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5:09 PM.Acute mental health nurses at Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital are being assaulted by patients at least twice a week, and as often as once a day. Video, Audio

6:29 PM.Did Clarke Gayford just tell the world the sex of his and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby? Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Auckland is overhauling its tourism strategy, moving away from attracting as many people as possible, to offering visitors more cultural experiences and more razzamatazz in the winter. Video, Audio

6:14 PM.The union representing Qantas staff says workers are frustrated and fearful after a mystery leak inside their central Auckland building caused 15 people to be hospitalised. Video, Audio

6:11 PM.Two Auckland schools were forced into lockdown this morning as armed police searched for three offenders, one of whom students say was wearing a school blazer. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Police say guns were involved in the deaths of seven people, including four children, whose bodies were found in a home near Maragaret River, Australia. Jamie Freestone from 7 News has the latest. Video, Audio

5:52 PM.It's just weeks before Clarke Gayford takes on the job of stay-at-home dad. Hamish Cardwell spoke to other fathers who are in a similar boat and Mr Gayford about his impending new role. Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.As part of a special RNZ pre-Budget series, Political Editor Jane Patterson looks at how the previous government funded the health sector, and what we can expect from this current government next… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Nick Smith says Rose Renton rubbed poison in his hair and clothes, but she maintains she only ever touched him lightly. The case opened in the Nelson District Court today before two justices of the… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:29 PM.104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall has ended his own life by assisted suicide in Switzerland, because he wasn't legally able to do so in his home country. Jacob Greaves reports. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Euthanasia advocate Susan Austen has been fined for importing a drug which New Zealand woman Annemarie Treadwell used to kill herself. Video, Audio

5:22 PM.For 15 years, Smiths City staff were expected to attend a 15 minute morning meeting they weren't paid for. The company has now been given three months to pay up. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.The Earthquake Commission's assets are now as low as $287 million, and will soon reach the $200m mark that triggers the Crown guarantee to top up the Natural Disaster Fund. Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.A female jogger running alongside the Northern Motorway in St Mary's Bay, Auckland, was dragged into bushes, strangled and indecently assaulted early this morning. Detective Inspector Scott Beard… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Seven people, including four children, have been found dead in a murder-suicide at a home near Margaret River in Western Australia. Police say it's the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996. Video, Audio

6:22 PM.Diehard fans will have two options - keep watching the current series at their own pace or watch a condensed two hour special. Read more Audio

6:12 PM.Counties Manukau DHB says pregnant women won't be affected if it is forced to remediate or rebuild the quake-prone Galbraith Building. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Kiwirail COO Todd Moyle explains why Auckland CBD's only train station might not be back up and running till Saturday. Video, Audio

5:59 PM.An explosion in Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is likely to be the first of a series of larger explosions that could throw rocks and ash from the crater, threatening a nearby town where 43,000… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A couple who has been battling the Earthquake Commission since their property was damaged in a big storm in Whanganui nearly three years ago, has been left shattered by the experience. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Far North housing provider Te Ahikaaroa Trust says people in desperate need of housing are suffering because the government-run Māori Housing Network isn't working properly. Video, Audio