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Clive Manly is the civil defence controller in Auckland, and has the latest on the clean-up in Hobsonville. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Property Council's Chief Executive Connal Townsend says today's report is good but adds it may be massively underestimating the number of quake-prone buildings out there, and thus the bill to fix… Read more Audio

The Government has put a 15 year deadline and a one-point-seven billion dollar pricetag on bringing as many as 25 thousand earthquake-prone commercial buildings up to standard. Audio

Some people in Whenuapai are preparing for a weekend without electricity, after the tornado cut a swathe through their neighbourhood on it's way towards Hobsonville. Audio

Hundreds of West Aucklanders are still homeless after yesterday's tornado which tore through Hobsonville and Whenuapai, destroying houses and ripping power lines and trees to the ground. Audio

Hundreds of West Aucklanders are still homeless, The clean-up in Whenuapai, 1.7 billion pricetag on quake strengthening, Clean up in Hobsonville, Ross Taylor stripped of Black Caps captaincy. Audio

The Maori Party is urging the Government to act with integrity on the Waitangi Tribunal report into Kohanga Reo; Legislation has been passed enabling Whanganui and Wanganui to be used as alternative… Read more Audio

Doctors and nurses are taking on more leadership jobs in hospitals. Audio

The inquest into the deaths following the collapse of the CTV building has finished with the coroner, Gordon Matenga, passing on his condolences to the victims' families. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

New Zealand directors are facing more scrutiny from shareholders in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Audio