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Inside a Mongrel Mob patching ceremony
6:22 PM.As part of an investigation into where gangs are heading in New Zealand, RNZ's Insight programme was allowed the first media recording of a Mongrel Mob patching ceremony. Video, Audio
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Hundreds attend Morrinsville Mycoplasma bovis meeting
6:12 PM.Around 500 farmers and industry representatives attended the meeting - the first in a series around the country that will be hosted by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio
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'Time is right' for speedway to move from Western Springs
6:08 PM.Cricket games will be played at Auckland's Western Springs in 2020 with Speedway announcing it's moving on after 90 years. Read more Video, Audio
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Coronation Street to fast forward 18 months
5:53 PM.New Zealand is 18 months behind the UK, so TVNZ is giving viewers two options - catch up by watching a two hour special or keep watching the current series at their own pace. Video, Audio
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Train services on Auckland's Western Line suspended
5:48 PM.Train services on Auckland's Western Line, from Newmarket to Swanson, have been suspended until further notice. Reporter Sarah Robson is at Britomart and says it's going to be a very long trip home… Read more Audio
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Forestry must adapt to climate change
5:44 PM.A forest management company says firms aren't operating any differently, blaming more extreme weather events that are happening more frequently for recent logging disasters. Audio
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Evening business for 8 June 2018
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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All Blacks gear up for first test of 2018
5:29 PM.The All Blacks are expected to win but there might be a bit of rust as players from the five Super Rugby franchises join forces for the first time in 2018. Video, Audio
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Nana Barrett and her All Blacks scrapbooks
5:25 PM.All Blacks brothers Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett's nana Mary has a scrapbook for each of her All Blacks grandsons, which she fills with newspaper clippings and photographs she takes from TV. She… Read more Video, Audio
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Two Hawaii seaside communites engulfed by lava
5:24 PM.Lava from the Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside communities on Hawaii's Big Island, following dramatic eruptions over the past month that have sent lava fountaining into the skies… Read more Video, Audio
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‘I’m disappointed EQC. No, I’m heartbroken’
5:18 PM.Christchurch woman Georgina Hanafin has written an open letter about her anguish, heartbreak and financial struggles with EQC. She says its settlement offer falls short, and she's taking the agency to… Read more Audio
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Housing sector cautiously backs new Ministry
5:14 PM.A new ministry - that of Housing and Urban Development - will roll three departments into a one-stop policy shop in charge of affordable housing, homelessness and large scale developments. Video, Audio
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Son found not guilty of father's murder
5:09 PM.A man who fatally stabbed his violent father has been found not guilty of murder. Court reporter Edward Gay has been following the case, and has the latest details. Video, Audio
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Is Netflix the future for Maori television?
6:23 PM.A new Māori media industry group is being lauched to ensure Māori media keeps pace with a changing world, with one young producer believing Netflix is the future. A young Maori TV producer believes… Read more Audio
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Man killed by own son labelled brutal controlling bully
6:19 PM.The lawyers for the son say he was acting in self-defence, but the Crown says the son stabbed his father, knowing that his actions could cause death and he should be found guilty of murder. Audio
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CEO unsure how EQC became 'dysfunctional'
6:14 PM.EQC's chief executive Sid Miller says he accepts a critical report into wide-ranging deficiencies at the crown agency, but is at a loss to explain how things got so bad. Video, Audio
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Jenny Salesa says she's changed after overspending taxpayer money
6:08 PM.The country's top spending minister at the end of 2017, Jenny Salesa, says her travel was all above board but she has put systems in place to ensure taxpayers' money is much better used. Video, Audio
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PM out campaigning 10 days ahead of due date
5:55 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was busy with selfies and hugs when she campaigned in Northcote today with Labour candidate Shanan Halbert, just days before her due date. Read more Video, Audio
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Warkworth voters suss out Simon Bridges
5:51 PM.National leader Simon Bridges is travelling throughout the country so so-called ordinary voters can get to know him. Reporter Sarah Murphy followed him to Warkworth to find out what locals made of… Read more Video, Audio
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All Blacks' Barrett brothers about to make history
5:48 PM.Taranaki's famous sons - Beauden, Scott and Jordie Barrett - will become the first trio of brothers to start a match for the All Blacks when they play France at Eden Park on Saturday. Audio
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Stadium closure $10 million blow to Taranaki economy
5:43 PM.Taranaki Chamber of Commerce estimates the region will take at least a $10 million hit a year after the shock closure of Yarrow Stadium. Video, Audio
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National accuses government of favouring Northland
5:37 PM.National is accusing the government of playing favourites by giving Northland 60 percent of the money allocated so far by the Provincial Growth Fund. But Minister Shane Jones says the north was… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 7 June 2018
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Cat survives 4.5 hour drive in car's grill
5:26 PM.A cat has made a miraculous recovery after it survived a four and a half hour drive from Auckland to New Plymouth trapped in the grill of a car, but its owners still haven't been found. Read more Video, Audio
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"Suck it and see" avo water consents a worry
5:21 PM.Northland is poised to become the avocado capital of New Zealand after growers north of Kaitaia received the green light for irrigation. But DOC is considering challenging them in the Environment… Read more Audio