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6:15 PM.Some Aucklanders still recovering from Tuesday night's storm could be in for a second hit tonight with severe gales and thunderstorms forecast, and a possibility of coastal tornadoes. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says the government's announcement to not issue any more oil and gas permits shows it is meeting international obligations the previous government… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Nurses picketed outside Waitakere Hospital for two hours today trying to garner support for their pay and working conditions dispute with the country's District Health Boards. Audio

5:40 PM.A teacher who assaulted their own child but was still working at an early childhood centre is one of a record number of official complaints about ECEs in 2016. RNZ Education Correspondent John… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.New Zealand Mountain biker Sam Gaze speaks to Joe Porter shortly after winning Gold at the Commonwealth Games. Video, Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.There's growing frustration about the time it is taking to restore power in Auckland after the storm on Tuesday night, as power remains cut to 25,000 properties. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom says the government's announcement on oil and gas permits is a 'kick in the guts', while local businesses say they feel let down. But not everybody is upset at the move.

5:09 PM.The government has announced it won't grant any more offshore oil and gas permits, a move the Green party is claiming as a win. But National says it will send 'a chill down the spine of NZ… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Sam Gaze and Anton Cooper finished first and second in the men's mountain biking - repeating their one-two Glasgow performance on the Gold Coast. Video, Audio

6:27 PM.New Zealand's Julia Ratcliffe hopes to inspire more young women to take up hammer throwing after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games. Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Former Silver Ferns coach and player Yvonne Willering spoke to John Campbell shortly after the Silver Ferns lost 54-45, their biggest ever losing margin, to England. Video, Audio

6:11 PM.Many Aucklanders say they didn't receive enough warning and were left unprepared for the severity of last night's storm, but emergency management and MetService has defended their response. Audio

5:58 PM.Masazo Nonaka, a 112-year-old man in Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living man. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's first-ever Congressional testimony went so well that shares of the social media giant saw their biggest one-day percentage gain since April 2016. Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Jonathan Coleman's last fortnight in politics has focussed on what he knew, and when, about the condition of buildings at Middlemore Hospital. He spoke to Political Editor Jane Patterson. Audio

5:38 PM.Alan Reay was told on two occasions that the building his company designed was prone to collapsing in an earthquake, but this information wasn't considered in the decision not to prosecute, CTV… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.The latest weather forecast with MetService meteorologist John Law. Video, Audio

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

5:22 PM.The Silver Ferns have been crushed by yet another defeat at the Commonwealth Games losing to England by nine goals. They are now on tenterhooks waiting to hear if they've made it to the semi-finals. Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Fourteen houses in National Park have been deemed unliveable after a tornado ripped through the area yesterday morning. RNZ reporter Andrew McRae met with locals displaced from their homes. Video, Audio