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5:29 PM.Former National Party leader Don Brash says Massey University's decision to cancel his speaking engagement is a threat to free speech everywhere. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.British tourist Jake Clarkson, stuck on the Gili islands after a devastating 6.9 magnitude quake, says there has been no response from authorities, and the companies ferrying passengers off the island… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Cancer Society's Medical Director Chris Jackson has called the way some of his patients can afford better cancer drugs than others "survival of the richest", while oncologists throughout NZ call on… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Nurses have endorsed the fifth pay offer from DHBs, which includes pay rises of between 12.5 and 16 percent, and strengthens commitments to safe staffing levels. But not everyone is seeing it as a… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.A big flood in Hawke's Bay has prompted a group of high school students from Hastings to create a low-cost device that sends rainfall data and flood warnings in real time by text message. Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.Construction leaders visited Parliament today to discuss the challenges facing the sector with ministers, a week after Ebert Construction went into receivership. Ministry of Business, Innovation and… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Tristan Mona from Auckland's Avondale College beat more than 760,000 competitors from more than 100 countries to become the world's Microsoft Powerpoint champion. Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.A hardy crowd of about 500 turned out for a victory parade for the newly crowned super rugby champions, despite bitterly cold and wet conditions today. Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The retirement commissioner is warning of a looming housing crisis for over 65s as home ownership rates decline and the number of pensioners is set to almost double over the next 20 years. Audio

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

5:26 PM.British tourist Jake Clarkson describes the terror he and others felt when a magnitude 7 quake struck Lombok island, and tells Sharon Brettkelly he's one of hundreds trying to leave. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.The cow and calf at the centre of an attack that left a man with moderate injuries have been sent to the slaughterhouse. Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Volunteers are desperately trying to help refloat a stranded humpback whale on Baylys Beach, about two and a half hours north of Auckland. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is back in the Beehive with her baby Neve in tow. She spent the weekend settling in to Premiere House, and took her place back at the head of the Cabinet table today. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Tourists are queuing for hours to leave Lombok's international airport. One of them, Dutch tourist Marc Ganuwalba, was injured during the earthquake as fellow diners fell on top of him as they fled a… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.Leonardo DiCaprio has invested in NZ shoe company Allbirds. The company was the brainchild of Tim Brown, a former All White, who'd spent an awful lot of time in football boots, and became moderately… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.The man who went on the run for a year after a botched cocaine deal, involving the class A drug being hidden in a diamante-encrusted horse head, has been jailed. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The Australian soldier trapped high up on Mount Aspiring for four nights has finally been flown off the mountain and taken to hospital. Video, Audio