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5:53 PM.A powerful exhibition focused on opposition to New Zealand's involvement in the First World War has opened in Wellington. Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The family of a New Zealand man who died after being tied to a bed for 10 days in a Japanese psychiatric ward is helping to spearhead a campaign calling on the country to review its practices. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Ian Telfer heads out to some of the poorer parts of the deep South to find out how people in areas with once significant industrial businesses feel, and who're they likely to back in the election. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Kiwis won't be switching to margarine just yet, but some businesses are already feeling the pinch as world butter prices hit a new record. Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Graham, an endangered Marlborough green gecko, has been stolen from the Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre. Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Councils and civil defence throughout Canterbury and Otago are gearing up for heavy rain from tomorrow with some areas expecting a months worth of rain within 24 hours. Audio

5:19 PM.Ministry of Transport whistleblowers suffered "unnecessary hurt" in processes involving convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison, but none were made redundant because the spoke up, a report has found. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Airways has apologised to the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises following revelations it spent $11,417 on a farewell book instead of a card for outgoing chief executive Ed Sims. Read more Video, Audio

6:26 PM.Amnesty International is accusing the Government of abandoning its own principles by refusing to condemn Australia's policy around asylum seekers. Video, Audio

6:20 PM.A Treasury report says the CDHB would expect an almost $40 million deficit in the 2016-2017 financial year, but doctors say Treasury is focussing too much on the bottom line. Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Two men who used coded references to chainsaws, car parts and other items in a bid to outwit possible police surveillance of their drug operation have been jailed. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Team New Zealand should consider the best interests of New Zealanders and the economy when deciding on new protocols for the next America's Cup, Peter Busfield from the Marine Industry Association… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 PM.The bodies of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, parents of seven children, have been found 75 years after they went missing in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942. Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Robin Martin investigates whether it's been boom or bust for the regions under National, with the rise and fall of industries like dairy, oil and gas and mining. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The mayor of Horowhenua is calling for his council's chief executive to stand down and an investigation to be held into the way the organisation has been run. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Families are sleeping in their cars as the Auckland halo effect catches up in Dargaville. A serious shortage of houses is causing great concern, in a town that's never had a problem with homelessness… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:33 PM.RNZ reporter Jacob McSweeny is in Ashhurst, where a public meeting is being held for Ashhurst and Woodville residents frustrated about the extended closure of the Manawatu gorge. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The Earthquake Commission is being blamed for delays in settling insurance claims resulting from April's Edgecumbe flooding, with three staff assigned to deal with all 271 claims received. Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.A senior constable wept in court today as she described the bloody scene where Amokura Daniels-Sanft had been fatally shot in the head. The girl's father Gustav Otto Sanft is on trial for… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Labour has made its main economic pitch to voters with its alternative Budget, under which billions more would be spent on health, education and boosting family incomes. Audio

5:14 PM.Team New Zealand has released the first details of the next America's Cup, indicating it is likely to be held in Auckland in 2021 with strict conditions including a "constructed in country" rule for… Read more Video, Audio