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5:41 PM.Plans to double the number of flights in and out of Queenstown have been put on ice following community backlash. Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Bill Jaynes was on board the Air Niugini flight that crashed in the Federated States of Micronesia on Friday. He describes the ordeal to Jamie Tahana, while a body has been found in the sunken plane.

5:22 PM.An anti-vaccine billboard erected alongside Auckland's southern motorway has been pulled down less than a day after it went up following an unprecedented number of complaints to the Advertising… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Auckland's mayor Phil Goff says police inaction is contributing to the city's rising road toll as footage emerges of cars repeatedly ignoring red lights at a central Auckland intersection. Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.One of National's frontbench MPs Jami-Lee Ross is taking sick leave from Parliament to deal what he describes as personal health issues. The exact details are being kept private - but National's… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Secondary teachers and principals may strike after rejecting the government's pay offer less than 24 hours after the primary teachers' union announced it would vote on a second strike over its pay… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Dozens of people are feared trapped under three collapsed buildings in Palu, with rescuers unable to reach them until heavy machinery arrives. Meanwhile, three areas are cut off entirely, raising… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.The Geographic Board has recommended the East Coast be known as Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay after receiving 600 submissions. Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon is delighted. Audio

5:44 PM.Tegel's plan to build a mega farm in Northland to raise nine million chickens a year has been squashed by the Overseas Investment Office. Kāpehu marae is located next door and its chair Margaret Mutu… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.Canterbury DHB said it has had around 20 people arrive at its emergency department - some critically ill - after taking the drug. Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.Principals are warning the public does not understand the severity of the teacher shortage as they are taking stop-gap measures, such as supervising several classes at once and offering fewer clases.

5:23 PM.Forest and Bird is calling for an independent review into Department of Conservation's commercial partnerships with businesses and private landowners. This comes after RNZ revealed DOC allowed the… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.The bodies of Nadine Tomlinson, 33 and her son Angus, 3, have been recovered from a North Otago reservoir. Reporter Tess Brunton is in Waihemo and spoke to Alex Perrottet about the latest information… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.New Zealand First's proposal to ensure migrants and refugees respect Kiwi values has been labelled "dog whistle politics". And the plan - raised at the party's conference over the weekend - has won… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.ABC's David Lipson is in Poso, en route to Palu. He tells Alex Perrottet that voices are being heard from beneath the rubble of several buildings, while authorities wait for heavy machinery to help… Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Watch Monday's full show here. Video