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An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Waiting for ice to thaw can be a bit like watching paint dry but for a team of Antarctic Heritage Trust conservators the two week wait has revealed exactly what they'd hope for, eleven intact bottles… Read more Audio

Schools in a west Melbourne suburb are in lockdown as police hunt for a gunman who shot dead a local crime boss. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Mt Hutt ski area manager, David Wilson. Audio

More than a thousand skiers and snowboarders trapped on Mt Hutt overnight were finally able to get off the mountain this morning, thanks to a break in the weather. Audio

An expert panel appointed to help resolve a row over neurosurgery in the South Island has revealed details about how it will do its contentious job. Audio

Latest figures show July sales fell to their lowest level since Real Estate Institute began records in 1992. Audio

The housing market has fallen to a new low, Panel speaks about plans to address neurosurgery row, Hundreds make it off Mt Hutt, Melbourne crime family patriarch shot dead and Antarctic whisky all… Read more Audio

Security at October's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is once again under scrutiny following Government diplomatic cables which state an attack on a so-called 'soft target' is possible. Audio

New figures show Wellingtonians took several hundred thousand fewer trips on the region's network in the past year. Audio

Cantabrians don't have long to make submissions on a new bylaw that will make it compulsory to wear life jackets in small boats. Audio