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6:22 PM.Upon the dawn of Mataraki hundreds of young students will battle it out at the National Secondary schools competition. Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.After two weeks of ballots around the country, primary school teachers and principals have voted to strike. Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The Otara Music Arts Centre has been experimenting with new ways of feeding people with extraordinary success. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

5:46 PM.After months of delays the Court Theatre is named as the priority development for the Christchurch's new performing arts precinct, but one theatre producer says the decision is a 'big mistake.' Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.All 11 charter schools will have to shut at the end of this year unless they succeed in their bid. Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Many nurses say they're still upset about pay and conditions and may vote against a proposed new pay deal. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu faked a pregnancy and falsified documents to get a job as a nanny. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.British Navy divers found the team more than two kilometres underground nearly 10 days after they went missing. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.The High Court ruled has against Ministry of Social Development, which argued that bank loans and credit cards made up part of a beneficiary's income. Video, Audio

6:24 PM.A navy ship that started its life supporting oil rigs is changing tack to protect the Pacific Ocean from old warships leaking oil. Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.It was motorway mayhem for thousands of Aucklanders after a fatal crash brought traffic to a standstill on the northwestern this morning. The crash which killed a motorcyclist by the St Lukes off-ramp… Read more Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Kayaker Scott Donaldson is just an hour or so away from becoming the first person to successfully kayak from Australia to New Zealand solo. His wife Sarah Donaldson is waiting for him at New… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The Porirua teenagers who became internet sensations after a video of them singing the New Zealand National Anthem went viral have been invited to sing at a Silver Ferns game. They spoke with John… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.A judge has overturned a drink driving conviction because police repeatedly refused to let the appellant go to the toilet, and he ended up soiling himself - an act the judge said was humiliating. Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Kāpiti locals are rejoicing at the news Air Chathams will take over flights between Paraparaumu and Auckland from next month. Audio

5:15 PM.The nurses union has put a new pay offer from district health boards to its members to vote on amid a protracted pay dispute. Nurses have been at an impasse with DHBs for months over pay and working… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis first suggested on RNZ this morning that he didn't know prison population forecasts when he made the decision not to go ahead with a mega prison at Waikeria - but… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.A man has been charged with murder following the death of a two-year-old girl in the Eastern Bay of Plenty last night. Arnica Savage's body was found in a river not far from the Matahina Dam, inland… Read more Video, Audio