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More jail time and fewer reasons for being able to carry a knife in public could be on the cards as the Justice MInister Simon Power reviews the current knife laws. Audio

A Whangarei court has heard that a Kerikeri schoolgirl was bashed and strangled by a 14 year old boy and left to drown in a stream. Audio

The top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has made a cautiously optimistic assessment of the security situation in Afghanistan. Audio

Officials in Egypt say they have completed the restoration of what's believed to be the world's oldest Christian monastery, Saint Anthony's. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

In Focus on Politics our political reporter Liz Banas looks at the progress on settling Treaty of Waitangi claims and anticipation around what will happen to the controversial Foreshore and Seabed… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The wife of the Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira - says neither her family nor the Maori activist movement has profited from the sale of the tino rangatiratanga flag. Audio

New Zealand authorities are investigating reports that companies here may have been targeted in an internet scam involving the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme. Audio

A ruling that went against a conglomerate of international film and television studios could have an effect on copyright law in New Zealand. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The government's hopes for an easy consensus on developing Auckland's waterfront for the Rugby World Cup have had a setback with the city's mayor rejecting a 100 million dollar proposal. Audio