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5:42 PM.Nearly two years after the 7.8 earthquake, a Kaikoura business owner has been left with a broken shop and a $50,000 repair bill because of insurance delays. Read more Video, Audio

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

5:24 PM.Authorities in Guandong province, China have issued a red alert as Typhoon Mangkut, which has already killed 64 people in the Philippines and wreaked havoc in Macau and Hong Kong, approaches. Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Alongside closed skifields, Queenstown flights were cancelled or delayed and there were power outages across the region due to snow-loaded tree branches coming down on lines. Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Scott Dixon's mum Glenys watched nervously from New Zealand as her son won the Indycar championship for the fifth time. She spoke to Alex Perrottet shortly after he made history. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.New Zealand's Scott Dixon has joined motor racing's elite becoming just the second driver ever to win the Indycar championship for a fifth time. Audio

5:14 PM.Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley is among the former Mainzeal directors accused of mismanaging the business when it was on the brink of collapse. Audio

5:10 PM.New Zealand will stay in Iraq until June next year, but the number of Defence Force personnel deployed will be reduced by about 20. Political Editor Jane Patterson has the details. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.As we say goodbye to John Campbell, we look back on some of the highlights from his time with Checkpoint, and the laugh-out-loud moments, including scenes you've never seen before. RNZ staff have even… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Despite most major centres having night shelters, there's no such thing in Gisborne, leaving the homeless with no other option but to sleep on the streets. Video, Audio

5:44 PM.From mid 2019 Freemason House on Wellington's Willis Street will become the apartment complex, Te Kainga Aroha, home to around 100 tenants. Video, Audio

5:41 PM.An anti-1080 activist is threatening to take the Parliamentary Speaker Trevor Mallard to court over comments that dead native birds laid on the steps of parliament as part of a protest appeared to… Read more Audio

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

5:12 PM.People living in Rakautara, north of Kaikoura, were forced out of their homes after the 2016 quake - told they couldn't return due to the instability of the cliff behind their houses. Last night they… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Derek Handley has been given a $100,000 pay-out from the government after it offered him the job of Chief Technology Officer, then later retracted it. Political reporter Jo Moir reports. Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Apple has introduced its largest ever iPhone and a new line of watches that can detect heart problems. The move is a bid to get users to upgrade to more expensive devices in the face of stagnant… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Auckland councillor Mike Lee says homeowners affected by the council's resource consent botch-up should join a class action lawsuit against the council. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The family living in a "swamp house" which had been told they need to leave within 90 days are now no longer being evicted. John McCracken from Ray White says the notice has been withdrawn so there's… Read more Audio