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5:14 PM.Police have decided to halt an investigation into allegations the late Te Awanuiarangi Black, a prominent Bay of Plenty leader, was involved in a paedophile ring. It's welcome news for his brother… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has stepped aside as minister while an investigation is carried out into a "staffing matter" in her office. She is the second Labour minister who has found themselves in… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.Lisa Carrington talks to John Campbell after defending her title at the Canoe Sprint World Champs in Portugal last week. Audio

6:08 PM.An Auckland family has been paying hundreds of dollars a week to live in a house with a swamp underneath it. Housing Minister Phil Twyford tells John Campbell it's a textbook case of why the rules… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Canterbury residents are being warned about two different phone scams doing the rounds, including one where scammers impersonate Spark employees. One of those scammers called our Christchurch reporter… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Part of Porirua's Albatross Close has sunk one metre in just a little more than a month. John Campbell talks to Porirua City Council's Transport Manager Mike Evans about what's causing the road to… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.The Pike River Recovery Agency is advertising "for five new mining staff to assist with the re-entry and recovery of the Pike River drift". The Agency's COO, Dinghy Pattinson, explains. Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Dr Vernon Reynolds, who has worked on Nauru for almost two years, tells John Campbell about the children in the Australian offshore detention centre, and how even if she visits, Prime Minister Jacinda… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Hundreds of Auckland homeowners could be forced to go back to the drawing board to get new resource consents, after the Auckland Council admitted it misinterpreted its own rules. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.An Auckland family's rental house has a rubbish dump and swamp underneath it, which is attracting rats and mosquitoes and they say it's also making them sick. Tenant Dawn Robbie says she’s complained… Read more Video, Audio

6:29 PM.Is it a meteor, is it space junk, is it ET....those are the questions North Canterbury stargazers are grappling with after a dramatic sighting last night. Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Hutt Valley firefighters Daniel Olliver and Scott Duganzich shielded Ally Maclachlan from falling debris on a cliff face, saving her life. Today, they were given a citation for their work. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Footage captured by a prison officer's body camera shows his colleague kicking a prisoner in the head as he lay on the ground. Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon will chair the prime minister's new business advisory council. He talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A few weeks ago, after culling 1700 calves, Ben Walling and Sarah Flintoft's farm was declared Mycoplasma bovis free. Conan Young and Dan Cook returned to find out how they were getting on. Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Theatre producer Michael Bell has got permission to build a temporary theatre complex using shipping containers, a giant tent, and temporary staging, right in the heart of the partially completed… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.With the All Blacks' ability to retain top players against tempting pay packets from overseas, we wondered where Rugby NZ spends its money. Rugby NZ COO Nicki Nichol explains. Audio

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

5:25 PM.Police Minister Stuart Nash says the law that regulates synthetics is "inadequate", and the government is considering moving its regulation to result in harsher penalities. Video, Audio

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