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More people housesitting to save up for their own home
5:47 PM.A rising number of people, and not just in Auckland, are choosing to look after other people's homes, in order to save up for their own. Anusha Bradley reports. Audio
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Mother and daughter attacked outside their home
5:44 PM.Two Auckland women who were viciously attacked when they confronted would-be car thieves are traumatised but recovering. Audio
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John Key receives Australia's highest honour
5:35 PM.John Key was invested as an Honorary Companion in the Order of Australia at a ceremony in Canberra this afternoon. The former Prime Minister spoke to Rowan Quinn. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 18 July 2017
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Dunedin MP camps out in Octagon to highlight homelessness
5:23 PM.MP Clare Curran is defending the plight of two homeless single mothers forced into emergency accommodation, while MSD says yet another motel won't take them due to their anti-social behaviour. Read more Video, Audio
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Labour told it's multinational tax policy is "wrong way" to collect money
5:15 PM.A tax expert says Labour's threat to slap a punitive tax on multinationals ducking their tax obligations is the wrong way to collect the money. Audio
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Chairlift may have spread Port Hills fire, Christchurch man says
5:08 PM.A Christchurch man who lost his home in the Port Hills fire says video appears to show the chairlift spreading the fire. He says he's been searching for answers for months, but no one is helping.
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Petition calls for Whangarei playground to be fenced
6:20 PM.For the second time in just two years, a petition is calling on Whangarei District Council to fence the city's largest and 'destination' playground, the Town Basin Playground. Read more Video, Audio
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New housing development for Edgecumbe families
6:17 PM.The Government is contributing 2.6 million dollars towards the construction of five two-bedroom homes at Kokohinau Marae in the Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Aussie companies in running to manage social housing project
6:08 PM.Two Australian companies are vying to run one of the biggest social housing projects in NZ. Tamaki Regeneration Company CEO John Holyoake explains why no NZ companies were shortlisted. Audio
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Woman rescued after getting lost on Mt Ruapehu
5:55 PM.Local knowledge and volunteers are credited with saving a skiers life after she became lost on Mt Ruapehu overnight. Constable Conrad Smith talks to Sharon Brettkelly. Audio
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Australian who nearly severed man's hand sentenced
5:47 PM.Australian Shaan Roker has been jailed for six and a half years for assaulting his former partner and her father. Audio
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Winston Peters labelled hypocrite for push to scrap Māori seats
5:43 PM.Tukoroirangi Morgan, one of the men who won a Maori seat alongside Winston Peters in 1996, and Hone Harawira, say the New Zealand First leader is a hypocrite. Read more Audio
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Brighter Future?: A tale of two deciles
5:37 PM.As part of RNZ's election year series, "Is this the Brighter Future?", John Gerritsen, spent a day with two girls attending schools at opposite ends of the decile spectrum. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 17 July 2017
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Elderly man stuck in campervan for three days
5:29 PM.A 70-year-old Paeroa man spent three days and two cold nights wedged between the drivers and passengers seat of his campervan before being rescued. Audio
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Dunedin man blocked from eye appointment for three years
5:26 PM.John Elsey, 83 from Mosgiel, is losing his sight because of cataracts, but he keeps getting letters saying his case has been assessed as routine, and there's not enough medical staff to see him. Audio
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Thousands of people getting wrong Working for Families payments
5:23 PM.Forty percent of people receiving Working For Families payments are being underpaid and about 25 percent are getting too much. Audio
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Split views on Meteria Turei's benefit fraud admission
5:20 PM.The Ministry of Social Development won't say whether it will take action against the Greens co-leader Metiria Turei after she admitted to benefit fraud as a solo mother 24 years ago. Audio
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Trial begins for man who shot and killed two year old daughter
5:15 PM.Gustav Otto Sanft admits to illegally having a sawn-off shotgun, but denies a charge of manslaughter relating to the death of his two-year-old daughter Amokura Daniels-Sanft, who was fatally shot in… Read more Audio
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Two Australian firms shortlisted for Auckland housing project
5:08 PM.One of the biggest social housing projects in New Zealand, the Tamaki Housing Association, is about to be taken over by Australians. Community Housing Aotearoa CEO talks to Sharon Brettkelly. Read more Video, Audio
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Business owner reaches out to ex-con with face tattoo
6:26 PM.Mark says he was struggling to get work due to a large tattoo on his face that says "DEVAST-8". Now, a business owner who understands his predicament has stepped in with a job offer. Audio
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Labour pledges more money for more early childhood teachers
6:23 PM.The party would pay early childhood centres more money if they employ more qualified teachers, and require all centres to ensure 80 per cent of their teachers are qualified by the end of 2020. Audio
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Otago University staff shocked at job losses
6:11 PM.The equivalent of 182 full time jobs are on the cards, and given part time staff and job sharing, that's likely to be significantly more than 182 people. Audio
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All Hastings bores 'at risk of contamination'
6:08 PM.An inquiry into Havelock North's water crisis last year recommends that all Hastings District bores where drinking water is drawn from should be considered as non-secure. Audio