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5:45 PM.Tempers flared in Canterbury Regional Council as opponents to two water bottling plants told the council why they shouldn't go ahead. Video, Audio

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

5:33 PM.The easiest decison he'd ever made.... That's how the new Reserve Bank governor described his first call on interest rates today, when he left the official cash rate at a record low of 1 point 75… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Glenavy cricket club members have taken the law into their own hands, solving a crime themselves after their clubrooms were burgled. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Thirty-eight farms are now infected with Mycoplasma bovis and another 100 are likely to be infected, making it a whole lot more challenging to eradicate, Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor says. Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Services in and out of the Auckland CBD's only train station might not be fully back up and running until Saturday. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.An unknown substance has caused twelve people to be hospitalised and dozens more evacuated from a 16-storey office building in central Auckland. Video, Audio

6:12 PM.The leaders of Britain, Germany and France, which were signatories to the deal along with China and Russia, said in a joint statement that Donald Trump's decision is a cause for "regret and concern."… Read more Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Auckland Transport says it's done all it could to alert train passengers to major disruptions following a train derailment this morning. Britomart is likely to remain closed tomorrow morning. Audio

5:48 PM.The Women's Refuge and Salvation Army say it's a huge relief to get a funding boost as its staff and services have been stretched to the limit over the past decade. Audio

5:38 PM.Rewa is serving a 22 year prison sentence for the rape of more than 20 women but despite his DNA being found at the scene of the crime and his conviction for her rape, two juries failed to reach… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:25 PM.The Earthquake Commission is powerless to act when homes sold with quake damage EQC either missed or poorly repaired require remediation work costing more than $100,000, its chief executive tells John… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Neither EQC nor Georgina Hanafin's insurer will take responsibility for the repair work required on her Christchurch home, which she bought based on assertions EQC repairs were complete. John Campbell… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Three carriages of a train carrying 33 people came off tracks this morning, halting all services running to and from the CBD station. It's not known when the station will reopen. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.At least 15,000 Aucklanders are facing major disruptions after Auckland's only central city train station, and the city's train hub, Britomart, was shut down due to a train derailment. Video, Audio

6:16 PM.The Waitakere Local Board says the recent weather events have been a wake up call and it's organising a meeting between Civil Defence and key leaders in the community about what needs to be done. Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.New Zealand Football chief executive Andy Martin says a combined Collective Agreement - and equality for their senior men's and women's national teams - was a chance to make a statement. Audio

6:08 PM.WORLD may have fallen foul of the law by labelling t-shirts as New Zealand made, when they were actually made offshore. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.More than 50 people in Dunedin's art community have pledged to keep professional theatre alive in the city, after it was announced last week that Fortune Theatre was closing. Read more Audio