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4:06 PM.The heat is on the agriculture minister to deliver this term on a pre-election promise to unlock KiwiSaver so it can be used to buy a first farm, and not just a house. At the moment if you have been… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.A group of amateur Waikato rocket scientists need a funding boost if they are going to make it all the way to international competitions, after a sucessful final practice launch of their creation… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.United Kindgom correspondent Edward O'Driscoll spoke to Lisa Owen about a potential social media curfew for young people and an ongoing spat between farmers and big supermarkets. Audio

5:42 PM.The rugby world is mourning the death of former All Blacks wing and captain Stu Wilson, who died in Tauranga at the age of 70. Regarded as one of the world's best attacking players when he played for… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:33 PM.New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has made a habit of winning in nail-biting fashion on the PGA Tour. Fox won the Canadian Open in Toronto, in the fourth hole of a play-off. It was Fox's second play-off… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.New Zealand Rugby will lose its captain, after CEO Mark Robinson announced he is stepping down from the job after six years. He will leave at the end of the 2025 to join his family in Australia… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.There have been calls for the government to unlock KiwiSaver so the funds can be used to buy a first farm, not just a house. At the moment if you have been contributing to KiwiSaver for three years… Read more Audio

4:54 PM.The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Taranaki farming couple who are fighting the compulsory acquisition of 11 hectares of their land for the Mt Messenger Bypass. But in its decision granting… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.There are alarm bells ringing for some households in remote parts of the country as Chorus looks to phase out the use of its copper network to replace with fibre. The copper network is what we need… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.A mental health facility for some of our most difficult to treat patients has been given a last-minute reprieve ahead of its pending closure. Health NZ has proposed shutting Segar House, a publicly… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.NZ Rugby CEO Mark Robinson has announced he is stepping down at the end of the year, after six years in charge in which the national game's governing body has undergone some huge changes. Sports… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.11 year old Rotorua schoolgirl Gracie Bradley has won the lead role in Auckland Theatre company's production of Annie. She's one of three young starlets filling the role. Now she is juggling school… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about an aid ship bound for Gaza that has been intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces, and Iran promising to unveil a 'treasure trove'… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A co-housing development group has shelled out $9 million for two neighubouring sections in Auckland's Grey Lynn, where the plan is to build thirty or more homes with shared facilities, including a… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Edward O'Driscoll spoke to Lisa Owen about the renewed search for Madeleine McCann coming to an end, rubbish piling up on Birmingham's streets following waste management… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The Black Caps have a new head at the helm. With Gary Stead stepping aside, Rob Walter has been appointed Black Caps coach through to the 2028 World Cup. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

5:17 PM.While on holiday in Bali seven years ago, at accommodation next door to a crematorium, Christchurch woman Debbie Richards started thinking about what happens when we die. She said when she came across… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A boyracer charged over his involvement in the 'Levin invasion' said he's written apology letters to people disrupted by the event and is selling the now impounded car he used to do a burnout. Police… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Waipa District Council is pushing for feral cats to added to DOC's predator free hit list. There are an estimated 2.4 million feral cats in New Zealand compared to 1.2 million pet cats, and about… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Samsudeen stabbed five people and injured two others at New Lynn Countdown nearly four years ago, when the city was in lockdown. Two survivors, considered heroes, described to the coroner how they… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.ESR data shows flu and COVID infections are on the rise, with a sharp jump in hospitalisations for severe respiratory infections across Auckland in a week. As Ruth Hill reports, GPs warn they're… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The Blues are counting their lucky stars as they head into the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs. The defending champs scraped into the play-offs by the skin of their teeth and due to face the Chiefs in… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Time is running out for KiwiSaver members to get an extra $521 in their accounts from the Government. From next year it will only be contributing about $260 or, in some cases, nothing at all. People… Read more Audio