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An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Gisborne farmer is facing a massive clean up after a tornado ripped through the station he manages leaving behind a three to four kilometre trail of destruction including smashed buildings and… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

New Zealand's SAS soldiers have been at the scene of the fierce attacks near the diplomatic district in Kabul. Audio

There was shattering testimony today into the Pike River Mine disaster inquiry. Audio

Auckland councillors have thrashed out what went wrong on the opening night of the Rugby World Cup and have come up with a plan to make things right. Audio

Compensation for fans who didn't make it to Eden Park on time. An apology from the police at the Pike River inquiry and Western forces subdue heavily armed Taliban gunmen in Kabul. Audio

The Department of Conservation says the jailing of a man who clubbed seals to death near Kaikoura is the heaviest penalty for animal cruelty it can recall. Audio

The co-ordinator of the waka used in the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony, Joe Conrad, says it wasn't just waka paddlers who got hurt in big crowds at the event; The Prime Minister, John Key, is… Read more Audio

Students at Christchurch's Shirley Boys High School were upbeat about their return today to their old school, for the first time since the February earthquake. Audio

Opposition parties are accusing the Government of not caring about children in poverty after it dismissed a new report from the Child Poverty Action Group. Audio

An Australian Navy cadet who used a mobile phone to record himself raping a woman while she slept has told a court it was because he wanted to be accepted by his peers. Audio