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A paedophile who was arranging to pay 500 dollars for access to a toddler has pleaded guilty to multiple charges - with police saying he's part of international child abuse ring. Audio

Police crack an international paedophile ring. A kuia stoush at Waitangi and the week-long seige in an Alabama bunker is over. Audio

Charities want a payroll giving scheme changed so it's better suited to small businesses. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has rejected a plea from a Far North iwi to use special powers to order the Crown to return land wrongly taken from the iwi; The MP for Te Tai Tokerau MP, Hone Harawira, expects… Read more Audio

The Japanese Government has been forced to prop up its whaling programme with injections of a new taxpayer funded subsidy. Audio

Calls for Titewhai Harawira to step aside at Waitangi appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The America's cup challenger Team New Zealand has launched the yacht which it hopes will bring back the trophy later this year. Audio

The Government has agreed to delay considering David Bain's bid for compensation over his wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Audio

The agri-tech firm, Tru-Test, has bought the milk storage and refrigeration provider, Dairy Technology Services, for an undisclosed price. Audio

A Rotorua woman is tonight beginning a 17 year sentence for killing her lover last November. Audio

The chief executive of the state-owned coal mining company, Solid Energy, has suddenly quit his one-point-four million dollar job, but just why is not clear. Audio