw print into the concrete of a new build. How about high viz or used clothing worn by the workers involved in the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital actually being used in… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Australian Correspondent Peter Ryan reports. Read more Audio

5:34 PM.The dismantling of the Maori Health Authority is under way, as the Government pushes ahead with its legislation to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora. Parliament has gone into urgency to pass the bill through all… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.One of the workhorses of New Zealand cricket will bow out of the international game this week. Bowler Neil Wagner has pulled up stumps on a career that began with a move from South Africa and will end… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.A leading Auckland property developer's offering cash back sweetners of up to $20,000 in a bid to move unsold apartments in a multi-million dollar development. There's about 40 unsold apartments in… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The sentencing judge held back tears, as Whakaari victims gave their impact statements in court today. Five companies and GNS Science are being sentenced for health and safety failings in the lead up… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Immigration New Zealand could have done more to minimise abuse of the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. That admission from the country's top public servant in the wake of a critical independent… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Immigration New Zealand has been criticised for ignoring concerns that its work visa scheme was allowing migrants to buy jobs and be exploited. The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme was brought in… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Palmerston North Hospital is coming under scrutiny over the death of a patient, believed to be by suicide. It's the latest in a string of deaths in either patients of the hospital's mental health… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.A big moment before the much anticipated test series between the Black Caps and Australia, as veteran fast bowler Neil Wagner has pulled the stumps on his career. The South African-born cricketer… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.Most of the motu's biggest cities will be flooded with land for residential developments if the Housing Minister has his way. In a speech today, Chris Bishop has confirmed councils will have to… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Correspondent Todd Zwillich reports from the United States. Audio

4:07 PM.Data disproves the Government's claims that reducing the number of tobacco retailers would lead to an increase in ram raids according to a public health professor. The Coalition plans to repeal smoke… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.We've been talking about Taylor Swift throughout the programme and the projected millions our economy may have missed out on by not hosting a tour here. She's on her way to Singapore tomorrow where… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A Taylor Swift concert would be worth almost a $100,000,000 to New Zealand. That's according to Dr Angel Zhong of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology who's been crunching the numbers. It's not… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The government's pushing ahead with a law to ban gang patches and insignia in public places. Police will have the power to disperse gang members immediately and prevent them meeting up for seven days… Read more Audio