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4:36 PM.Residents of the the tiny coastal village of Herbertville on the lower north island - are anxious about the build up of debris in the river running under the only bridge in and out of town. The town… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.A couple of blockbuster kiwi derbies could well determine how the remainder of the Super season shapes up, while the Black ferns clash with the Canadians in Christchurch. Sports reporter Jonty Dine… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Wairarapa police are urging to people to dial 111 if they suspect car theives are at work after a significant jump in the number of vehicles being nicked in the district. 29 cars have been stolen in… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about India killing 31 Maoist rebels, how 17 arrest warrants have been issued over the Bangkok building collapse and Bloomberg writing about how Gen Z… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Checkpoint is aware of two customers who've been turned away from VTNZ because inspectors deemed their cars too dirty, with dog hair. Lynne was going for a Warrant of Fitness but the fallout from her… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Perceived "wealthy" people with more than $3 million in their superannuation accounts are getting edgy about a proposed new tax that might see them pay more. The new tax managed to avoid scrutiny… Read more Audio

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

5:30 PM.After a five year absence, the squad gathered for the first time in Auckland to bless their new official headquarters. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:26 PM.Students and industry experts on the ever changing television, film and advertising landscape in Aotearoa say it's rough out there but there is a lot of opportunity. With advertising budgets getting… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Has the House of Representatives devolved into a House of Chaos? That's the charge from the Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters - who's decrying flagrant rule-breaking and recent explicit language in… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Oranga Tamariki has cut spending on services to met budget targets without properly assessing what the fall out would be for vulnerable children and their families, including more tamariki in care… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.'Timaru Boutique' advertised a closing down sale on Facebook recently - saying that after 10 beautiful years it's closing its doors. But Timaru Boutique doesn't really exist. It has a Facebook page… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Rangatahi advocates and mental health workers are calling for urgent action to reduce New Zealand's alarmingly high suicide rates among Maori and Pasifika youth. A just-released UNICEF report ranked… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.The Serious Fraud Office has launched a new online platform for anonymous reporting of suspected foreign bribery. The reporting tool unveiled as part of a national campaign to raise awareness and to… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Black Ferns star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is set to play her first international for the side since the 2022 World Cup final. Woodman-Wickliffe came out of retirement in April, and has been named on… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.How much would you spend on a pie, not one that comes in a bag and is served with tomato sauce, but a posh one? At Hamilton restaurant Thyme Square, the Beef Wellington costs $98. Chef Logan Murray… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.In Qatar's capital, Doha, his limo got a special camel escort - but it was his meeting with Syria's new President that has grabbed a lot of the attention with Trump even describing Ahmed Al Sheraa as… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A sweary few days in politics has raised questions about the use of the C word. Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the verbal grenade in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about a man wrongly convicted of murder being freed after spending almost 38 years in prison and how Kim Kardashian has given evidence at… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.The kiwi cricketers who left Pakistan and India will make their own decisions about whether to return. The Pakistan Super and Indian Premier Leagues will both resume this weekend after the two… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Claimants in an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing say the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is a more aggressive and stealthier version of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their lawyers presented… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.A close friend of the driver of a car involved in a tragic collision in Martinborough said his remorse weighed heavily on him in his final months following the crash. 48-year-old Alison Robyn Korny… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.A dog rescue working with Kāinga Ora tenants on desexing their animals said some have multiple breeding dogs and authorities are simply not doing enough. Saving Hope said its increasingly being asked… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Businesses have a moral obligation and should do their bit and not serve school kids in school uniforms during school hours. The minister in charge of getting absent kids back to class made the… Read more Audio