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4:30 PM.Scott Robertson has kept his promise to give everyone in the All Blacks squad a go for this Saturday's third and final test against France in Hamilton. The All Blacks coach has made a raft of changes… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Two Kiwi Olympians are taking on a herculean challenge - cycling 4500kms through East Africa for charity. Cyclist and Paris 2024 Olympic Silver medalist Nicole Shields came up with the idea and has… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.US Correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about the so-called Epstein list driving a wedge through Donald Trump's MAGA support base. Things hit boiling point today with the President… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.A turn off or offally good? A once forgotten food could be on the cusp of a comeback. Offal is now on the menu for some school lunches with the company behind the programme now using a mince that is a… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.United Kingdom correspodent Edward O'Driscoll spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about a second host on the popular cooking show MasterChef UK being sacked, as well as customers at a London fish and chip… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The government has drawn a line under one of education's most contentious issues - today it announced a halt to building what everyone except for teachers call open-plan classrooms. Modern learning… Read more Audio

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

5:33 PM.A new era beckons for the Black Caps. The side is set to kick off a new season, with a new coach, against an old foe. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Audio

5:24 PM.A nurse trainer has thrown her support behind student nurse and midwives calling for a law change so they are paid for placements. Australia has just introduced such a change there. Students have said… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Locals in the town of Waiuku are sounding the alarm over a narrow, bumpy road that claimed the lives of a woman and two children yesterday afternoon. Concerned residents have said Masters Road is too… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A Rotorua organisation providing sleeping pods for the city's homeless says they're being held back by council insisting that they get consents. The Village of Hope has been set up in a secret… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.Senior Cabinet Minister Chris Bishop has launched a broadside at local government at a conference in Otautahi-Christchurch.The RMA Reform and Infrastructure Minister has said councils are crying out… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry has announced a half a million dollar support package from government and industry for flood-affected farmers, growers and foresters in the Tasman region. It… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.The naming of a development team to play South Africa later this month has sparked a frenzy of speculation of who's in and who's out of the Black Ferns World Cup squad. Black Ferns XV coach Willie… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.A spike in the number of bikes and cars illegally ripping up parks is being reported across the country. Tauranga, Rotorua and Auckland councils are among those who have said thousands of ratepayer… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Asia correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about a big day for trade deals in the region, as well as the man believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner who has died in a… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The Government has announced an end to open plan classrooms. The initial concept began in 2011 under National's then Education Minister Hekia Parata. For a period, every new classroom had to be built… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.In Australia there's relief following the discovery of a young German traveller who was lost in the outback for 12 days. Our correspondent Nick Grimm can bring us more. Audio

5:25 PM.The Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has agreed to withdraw a scathing letter he wrote to the United Nations - after being hauled into line by his coalition partners and the Prime Minister. But… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.Significant pressure at Auckland's major hospitals this winter is being felt across almost all the different parts of the health system, including at general practice, private urgent care and in the… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:10 PM.The Baby Blacks are back on the big stage. The New Zealand under 20 rugby side are through to the final of the World Championships in Italy after a dramatic win over France. Sports reporter Jonty Dine… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.New Zealand Police is tackling the challenge of officers going to Australia head on. Yesterday Checkpoint heard from a recruitment officer for Northern Territory Police who had no qualms about luring… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Holiday-makers in the Far North are counting their lucky stars after what locals are describing as a twister ripped through their campground, damaging campervans and destroying a caravan. A… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.The team trying to tame Auckland's problem with roaming dogs is calling for an overhaul of national dog control laws. Auckland Council suggests tools like fencing requirements for dog owners and… Read more Audio