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An international team of scientists has calculated for the first time exactly how many fish can be taken from a coral reef before the eco-system collapses. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The police have defended stopping a doctor who was his way to an emergency at Hutt Hospital where a woman was dying. Audio

There has been a sizeable drop in crashes on roads where rumble strips are installed. Audio

The Police have warned lives will be at risk if Parliament does not pass the Police Surveillance Bill. Audio

A New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan has been shot in the head and killed, while on an operation to prevent an attack in the capital, Kabul. Audio

A law change enacting a deal to lift the sleepover pay of disability workers is going through Parliament - but unions are already warning of fresh battles ahead. Audio

A lawyer - who's part of a number of submitters to a hearing on the Government's police surveillance bill - says a compulsory law change will not work; Submissions are being taken for the inquiry into… Read more Audio

Prosecutors showed a photo of Michael Jackson's pale and lifeless body lying on a gurney at the start of the trial of the doctor accused of killing him. Audio

Court documents on the Urewera raids case have revealed police were accusing activist Valerie Morse of throwing a molotov cocktail into an oven and carrying a pistol. Audio

The Labour Party is accusing the Government of destroying jobs but National says there have never been more people in work than now. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio