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5:17 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says business confidence is no longer the 'elephant in the room' but a massive, big, flashing neon sign. She made the comment when announcing a new advisory council. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.The government says Pike River Mine will be treated as a crime scene when re-entry finally occurs. Meanwhile, family members of the 29 men killed inside the mine, have entered the portal for the first… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Auckland Council's head of rates Debbie Acott explains how new rates for churches were calculated. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Did Peter Dutton and his coup make things worse rather than better for the Liberals? John Campbell talks to The Guardian Australia's political correspondent Gareth Hutchens. Video, Audio

6:12 PM.One Paremoremo guard is accused of kicking a prisoner repeatedly in the head, another's charged with breaking the prisoner's ankle and a third is accused of moving a camera to try and ruin any… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Hundreds of gang members have farewelled Mongrel Mob member Kevin Ratana who was shot and killed in Whanganui last week. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.High-achieving tertiary science students are now eligible for Nasa's international internships, under a new agreement between the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the US space… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Grandmas, kids, almost 'everyone' is consuming synthetics in Napier's poorest suburb, Maraenui. Anusha Bradley meets a cop who's trying to stamp it out, and a mum who's struggling to give up the drug.

5:38 PM.It's been six months since Marahau, in the Tasman region, was hit by Cyclone Gita, which brought down an avalanche of forestry debris. Tracy Neal went to the town to find out how the clean-up is… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The government is proposing a range of changes aimed at making it easier for tenants to rent properties - and stay in them, but landlords are hoping they'll also be considered before any changes go… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Manawatu was meant to be the test case for how well officials handled the toxic firefighting foam contamination countrywide, but instead it's been like David in gumboots versus Goliath. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Churches in Auckland are begging their mayor and councillors to be their saviour or else they say their recent biblical rates rises could force them to close. Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flatly rejected accusations from National that she had any influence over the Speaker's decision to halt an inquiry into the leak of Simon Bridges' expenses. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.A man killed two people at a gaming competition in Florida, US, before taking his own life. Several other people were injured. Video, Audio

6:23 PM.Thousands of eyes will be on the slopes and the sky as the Winter Games, billed as one of the world's top five winter sports competitions, officially opens in Wanaka tonight. Video, Audio

5:53 PM.With 1 trans-Tasman rugby trophy already wrapped up by the Black Ferns, the All Blacks can claim another when both teams host their Australian counterparts at Eden Park in Auckland tomorrow night. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.After the stoush over demands for greater access over a farm owned by American TV personality, Matt Lauer, farmers say the surge in visitors wanting to roam across their land is making them feel like… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Aurora, the lines company owned by Dunedin City Council, says a power pole which is on a precarious lean on a main road and near a primary school, told Checkpoint it was red-tagged for replacement in… Read more Video, Audio