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5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.Auckland FC have made New Zealand football history in front of their passionate fan base in Penrose but supporters now have to play the waiting game. The A-League regular season wraps up this weekend… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.The family of a man found dead after he failed to return to the Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward are unhappy a coroner's investigation didn't take into account a hospital probe that found… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.There's a sense of unease in Wairoa after two private properties have been shot at by rival gangs in the past ten days. In response, Police have invoked new powers to help dial down tensions between… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The governments not ruling out underwriting the expansion of small regional airlines to help maintain routes and keep the price of flying competitive. Minister for the South Island and Associate… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Police are looking for any other policy breaches, after revealing today three applicants who failed physical testing were still admitted for officer training. The situation has put renewed focus on… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.There are concerns high wages paid to casual medical staff to plug gaps in the health system are discouraging doctors from taking full time positions. Te Whatu Ora said its forecast full year spend on… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.The Department of Corrections has admitted it failed to properly monitor a paroled prisoner who went on to brutally murder a woman in her Christchurch home. Colombian national Juliana Bon-illa Herrera… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.It's taken the best part of a decade but sod has finally been turned on Wellington's Golden mile upgrade. The $116 million dollar plan was part of the "Let's Get Wellington Moving" initiative before… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Auckland's flagship rugby side are truly feeling the Blues. The defending Super Rugby Pacific champions lost yet another game over the weekend - coming up short against the Reds. The struggling side… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.It's known as the land of the free - but the United States under Donald Trump's second term's seen increasing caution from other countries. New Zealand's government has started a review of official… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Israel bombing Lebanon's capital, the US and Iran wrapping up a third round of nuclear talks and one of Gaza's key aid agencies running… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.The Head of English at an Auckland college says he won't teach the proposed new English curriculum and is urging other teachers to boycott it too. The draft curriculum released earlier this month… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Promises to voters, along with the occasional backdown, are flowing thick and fast as the Australian national election heads towards it final week of campaigning. Australia correspondent Peter Ryan… Read more Audio

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

5:31 PM.It will be brothers in arms for Moana Pasifika on Saturday. The Savea siblings reunite for their first game together at the franchise. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Audio

5:30 PM.It has been three decades since thirteen Tai Poutini Polytechnic students and a DOC worker died when a poorly-constructed viewing platform collapsed at Cave Creek, on the West Coast. A private… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.A cross-party visit to Taiwan has drawn a strong rebuke from China, which has accused the New Zealand MPs of colluding with pro-independence separatist forces. New Zealand does not recognise Taiwan as… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Checkpoint has been inundated with messages from people affected by the cost of Air New Zealand's domestic flights. That includes a Rotorua man, who instead of flying direct to Christchurch for work… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A vigil has taken place for the US PhD student Kyle Whorrall, who was killed at a bus stop in Auckland's Meadowbank on Saturday night. A 16-year-old boy charged with murder and aggravated robbery has… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Jerome Taylor launched the high-end fashion brand nearly 10 years ago and it's been featured in Vogue Magazine and had showings at Fashion Weeks overseas and at home. He even had the backing of a… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.A man who leaves home at 1:30 in the morning to drive to Auckland Airport to save hundreds on air fares. An 18-year-old who can't come home for his first university holidays because of the cost of… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.For the last five years the route 64 bus fare has been virtually free at just one cent to tag on, but come Sunday a full fare will apply. The bus service was originally established to accomodate for… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Giancarlo Italiano has been offered a one-year contract extension at the club he has been involved with for the past six years - despite finishing outside the play-offs in his second year in charge… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.When 12 year-old George Fisher got first place at the North Island secondary schools mountain bike competition he was given a certificate but not the first place medal. That was passed to the next… Read more Audio