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5:20 PM.The Anti-P Ministry holds weekly walk-in gatherings for people wanting support to quit methamphetamine, or for family members whose loved ones are addicted. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Police have launched a homicide investigation after being called to Greenwood Road at about 6am and finding a 28-year-old man dead at the scene, and a woman with gunshot injuries. Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The massive sinkhole, or tomo, which runs along a fault-line at a Tumunui farm, is about 200 metres long, 30 metres wide and 20 metres deep. Farm manager Colin Tremain tells Alex Perrottet all about… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Overseas websites selling goods to New Zealanders will have to collect GST on purchases under $400 from October next year. Some local retailers say it's overdue, but they're not convinced it will help… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.The tunnels at Auckland's Bastion Point, the resting place of the country's first Labour Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage, were opened to the media for the first time today since they were… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Hundreds of University of Auckland students and supporters protested today against the planned closure of several libraries over fears about what it will mean for their learning and research. Video, Audio

5:56 PM.A digger identified a wooden object during piling work for a viaduct two weeks ago, and it turned out to be a 10 metre-long waka, which is still connected to the trunk of a Kauri tree. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Voters in the suburban seat, which covers Birkenhead, Birkdale, Beach Haven and south Glenfield, will head to the polls in June, after longstanding MP Jonathan Coleman stood down last month. Video, Audio

5:45 PM.Canterbury mayors say their ratepayers are already paying for earthquake recovery, roading, water and storm water infrastructure, so a shiny new Christchurch stadium is way down the priority list. Video, Audio

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

5:27 PM.After a winless and often frustrating 21 months, 21-year-old Ko won the Mediheal Championship in San Francisco in a sudden-death playoff against Australia's Minjee Lee. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Methamphetamine has become so endemic in New Zealand there are now reports of primary-age children taking the drug to school. Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The heaviest rainfall in more than 50 years struck the region, north of Rotorua, yesterday, causing torrents of flood water more than a metre deep to rush through streets, flooding properties and… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Petrol companies need to be more transparent in how they set the price of fuel, because no one but those in the industry understand how petrol prices can differ so much between stations, Mark… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.91 Unleaded petrol costs $2.17 a litre at BP in Paraparaumu, yet $1.99 40km north at the BP station in Levin. We asked drivers what they thought of the difference. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the Government is weighing up the levy, saying it could be used to help offset the cost of electric vehicles and mitigate New Zealand's emissions. Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A three bedroom house built by eight prison inmates as part of a trade training scheme was lifted over the prison walls in Rimutaka. Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.A petition presented to Canterbury Regional Council calls for unused consents for two water bottling plants to be revoked.( Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The six member inquiry heard from Police, DHBs, judges, mental health patients and community groups at its launch in Palmerston North. Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Cameron Thomas has returned to prison after being sentenced for the manslaughter of a friend killed in a high speed car crash in Cambridge. Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.A scaled down, less expensive plan for the project has been presented which Minister Megan Woods says will open by 2021. Read more Video, Audio