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5:28 PM.The Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods promised back in April that earthworks would be underway in eight to ten weeks, so why is the site still a dusty mud pit? Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Kids were preparing to take an exam when a suicide bomb exploded at an education centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. Freelance journalist Akhtar Muhammad Makoii talks to John Campbell. Audio

5:18 PM.The death toll has risen and grief has turned to anger in Italy following the Genoa bridge collapse that has killed at least 39 and injured 24 others. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.For the first time in the history of the Māori King's koroneihana or coronation celebrations, media will be banned from the grounds of Tūrangawaewae Marae. Audio

5:14 PM.The real estate industry says the government's new ban will do nothing to deter foreign buyers - they'll just find a different way into the New Zealand market instead. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.MPs expenses have been officially released and show politicians have been spending up large on travel and accommodation. Political Editor Jane Patterson has the details. Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Hurunui District Council passed a new freedom camping bylaw in July, which opens up four parts of the town centre to freedom campers where none were allowed previously. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The government is urging patience, but thousands of teachers who went on strike today made it clear they are in no mood to wait for better pay and conditions. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.CNN correspondent Ian Lee talks to John Campbell about how concerns were raised about the safety of a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, before it collapsed, killing at least 35 people. Video, Audio

5:46 PM.A former top order batsman for Canterbury, who played five tests for New Zealand in 1999, Gary Stead has stepped in as coach after Mike Hesson's surprise resignation in June. Video, Audio

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

5:28 PM.New Zealand netball veterans Casey Kopua and Laura Langman have been recalled to the Silver Ferns squad for the upcoming Quad Series. Audio

5:24 PM.Ngaruawahia locals are calling for the Māori King to intervene after allegations of misspending were made yesterday by his former advisor Tukoroirangi Morgan. Audio

5:21 PM.Witnesses have described apocolyptic scenes after a motorway collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa killing at least 26 people and injuring dozens of others. Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Parliament's speaker Trevor Mallard has launched an inquiry into who leaked National Party leader Simon Bridges' expenses to media this week. Audio

5:09 PM.John Campbell joined teachers as they walked off the job and hit the streets in the first strike action in 24 years. They tell him how it's come to this, and explain what they want. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.For the first time in 24 years, parents around the country are figuring out what to do with several hundred-thousand primary and intermediate school children who have no school tomorrow because of a… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.A Wellington shopper has been left frustrated after staff at a Countdown deli told her the reusable container she'd brought with her, was no longer allowed. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.The Police are investigating claims the deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha, whose appointment is the focus of an independent inquiry, contacted a witness to a bullying incident he was involved in. Video, Audio