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6:07 PM.The America's Cup is safely secured in Team New Zealand's hands, and now there's mounting pressure for the event itself, to stay put in New Zealand waters.

But Team New Zealand's boss Grant Dalton… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Her height - or lack of it - is what initially stopped her signing up for the police, but age has not been a barrier for Lynda Perry who is officially the oldest "new" constable to graduate police… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.One of the country's largest trucking companies is struggling to identify a driver caught on camera performing a risky overtaking manoeuvre on State Highway 2.

Video of the heart-in-your-mouth… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The Tourism Minister has copped some flak from operators who are frustrated they couldn't meet with him during his trip south.

Stuart Nash has been visiting businesses in Invercargill today before… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6241482398001 Video, Audio

5:26 PM.A family court judge has ordered a four-year-old be vaccinated against her father's wishes.

The little girl has three guardians. Oranga Tamariki and her mother agreed to her being immunised in line… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.The Director-General of Health is being handed what's being described as a political hot potato no one wants to touch.

From March next year, Ashley Bloomfield will be in control of water… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Tensions are building in tourist towns where motels are now filling up with people unable to afford a place to live.

About 100 people turned up to a meeting in Napier last night, which was organised… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.The government is still working on a framework for special exemptions for a vaccine.

Olympians and Black Caps are among those who could be eligible for early access to a vaccine, under the national… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.The prospect of being able to leave the country for a holiday in Australia raises the question about what happens if either country has an outbreak, and the borders snap shut.

So where does that… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.New Zealanders and Australians could be winging their way over the Tasman for quarantine free visits by the end of next month.

Since Australia pulled out of trans-Tasman bubble talks in February… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.After a three and half year build up and ten races, Team New Zealand has defeated Luna Rossa to retain the America's Cup.

What began as tit for tat turned into a near whitewash, with Peter Burling's… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.Former Prime Minister Helen Clark was out on the Waitemata Harbour to for what she says was an "absolutely unbelievable spectacle of sailing". Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM."The guys didn't just win the America's Cup this afternoon, they've been working at this for years," Royal NZ Yacht Squadron Commodore Aaron Young says. Read more Audio

6:12 PM.RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter discusses the magic partnership of sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Team New Zealand has tasted sweet victory in the America's Cup this evening holding off the challenge of Luna Rossa to take the oldest cup in sport. As the champagne-soaked crew coasted into home base… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.As fans at Auckland's Viaduct harbour await the return of Team NZ from the race course, Nick Truebridge, Lisa Owen and Joe Porter discuss the future of the America's Cup. Read more Audio

5:53 PM.RNZ reporter Katie Todd is on board the America's Cup media boat and joins Lisa Owen with the latest. Audio

5:44 PM.AUT sailing expert Professor Mark Orams joins Lisa Owen and Joe Porter with his analysis of Team New Zealand and the latest America's Cup. Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Team New Zealand has retained the America's Cup, with victory on the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon.

They've held off the challenge from Luna Rossa - to take the regatta 7-3.

There have been… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the infrastructure is there and he is keen to see the America's Cup hosted in Auckland again in 2023.

It comes as the govt has pledged an initial $5 million for Team NZ… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Lisa Owen and Joe Porter speak to Dean Stanley - the very proud father of Team NZ's offside control man Josh Junior

He's on a boat on the harbour celebrating Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Community health providers want a more regional focus on Covid-19 vaccine education, to reflect different attitudes to the immunisation across the country.

The government has announced 27,000 people… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Heather Burling, mother of Peter Burling, joins Lisa Owen and Joe Porter as she celebrates Team NZ's America's Cup win.  Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Nick Truebridge is at the America's Cup village at Auckland's viaduct as what could be the final race (if NZ wins) of the America's Cup gets underway.

RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter joins Lisa Owen… Read more Audio