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

5:27 PM.Calls are being made for genetic tests to be made more widely available and publicly funded so more breast cancer patients can avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. Audio

5:21 PM.A former state house tenant who was allegedly dobbed in by an Auckland DHB says he is still paying back Housing NZ for a meth test three years after his eviction. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The former prime minister will head a working group aimed at setting up Fair Pay Agreements between unions and employers, and establishing minimum terms and conditions of employment for all workers in… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.There's a heavy snow watch in place in Fiordland, Southland and Otago, Georgina Griffiths from MetService says snow could reach 200m in some places. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Tolaga Bay locals say they were lucky no one was injured when a river of forestry logs blasted through their properties during flash flooding. They say the recent intensification of forestry is to… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.South Auckland residents say they are shocked and disappointed at Auckland Council's decision to introduce an 11.5 cent per litre fuel tax from July to fund transport projects. Video, Audio

6:13 PM.ANZCO chief executive Peter Conley explains what happens to cattle infected with Mycoplasma bovis, including how they end up in the food chain just as all the other cows processed for meat do. Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Thousands of cows are on the move today as sharemilkers relocate their herds for the winter months as part of gypsy day. Conan Young travelled to mid-Canterbury to talk to farmers during their busiest… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A Nelson-based men's support and advocacy service says homelessness in Nelson is increasing as fast as it is in Wellington and Auckland. Tracy Neal reports. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Ngāti Kahungunu and Craggy Range Winery announced yesterday they would close the existing, controversial track, and build a new one that will protect areas of cultural significance. Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.The government has announced it will spend $46 million on Northland projects, including on job creation, forestry, housing and $7m for Whangarei's Hundertwasser gallery Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The prime minister's chief scientist Sir Peter Gluckman talks to John Campbell about the “faulty logic” that informed New Zealand’s methamphetamine testing standard, and why the country needs to do… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Robert Erueti is still paying MSD back for emergency accommodation he ended up in after being evicted from his HNZ home over a 0.59 reading of methamphetamine - a reading now scientifically… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.A Wellington couple building their dream waterfront home say they're living a nightmare after they were sold an incorrectly marked grade of steel. Video, Audio

6:10 PM.TVNZ has secured the rights to broadcast the next America's Cup, while work is well underway behind the scenes to transform parts of Auckland's waterfront for the defence. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A Hawke's Bay iwi and a local winery who have been at loggerheads over a controversial track snaking up Te Mata Peak say they're going to close it and build a new one together. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The Canterbury earthquakes damaged the facility beyond use, and almost six years after it was demolished, a new facility known as Taiora QE2 has risen from the rubble. Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Conditions at some emergency housing providers in Whanganui are so poor they are putting vulnerable people at risk, the city's Salvation Army's tenancy manager for emergency housing says. Read more Video, Audio