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5:33 PM.Dairy giant Fonterra has been given a serious serve from its shareholders who say the double hit to their earnings this year is unacceptable. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.History will be made at Mount Smart stadium tonight when the first female NRL team takes the field in a curtain raiser against Auckland ahead of the Warriors match against the Newcastle Knights. Video, Audio

5:22 PM.A Ministry of Justice decision to move Taranaki post-mortems to Palmerston North has shocked locals and raised concerns it will add to the stress bereaved families are already experiencing. Audio

5:21 PM.The fight to save Lumsden Maternity Centre from closing has been lost, despite protests and a petition with more than 4000 signatures urging the government and DHB to keep its birthing services. Audio

5:17 PM.The Government has announced plans to rid the country of single-use plastic bags in a year's time, saying the hundreds of millions used here each year are polluting our coastlines and waterways. Video, Audio

5:10 PM.Unicef's Bismarck Swangin is on the ground in Yemen. He tells John Campbell the bus bombing is just one example of a catastrophic war, that has killed many thousands of people, directly and… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Dozens of children, many younger than 15, have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike that hit a school bus in northern Yemen. Warning, this video includes disturbing footage. Lucy Fielder… Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.The antics of a bouncing South Island sheep have captured worldwide attention after his owner posted a video of the woolly jumper trampolining. Video, Audio

6:22 PM.People are having to wait up to two years for an avocado tree, and the number of trees being grown in nurseries has jumped from 30,000 to 200,000 in the last five years. Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.People who have eaten eels and freshwater fish from two South Taranaki streams contaminated by fire-fighting foam are being urged to come forward. Audio

6:08 PM.Following widespread outrage after his speech at Massey University was cancelled on Tuesday, Don Brash is now facing protestors when he turns up to a debate at Auckland University tonight. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Owairoa Primary School students will no longer have to shiver in shorts as the school has decided to approve long pants after weeks of petitioning. Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Christchurch City Council is pushing back against a suggestion that control of water networks could be taken off local authorities. Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The US is introducing new sanctions against Russia to punish the Kremlin for the country's involvement in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the British town of Salisbury… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.A contingent of New Zealand firefighters and managers have arrived in California to help battle devastating fires there. Sharon Brettkelly spoke to field liaison officer Wipari Henwood. Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.An employer has been recorded asking for $35,000 in return for sponsoring an Indian student's work visa. Now the student is appealing her case to Immigration NZ because the job never existed. Audio

5:23 PM.A jury has dismissed Gabriel Yad-Elohim's defence of insanity, finding him guilty of murdering 69-year-old Michael Mulholland, three days after he was released from a mental health unit. Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The once bustling resort island of Lombok is now a ghost town as tourists flee fearing further quakes. For business owners left behind, the future looks bleak. Video, Audio

5:15 PM.The government is to pay employers the equivalent of the dole - as well as up to $6000 - to take on young beneficiaries as apprentices. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled the scheme today. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.The controversy into Wally Haumaha's appointment as deputy police commissioner has widened as it was revealed in Parliament that three public servants claim he bullied them. Audio

6:22 PM.Jurors will have to consider whether Gabriel Yad-Elohim acted out of insanity or if it was a drug deal gone wrong when he killed Michael Mulholland in September last year. Audio