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Several North Island polytechnics are cutting staff and courses after losing millions of dollars of funding for foundation courses. Audio

New Zealand and Australia are taking vastly different approaches into the Fast5 international netball tournament which has started today in Auckland. Audio

So how did James Parker manage to fool so many people for so long? We are joined by Hamish Dixon - a consultant psychologist who has worked extensively with sexual offenders. Audio

A new report shows the paedophile deputy principal and kapahaka leader at a Far North school used his position of power to escape detection, and go on molesting pupils. Audio

More now on the surge in house prices which have hit a record high. Audio

The Education Minister has received the first submission from one of the Maori immersion schools in Christchurch rejecting a future merger. A veteran Maori union leader says the Government should… Read more Audio

The Air force left behind search gear it ruled was too dangerous to take on its plane flying in to help after the Christchurch quake. Audio

Crash investigators have headed to the site of a fatal helicopter crash in the Cardrona valley near Wanaka. Audio

A New Zealander rescued from a stricken yacht in the pacific today says she and her partner spent three days huddled in the cabin being tossed about by massive seas. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

About eight hundred mourners including judges, police, government ministers, MPs and patched gang members have farewelled the high profile criminal defence lawyer Greg King. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio