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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

4:48 PM.Thousands of lab tests are being sent from Auckland to wellington for analysis after an equipment failure at the private lab operator Awanui. There are allegations some of the samples went missing. An… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.In a pre-Budget announcement, associate education minister David Seymour said he wants to overhaul and improve the attendance services charged with getting chronically absent kids back to class. He… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.The Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has dropped the c-bomb in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and other female ministers in a newspaper column. It's thought to… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.The wheels on the school bus might not go round much longer in Queenstown. The Ministry of Education is considering a shakeup to the free service that takes hundreds of kids to school each day. But… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Team New Zealand has revealed its new skipper for the next America's Cup defence. The Kiwi syndicate on Wednesday confirmed the core members of its sailing team, including Australian Nathan Outteridge… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.The Foreign Affairs Ministry has updated travel advice for New Zealanders travelling to the United States, warning they could be detained at the border. The strengthened travel advisory comes as the… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about how the former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, who is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court at the Hague - has now… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.The Minister in charge of attendance, David Seymour in an announcement said business should not serve children in school uniforms in school hours if they're doing their bit to curb truancy. On… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his revamped ministry has been officially sworn on after a landslide election win a more than a week ago. Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.A human rights researcher said the escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades. It comes as the United Liberation Movement… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.The Hollywood-backed Welsh football club have confirmed they'll play the Wellington Phoenix as part of their Wrexham Down Under Tour. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:23 PM.Both National and Labour are accusing the other of lying about the government's pay equity overhaul. The tit-for-tat surrounds the opposition's claim that the coalition is cutting women's pay -… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.More than half a million New Zealanders could be at risk in a measles out break due to vaccinations and more needs to be done to prepare for an epidemic of the highly contagious virus, according to a… Read more Audio

5:05 PM.Do we need a commissioner for animals? Last night we brought you the story of three dogs that were locked in an east Auckland house, without food or water. Audio

4:45 PM.A 12-year-old boy who deliberately lit a house fire, in which a woman died, has been told his actions destroyed many lives, including his own. In the High Court at Palmerston North on Tuesday the boy… Read more Audio