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A child rapist who sparked a police manhunt in the Hutt Valley changed his not-guilty pleas in court today, saying he accepts he's done a terrible thing. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Community leaders and others in Chicago are bracing for the release this week of a police video of the fatal shooting in October last year of a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, by a police officer. Audio

Maori musicians who complained about the exclusion of the Maori Album Award from the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards have met with the show's producer. Audio

The Prime Minister is defending the Government's record on housing vulnerable New Zealanders, saying it's doing the best that it can. Audio

An elderly pet dog has been the focus of evidence today in the trial of a Taranaki farm worker accused of killing his missing son. Audio

The Ministry of Social Development says it was wrong to cut the benefit of a intellectually disabled woman who went on a family holiday overseas. Audio

A police commander says his frustrated crew is 'tightly coiled like springs' waiting to get up Fox Glacier to recover bodies from Saturday's chopper crash. Audio

The Ministry of Youth Development is slashing its staff by 40 percent from 25 workers down to just 15. Audio

Insurance company, Tower, has made a loss of nearly seven million dollars in the year to the end of September, because of extra costs from Canterbury earthquake claims. Audio

Three Greenpeace protesters are tonight clinging to a crossbar high up on the research vessel Tangaroa and have defied at least three attempts by the police to talk them down. Audio

After eight years coaching the Crusaders, but with no Super Rugby titles to show for it, Todd Blackadder has announced he'll be standing down at the end of next season. Audio