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An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Marlborough dairy farmer and serial environmental vandal has been sentenced to home detention for driving his tractor through a wetland. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A doctor says the deaths of two people from pneumonia have prompted him to quit giving medical services to a Christchurch home for the intellectually disabled. Audio

New Zealand's universities are slipping down an international ranking, endangering their appeal to students from overseas and to the best researchers. Audio

President Obama has today guaranteed that he will not launch a strike on Syria if the Assad regime follows through on a diplomatic deal brokered by the Russians. Audio

With us is John Law from the MetService. Audio

Gale-force winds are battering the lower half of the country, bringing down trees, tearing roofs from buildings, and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses. Audio

Gale force winds lift roofs, cut power, and bring down trees in the south. Russia brokers a deal with Syria to hand over its chemical weapons and Doctor quits over fears for his safety and others at… Read more Audio

An Australian Aboriginal has been elected as the first indigenous woman MP in the federal parliament; A survey of a thousand Maori voters by TVNZ's Te Karere news programme suggests Shane Jones would… Read more Audio

Kevin Rudd's Labour Government was hammered during the election campaign for going into deficit and accused of squandering the surplus built up during the Howard years. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio