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6:19 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fronted up in Taranaki today for the first time since the government announced it won't issue any new offshore oil and gas exploration permits. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Vet Mark Bryan has witnessed Mycoplasma bovis first-hand. Conan Young talked to him about eradication versus management and began by asking what he thought about the way MPI had handled the situation.

5:54 PM.Five-year-old Ella Yearbury has crawled most of her life, but now she's in the United States learning to walk after her family raised more than $200,000 for life-changing surgery. Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The New Zealand government is considering a Super Rugby team based in the Islands from 2020. Joe Porter went to find out what a team would mean to the Pasifika communities and if it would solve… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.Kingi Taurua, who died aged 80, became the face of Waitangi Day protests at Te Tii Marae and was never afraid to call out the sitting government or sometimes even his own people. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The Chief District Court judge has had to move judges from the criminal juridiction to help clear a backlog in the Family Court. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.It's too expensive for women's shoe label Minnie Cooper to make shoes in New Zealand, it's had to close. Workers have been made redundant, everything's for sale, and owner Sandy Cooper believes fast… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:20 PM.Transport Minister Phil Twyford has been reprimanded after making a phone call on a plane after the aircraft doors had closed. Benedict Collins looks at whether what he did was a serious offence or an… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Wilma Van Leuuwen, who owns the farm where the first confirmed outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis was found, says MPI has been slow, uncoordinated and under-prepared in its response to the disease. Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Waikato farmer Henk Smit told 600 farmers in Cambridge today that a herd he co-owns is the first in the region to have Mycoplasma bovis. Audio

6:25 PM.The Pacific Music Awards have been held as a separate event to the New Zealand music awards since 2005, in an effort to celebrate and promote excellence in Pacific music. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Transport Minister Phil Twyford has apologised "unreservedly" and offered to resign after making a phone call on a domestic flight after the aircraft doors had shut. Audio

6:08 PM.Compensation for farmers and sharemilkers who have lost money over Mycoplasma bovis "has taken too long" to pay out, MPI's director of response and readiness Geoff Gwyn says. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Queenstown and the surrounding areas have experienced freezing temperatures, icy roads and plenty of snow. For some, it marks the beginning of the best time of the year. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.After pointing to "welfare dependency" as a reason for its worker shortage a fortnight ago, a kiwifruit packing company has now admitted its jobs are "shit work". Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:24 PM.A rural midwife says she's spent $11,000 on petrol in the last year and faces a bigger bill this year as fuel prices skyrocket. There are warnings the worst is yet to come. Read more Audio

5:21 PM.An independent panel has recommended nurses receive an overall 9 percent payrise over the next two years, but their union says it's less than what they hoped, and might not be enough to stop nurses… Read more Audio