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Powerful laser pointers will be banned from general use to combat the massive rise in strikes on planes. Audio

The International Monetary Fund says houses here are overvalued by 25 percent. Audio

The Finance Minister says escalating house prices are threatening the economy and he's promising to announce a significant package in tomorrow's budget, aimed at putting the brakes on the market… Read more Audio

A new plan to rein in house prices - but will it make homes more affordable? Banning powerful laser pointers and Collins defends lack of progress on MMP changes. Audio

People have talked of an emotional return to Cathedral Square in Christchurch after cordons around it were lifted for the first time in two years. Audio

The Maori Party says it has about four people interested in standing for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate; Meanwhile, the woman putting her hand up to represent the Labour Party in the race for the… Read more Audio

The nationwide roll out of the Milk in Schools programme began in Southland and Otago today, with more than 19 thousand children handed a small carton of low fat milk. Audio

A landmark like the Sydney Opera House, itself financed by gambling via almost five hundred lotteries run in the 1950s - or a dead block of space in central Auckland? Audio

In a trial that has shone a national spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions in the US, a Philadelphia doctor has been convicted of murdering three babies at a clinic for… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

To Japan, where controversy's been sparked by a rising political star saying the use of comfort women during the Second World War was necessary for soldiers who were risking their lives. Audio