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The risk of the cargo ship grounded off Tauranga breaking up and spilling even more oil is being flagged. Audio

With more than five-thousand goals under her belt already, one of netball's greats will make history tonight when she takes the court for her 200th test. Audio

A joint US New Zealand mercy mission taking water to drought-hit Tokelau is about to cast off. Audio

The Whanganui river iwi says complaints about new welcoming signs to the city, show some people still think Maori are second-class citizens; A driving force in the national resurgence of Kaupapa Waka… Read more Audio

MPs face an embarrassing pay rise just a week or two before the election and are already saying they do not need it. Audio

There are fresh calls for a boost to the minimum wage because there has been the smallest rise in hourly earnings in more than a decade. Audio

Salvage companies are expecting a long and difficult job trying to refloat the container ship stuck on a reef off Tauranga. Audio

A former chief executive at Auckland University of Technology has been sentenced to three years two months jail for stealing more than 650 thousand dollars from the institution. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Parliament has just passed the covert police surveillance bill under urgency. Audio

A SAS trooper who died in Afghanistan last week has been remembered by family, friends and colleagues at a service in Auckland. Audio

The Cook Strait ferry Aratere, which is fresh back from a costly re-fit, has run into engine problems on Wellington Harbour today. Audio