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The controversial Mighty River Power share offer has now closed. Audio

A police prosecutor who sold methamphetamine in his lunch breaks is tonight starting a four year jail term with the very people he put behind bars. Audio

Police prosecutor jailed for dealing drugs;Sharebrokers getting late rush of MRP investors;Pressure mounts on MP Aaron Gilmore;Police rule out anyone else being at risk;Mother of electrocuted son is… Read more Audio

The marae hosting the tangi of Parekura Horomia is making extra room for manuhiri who are pouring in from all over the country; A Ngati Porou man based in Thailand has paid tribute to Parekura… Read more Audio

For the first time in decades, voters in Malaysia will this weekend cast their ballot in an election where they don't already know the winner. Audio

Amanda Knox, the American student convicted and then acquitted of murdering her flatmate Meredith Kercher in a violent sex attack, is proclaiming her innocence as an Italian court demands a retrial. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Labour and the Greens are rebutting a call by business organisations to drop their new power policy, as ill-informed and alarmist. Audio

A global online company review site has been launched in New Zealand. Audio

Auckland Transport officials say they want to come down harder on people who are dodging train fares but the most they can do now is stop them travelling any further. Audio

Two Northland communities are holding public meetings this evening, to air complaints about police staffing. Audio

The ex flatmate of the Turangi cold case killer says Menzies Hallett told him in the 1980s that he was responsible for the death of a man but he kept it to himself. Audio