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Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Archer of the Christchurch police says there were two attacks, the first at the bar, the second and more serious, across the road at a McDonald's drive-in. Audio

The police are tonight hunting the attackers of top cricket player Jesse Ryder who left him with critical head injuries early today outside a Christchurch bar. Audio

Eyewitnesses tell of brutal attack on Jesse Ryder, The latest from the police, Another massive privacy breach from EQC, Job cuts confirmed at Telecom, Govt offers to subsidise power costs for Tiwai… Read more Audio

Army Engineers have dug up the barrel of a rare so-called disappearing gun on the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington. Audio

Legal action has delayed a decision by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust on whether to fund a series of Treaty claims in Northland; The people of Parihaka have told the Government to stop allowing… Read more Audio

It will take years to give teeth to engineering watchdogs who have been proven powerless to penalise anyone over the CTV building collapse that killed 115 people. Audio

In what is the death knell for traditional film making here, Peter Jackson's Park Road studio in Wellington is closing down the country's last film processing laboratory. Audio

The Government will decide early next year whether drink driving limits should be reduced. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Taranaki hermit has been allowed to continue living at his beach hut of 16 years after the New Plymouth District council has backed down over immediately evicting him. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Parliament has been told that there have been more than 700 accusations of fraud during the Christchurch rebuild. Audio