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A proposal to charge would-be immigrants to Australia for the privilege of moving there has riled unions and businesses alike. Audio

A detective held up a bloodied knife in court today, which he said he found in the kitchen of the man accused of the rape and murder of Blessie Gotingco. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The search is carrying on for a police dog missing in rugged bush north of Wellington. Audio

Officials managing a wharenui in Britain have been thrown a lifeline. Just days after a mansion which this meeting house had been placed next to was gutted by fire, a Maori advisor says the wooden… Read more Audio

A Dunedin woman feared for her life when a 150-kilogram pig sat on her lap, trapping her in her car. Audio

Both a surgeon and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board are in the gun over a man who bled to death during what was meant to be routine gall bladder surgery Audio

A former wine boss has been accused of playing a double game in a big deal he set up, and using his son to hide the kickbacks he received for it. Audio

There has been a deadly shooting in a Dallas suburb in Texas at a controversial art exhibit, featuring depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Audio

The mother of a Whangarei woman, killed just days after warning police that her ex-partner had broken a protection order against him, says she fears the police have learnt nothing from her daughter's… Read more Audio

The sharemarket ended lower today, with the NZX 50 index shedding 30 points to 5767. Audio

The police will try again on Wednesday to pull out of the sea the car belonging to the step-father of an 11 year-old Invercargill boy missing for months. Audio