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A large rockslide on Aoraki/Mt Cook this afternoon sent debris to within two-hundred metres of a trampers hut. Audio

An analyst says Rio Tinto is likely to stick with plans to sell its Bluff aluminium smelter after a 14 billion US dollar asset writedown and the naming of a new chief executive. Audio

Hundreds of people marched through Whangarei today against domestic violence led by a man whose sister was assaulted and died a fortnight ago. Audio

The Prime Minister is facing criticism for suggesting he will give Nick Smith his old job back as a Cabinet Minister. Audio

A scrub fire that threatened buildings near Spa Thermal Park in Taupo this afternoon may have been lit deliberately. Audio

The bodies of the three New Zealanders who died in a road crash in Kenya last week have arrived back in the country. Audio

To Melbourne now and our tennis correspondent at the Australian Open today is Dave Worsley. Audio

Two men, a father and son, accused of attacking a police officer in the Waikato beach settlement of Kawhia ten days ago have reappeared in court. Audio

Mercury Energy is promising some Auckland householders a small cut in their power bills from April. Audio

The lobby group, Rethinking Crime and Punishment, says the release and reoffending rate of inmates from Maori Focus Units in prisons are promising; Maori culture has stamped its mark in Antarctica… Read more Audio

A New Zealand agency fighting child sex abuse is warning Kim Dotcom's new website is offering the sort of privacy child pornographers could take advantage of. Audio

Hundreds of people marched through Whangarei today against domestic violence led by a man whose sister was assaulted and died a fortnight ago. Audio