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5:09 PM.The Department of Conservation has used Thompson + Clark to monitor anti-1080 activists for nearly two years. DoC maintains it's not using the firm to spy, and has refused to release messages shared… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.A pilot programme at a South Auckland prison is being credited with helping Maori men reconnect with their culture, and is stamp out gang rivalries and jail tensions in the process. Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Dylan Cossey, 21, escaped jail time for his part in the deaths of four people killed when their car crashed while street racing his vehicle near Hamilton. Video, Audio

5:56 PM.Two young children and four adults on a 30 foot catamaran had to be winched to safety after their boat hit rocks while on its way to the Great Barrier Island early this morning. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Heavily addicted criminals are waiting up to five months for treatment in a court programme purposefully designed to treat addiction as a health issue and keep people out of prison. Zac Fleming… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:29 PM.The brother of Indian woman Tanvi Bhavsar, who was refused residency after her husband drowned, says she faces a life of persecution if she has to return to India as she has been blamed for his death.

5:24 PM.Associate Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has intervened and stopped the deportation of Mark Middleton, who was facing deportation after living in New Zealand for 56 years. Mark Middleton spoke to… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Gambian-born butcher, Sainey Marong, was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years, for the murder of sex worker Renee Duckmanton in Christchurch in 2016. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.A Banking Royal Commission has claimed its first high-profile scalp as AMP CEO Craig Meller stepped down over revelations of misappropriated funds. Madeleine Mattera of Grant Thornton talks to John… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Jacinda Ardern was one of just two Commonwealth leaders who gave a toast at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The prime minister and her partner also met with the Queen earlier in the day.

6:26 PM.The first batch of new buses set to hit Wellington's streets have arrived from the UK. They are diesel powered, but the manufacturers, Optare, say they're almost cleaner than fresh air. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Captain Tammie Jo Schults, the Southwest airlines pilot who landed the plane safely yesterday despite an engine exploding causing the death of a passenger, is being praised as having nerves of steel.

6:08 PM.Georgina Hanafin says EQC has offered her $48,000 to fix her house, which has a repair bill of $260,000. She also has a mortgage of $300,000 for the house she purchased after the Christchurch… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The evacuation of residents on the ash-covered Vanuatu island of Ambae is finally getting underway, as food supplies dwindle and disease starts to spread. Video, Audio

5:45 PM.There were 60,000 foreign freedom campers in 2015, with the numbers swelling to around 110,000 last year, according to a new report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Changes to companies law to help prevent the New Zealand system being exploited are in the pipeline, Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi told RNZ political editor Jane Patterson. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio