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Nurofen medication targetting specific pain will no longer be sold in the current packaging after the company agreed it could be misleading. Audio

It was the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot. Fazel Chegeni - a stateless, unschooled Kurd tortured in Iran, who became a boatperson and a refugee in Australia then a detainee locked in a… Read more Audio

Another reprieve late today for Christchurch's quake-munted cathedral with the Anglican Church agreeing to investigate rebuilding it. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Christmas buskers are out in force in the capital - some are doing it for fun, some because of hardship and others to finance a neverending world tour. Read more Audio

Around twenty trampers may need to be helicoptered out from Otaki Forks after cracks were discovered on a cliff face, forcing the closure of the only road into the area. Audio

A chainsaw-wielding man in black has cut into the hotly disputed kauri tree in Titirangi , even as a protester was perched up in its branches. Audio

Some Te Urewera families were forced to live in caves and food shortages meant they had to eat rotten potatos. Audio

Kim Dotcom is vowing to appeal this afternoon's court judgment paving the way for his extradition to the United States to stand trial on criminal charges. Audio

Kim Dotcom is vowing to appeal this afternoon's court judgment paving the way for his extradition to the United States to stand trial on criminal charges and some Te Urewera families were forced to… Read more Audio

Disney's big gamble on Star Wars has paid off, its new film breaking world box office records on its opening weekend. Audio

The death in Thailand of one of the most notorious Australian drug traffickers has shone light on the murky and illegal world. Audio