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Evacuation efforts are continuing for tourists stranded by devastating mudslides and heavy flooding near Machu Picchu in Peru. Audio

Further evidence pointing to unseaworthy ferries being allowed to sail in Tonga has emerged at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A New Zealand health study suggests there is strong public support for the sale of tobacco to be stopped by 2020. Audio

The mayor of the Far North, Wayne Brown is fuming over a new transport plan he says will be bad for tourism. Audio

New Zealanders are starting to turn their backs on credit cards in favour of more traditional forms of borrowing. Audio

A former Afghanistan analyst at the US State department says plans to buy off low level Taleban fighters and re-integrate them into Afghanistan society is a 'pipedream' in the current climate. Audio

The reclusive American author J.D. Salinger has died at home in New Hampshire at the age of 91. Audio

We cross to the Australian Open in Melbourne with our tennis correpondent Dave Luddy. Audio

The country's largest sporting event, the Masters' Games, begins in Dunedin tomorrow, and more than 350 people over the age of 70 are registered to compete. Audio

A politically-charged scientific voyage into whales left for Antarctica this evening. The former rock star and now Australian Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has been in Wellington to launch the… Read more Audio

A former fundraising manager for the disability support organisation IHC has admitted defrauding her employer of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Audio