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5:10 PM.Dion Neems says his family has once again been let down by Gisborne District Council and Waste Management after refuse trucks operated outside his home on Tuesday afternoon as school children walked… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Auckland Transport is considering cutting the speed limit to 30 kilometres an hour on all central city roads to reduce the rise in deaths and injuries. Audio

5:36 PM.An Auckland strawberry grower has paid more $20,000 to install metal detectors at his farm after needle-ridden strawberries were found in New Zealand. Katie Scotcher and camera man Dan Cook look at… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:26 PM.A judge has criticised police for overcharging a man who took two human toes from the Body World exhibition in Auckland. The man was discharged without conviction. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Napier's rental squeeze has got so tight that one landlord has pulled an ad for a rental home after being overwhelmed by more than 900 enquiries in just 24 hours. Audio

5:15 PM.US President Donald Trump's assertion that his administration has achieved more than any other in history prompted chuckles at the UN General Assembly, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was not among… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Primary school teachers and principals have rejected a second pay offer of 9 percent over the next three years. NZEI President Lynda Stuart says the offer doesn't address the teacher shortage and… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Pressure is on Otago University proctor Dave Scott to resign tonight after he entered a Dunedin flat without permission and confiscated three bongs. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.A New Zealand volunteer medical team has just returned from Fiji after performing life-saving surgeries on 14 babies and young children in the Pacific. Anna Thomas went with them. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.A Victoria University student wasn't allowed to return to her student accommodation after trying to take her own life, because the university deemed the hall environment wasn't conducive to her… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Social workers expecting to receive a 30 percent pay rise say it's been a long time coming, but they're pleased they're finally being recognised for the responsibilities and long hours in what's a… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Derek Handley will be paid out $107,000 by the government after it withdrew its job offer. But instead of pocketing it, he plans to donate it to the Spark foundation. Its chair Andrew Pirie spoke to… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has previously told Parliament she didn't respond to a text from Derek Handley about the CTO role, but communications show she did. National leader Simon Bridges is… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Otago University's proctor Dave Scott is under siege for unlawfully entering a student flat and confiscating bongs. He says it happened only once, but other students say he also did the same to them.

5:12 PM.National has called out the coalition Government's handling of the Meka Whaitiri incident, saying under Parliamentary privilege that there should be more information about accusations the MP left… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered a speech at a peace summit, appeared on the Today show and met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, all in one day. But her daughter Neve also stole the… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig is back in court in round two of his battle against former press secretary Rachel MacGregor. Audio