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An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A New Zealand cancer support group says it's been inundated with inquiries from women since Angelina Jolie revealed she's had a double mastectomy. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Justice Minister is vigrously defending the way she's consulted with political parties on altering MMP and she released information today showing National is against the changes. Audio

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