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4:45 PM.Police say a fatal house fire in the East Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach last Thursday was deliberately lit. A father and his son are the two believed to have been killed at the Murvale Drive… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.For detection dogs, sniffing out predators in remote South Westland is just part of their day job. But they're a key part of the Predator Free South Westland mission to eliminate every possum, rat and… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.An Auckland teenager has made history at the Weightlifting World Championships in Norway. Olivia Selemaia's eighth place finish is the best-ever by a New Zealand female lifter. However she had mixed… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.National has dipped into the twenties, while New Zealand First has hit double-digits, in a new poll. The latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll has National down 3.5 percentage points to 29.6%. Labour has… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.New Zealand Post has approval to cut the number of mail deliveries it does in a week. In urban areas, two days a week will be the minimum, down from three. But the cuts are deeper in rural areas… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm. Audio

5:45 PM.An ambitious project is clearing predators from more than 100,000 hectares of South Westland wilderness, farmland and towns. Predator Free South Westland project aims to eliminate every possum, rat… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.One New Zealand has effectively sacked an actor used in its TV ads after she revealed Winston Peters' home address in a live stream last week and encouraged pro-Palestinian activists to join protests… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The NBL's two winless teams will tip-off the basketball competition's newest innovation in Auckland. The New Zealand Breakers host the defending champion Illawarra Hawks in the first game of an… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.A coronial inquest into Cyclone Gabrielle has heard how some people stranded on roofs in Hawke's Bay as the floodwaters rose, waited nearly an hour to be connected to 111. Our Tairawhiti Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Political parties are trading barbs over who's responsible for the vandalising of Winston Peter's house which saw his front window smashed. Winston Peters is calling out the activist and actor Acacia… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The Prime Minister has told young unemployed people to get off the couch, stop playing PlayStation, and go find a job because there's lots of them. The government plans to means test the parents of 18… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.The capital city has been shrouded in grey clouds lately but pops of colour at the Botanic Gardens are putting a spring in locals' step this season. Lauren Crimp went for a wander to see what locals… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.A dramatic collapse has left the White Ferns in a big hole at the Cricket World Cup in India. The Ferns are zero from two in their opening matches after suffering a heavy defeat to South Africa… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.An animal welfare group is offering a $50,000 study grant to help replace animal testing in research. Applications are open to university researchers who would normally use animals in their work to… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.United State correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about tensions rising between the White House and Democratic officials over plans to deploy National Guard troops in several cities, with… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The Salvation Army is calling for a ban on using buy now pay later services to purchase alcohol. In a report it concluded that deferred payment services are disproportionately used by low income… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the UK government cracking down on repeat protests, as well as mourners who have begun commemorating those who died in last week's Manchester… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:31 PM.The Silver Ferns saga continues to drag on. After weeks of negotiations between Netball NZ and suspended head coach Dame Noeline Taurua, no resolution has been reached. Sports reporter Jonty Dine… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The number of diabetes related lower limb amputations has jumped more than 50% in less than a decade, But experts believe the loss of limbs is avoidable with the right resources. Type two diabetes can… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The New Zealand government has paid the Samoan government $6 million in compensation following the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui. Today marks a year since the New Zealand Navy ship hit the Tafitoala… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A drinking water contamination scare has shut down several Waikato schools on what was supposed to be the first day back after the holidays. On Saturday the Rototuna Reservoir tested positive for… Read more Audio

4:54 PM.The families of three New Zealanders detained as part of the Gaza protest flotilla say they deeply admire them - but are also deeply worried. Youssef Sammour, Rana Hamida and Samuel Leason were… Read more Audio