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5:45 PM.Ministry for Primary Industries visited the Helensville farm on Friday and is reviewing footage of apparently dead and deformed chickens. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Cory Jeffries has been found guilty for killing his partner Kim Richmond in July, 2016. Reporter Andrew McRae was in court and said Jeffries appeared nervous but didn't immediately react to the… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:28 PM.Frances Joychild QC says, in the wake of the Ministry of Social Development accepting loans do not constitute income, MSD should review all established debts against beneficiaries. Audio

5:23 PM.Ministry of Social Development will not appeal the High Court judgement that earlier this month ruled bank loans and credit cards do not constitute income. Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.First Union is taking legal action on behalf of courier drivers, many who say they are earning less than the minimum wage while on independent contracts. It will argue they are employees, not… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Photos taken inside a bus, understood to be operated by Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, show seats tied up with wire and a handle which has fallen off the back of a passenger seat. Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.The Ruapehu Alpine Lifts ski shuttle bus, that crashed and killed a young girl on Saturday, had failed its Certificate of Fitness nine times over the past 14 years. Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The replica of the first car raced by Bruce McLaren featured in last year's documentary about the legendary Kiwi-born Formula One driver has just gone on display at the Southward Car Museum, north of… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.A massive fire in Lower Hutt ripped through a commercial building today, destroying at least two businesses. Tests are being done to establish if damage to its asbestos roof is a public health risk. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A nurse tells John Campbell she was left alone for 50 minutes to keep a newborn baby alive as her calls for help went unanswered. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Grief is giving way to anger in Greece, as rescuers search the blackened land for bodies, and any miraculous survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a village outside Athens killing at least… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:33 PM.Fonterra chair John Wilson has resigned for health reasons. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.They're small in isolation, but when added up stickers from fruit are leaving a massive environmental footprint. Zac Fleming meets a man who is on a crusade to change that. Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.A nurse and moderator of the Facebook page 'NZ, please hear our voice' says an Accord on safe staffing will just tell health managers what nurses already know - that they're understaffed. Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Rosie Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 30-year-old Indian national, Sandeep Dhiman, who she met on Tinder. Audio

5:09 PM.DOC's Director General Lou Sanson says Hunter Valley Station leasee, American millionaire Matt Lauer, is being open and encouraging about access and the application for an easement should be put on… Read more Audio