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6:13 PM.New Zealand's largest feedlot has been issued with a notice of direction by the Ministry for Primary Industries after 44 cattle are suspected to have contracted mycoplasma bovis. Audio

6:08 PM.Australia will have a new Prime Minister by tomorrow afternoon - but will it be Peter Dutton or Scott Morrison? Sky News deputy political editor Kieran Gilbert talks to John Campbell. Audio

5:56 PM.Netball New Zealand has granted Maria Folau a 12-month exemption so she can still play for the Silver Ferns and compete at next year's world champs, despite the fact she's moving to Australia to be… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Wellington's new $20 million Air Traffic Control tower officially opened for business today, replacing the Kilbirnie tower which is being decomissioned after almost sixty years. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.A boy has told a court that he didn't speak up before about his rugby coach sexually abusing him, because he didn't know any grown-ups to trust with the information. Edward Gay has been at the High… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:35 PM.Air New Zealand has lifted its annual profit despite facing the headwinds of rising fuel costs and engine problems. Investors saw their dividend rise, while all staff will be given a $18000 bonus… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.The Government today put its money where its mouth is, as it promised to begin dealing with a major backlog of deferred maintenance at hospitals nationwide, starting with $305m for urgent work on… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.ANZCO CEO Peter Conley defends the company's feedlot - the largest in New Zealand, after public backlash following the release of drone footage of the Ashburton feedlot. He tells John Campbell the… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.A power pole in Green Island, Dunedin, was identified as being a hazard in June, but still hasn't been removed. Former Delta Energy manager Richard Healy says it's one of a number of power poles in… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.US authorities have deported a 95-year-old New York City man believed to be a former guard at a Nazi labor camp to Germany. Video, Audio

5:41 PM.In an extensive interview, Freightways CEO Mark Troughear talks to John Campbell about the company's independent contractor model and why it wants to protect it. Video, Audio

5:36 PM.John Campbell interviews Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway shortly after the minister met with Freightways to discuss its use of contract courier drivers. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The Government plans to cap wheel clamping fines to $100 after years of outcry over the outrageous fines - some as high as $700 - that come with them. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Police have launched an extensive hunt for the people who fatally shot a 27-year-old man, understood to be Kevin Ratana, yesterday morning. Police say the victim and offenders were gang affiliates… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.A guilty verdict in US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort's case and a guilty plea from his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen could be his undoing or he could walk… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Central North Island towns are mounting a challenge against tougher earthquake strengthening laws, which they say threaten their historic main streets with "destruction by legislation". Rangitikei is… Read more Video, Audio