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5:51 PM.Citizens, lawyers and a historian have joined the fight over how Wanganui will be spelt. Audio

5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:45 PM.Avanti Finance is the first company to defend charges under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. Audio

5:41 PM.Sheepdogs could be put out of work as the Government reviews whether they are causing too much suffering to sheep. Audio

5:36 PM.The New Zealand dollar has hit a three month high as overseas investors start returning to riskier currencies like the Kiwi. Audio

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

5:27 PM.David Bain is being retried for the murders of his parents and three siblings in Dunedin in 1994. Audio

5:22 PM.The United Nations Security Council ended three hours of closed door emergency talks today. Audio

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

5:17 PM.Using dogs to control prison inmates is being considered as part of a Corrections Department study. Audio

5:14 PM.Two Italian sailors stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean face a lengthy wait before they can be rescued. Audio

5:08 PM.At least six people are dead in Italy, following an earthquake that's destroyed thousands of buildings and has left thousands homeless. Audio

6:58 PM.The UN's housing and urban development agency - has signed an agreement that will provide small housing loans. Audio

6:54 PM.The Government has called a national hui on historical Treaty claims to look at its goal of settling all claims by 2014. Audio

6:36 PM.If people thought the Prime Minister John Key was just a nice guy their opinion might now be changing. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:26 PM.The Australian car maker Holden has announced that it will cut production because of plummeting sales. Audio

6:25 PM.The Green Party is appealing to the Government to reinstate the nutritional guidelines in schools. Audio

6:21 PM.The jury in the retrial of David Bain has heard further details about forensic tests on bloodstains. Audio

6:17 PM.North Korea says it will attack the Japanese military, if Japan shoots down a rocket it intends to launch in the coming days. Audio

6:14 PM.Several G-20 leaders are making their way to France, to mark the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Audio

6:10 PM.The Government has announced a 6-point-6 billion-dollar blowout in its cash deficit for the first eight months of the financial year. Audio

6:08 PM.Some of the insurer's customers have seen their premiums jump by over 30 percent. Audio

5:57 PM.A former lawn-mower business in Porirua's Cannons Creek has been transformed into the city's first Pasifika general practice. Audio

5:54 PM.The Government has shut down any prospect of a separate justice system for Maori. Audio