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5:45 PM.The strip search of 209 prisoners over two days was at the centre of a court case last month where two of the country's most notorious inmates, Arthur Taylor and Phillip John Smith, argued it was… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Just a week after Cyclone Josie killed six people, Fiji is bracing for Cyclone Keni, which is due to hit tomorrow. RNZ Pacific's Sally Round reports. Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:24 PM.New teachers at Birdwood Primary School in Ranui are paid $46,000. Principal Jenny Bernard told John Campbell her daughter was offered a job at a coffee shop earning more than that. Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Kaveeta Shiri-wastow, who can't afford to live in Auckland, spends fifteen hours a week in her car, and $200 a week on petrol, getting to and from her teaching job. Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The privacy commissioner says the only way for concerned Facebook users to be certain their data is not being misused is to delete their existing accounts. Video, Audio

6:26 PM.Frustrated residents on the Kapiti Coast are waging a war against Argentine ants, which they are finding in their gardens, homes, hair, and constantly crawling up their bodies. Warmer weather has… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.Cory Marson-Wood, 20, lit more than 30 fires in Piha last year. He told police he got an adrenalin rush when he saw emergency services arriving to fight them. Rowan Quinn has the details. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Conan Young put, among other things, the former EQC Minister's claim that Christchurch re-repairs are high due to aftershocks, to experts. Audio

5:51 PM.New Zealand cyclists will be chasing more medals tonight at the Commonwealth Games velodrome, after a gold and two silvers last night. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.It's been one year to the day since the stopbank broke and hundreds of homes were flooded in Edgecumbe. Locals describe what they've endured, and where they are now. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Chris Wilson, a soldier who had been travelling home to Christchurch from Waiouru the morning of the disaster, has spent the past 50 years wondering what became of the little boy he rescued. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Stephanie Pomare, the only student left at catholic co-ed school Hato Petera, says she feels pressured to leave but wants to stay in a stand against the church, which she says isn’t being fair to… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.American tourist Reiss Berger has been allowed to leave the country with orders to return, despite police opposition to bail. Lois Williams has the latest. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.So many re-repairs are needed on Christchurch quake-damaged homes because the initial scoping was wrong, quantity surveying business owner Lester Bryant tells John Campbell. Video, Audio

6:26 PM.Environmental Protection Authority CEO Allan Freeth returned to Parliament today insisting he hadn't misled MPs about ministers interfering in the removal of the authority's controversial chief… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.National leader Simon Bridges says his government appropriately managed repairs and re-repairs on Christchurch quake-damaged homes, and an inquiry into EQC was unnecessary. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Minister Megan Woods says EQC could ask the Crown for money for the National Disaster Fund as early as December. It would trigger the request once funds dip below $200 million.  Video, Audio