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News from the Waatea team. Audio

Police watched on as cannabis was smoked on Parliament grounds today. Audio

There've been accusations this week that anti-infant formula groups are trying to demonise milk powder as being just as dangerous as tobacco. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

An Auckland real estate agent has been found guilty of fraud after scamming banks of 13 million dollars. Audio

Steel and Tube Holdings says the sluggish economy is showing few signs of abating, and it's warned investors to expect another challenging year. Audio

The 92nd anniversary of the end of the First World War has been marked by a number of ceremonies around New Zealand today including a new Railway workers memorial at KiwiRail's mechanical workshops in… Read more Audio

Nine New Zealanders are among over four thousand passengers stuck on a cruise ship, stranded off the Mexican riviera. Audio

Federated Farmers is disputing a NIWA report which blames agriculture for the country's polluted lakes. Audio

Copper spraying is about to begin in the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchards worst hit by the bacterial vine disease PSA. Audio

A report into a near collision between a sky-diving plane and an Air New Zealand flight with 34 people on board has found that air traffic controllers were to blame. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio