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Several workers have been fired from a Motueka rest-home following an alarming spot audit in July. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Opera great, Placido Domingo, has handed over a cheque for more than $300,000 to the quake-ravaged city of the Christchurch. Audio

There were frightening scenes in Parliament this afternoon when a man tried to hurl himself over the railing in the public galleries. Audio

The container ship grounded on a reef off Tauranga since early today is taking on board sea water. Audio

Maxine Gallagher-Field was at the Parole Board hearing today alongside her husband. Audio

The first politician in New Zealand to be convicted of corruption is to walk free from prison, having served just one third of his sentence. Audio

The former MP Taito Philip Field gets out of jail early. A container ship grounded off Tauranga is taking on water and Opera great Placido Domingo arrives in Christchurch. Audio

The world's largest shark sanctuary has been created by the Marshall Islands government. Audio

The Green Party, along with animal welfare groups, is urging the Government to ban all cages for hens on poultry farms. Audio

An operation is underway to repatriate up to twenty tattooed Maori heads from several museums across France; Hamilton City Council has declined a proposal by a Te Arawa company to build a… Read more Audio

Samoan world cup player Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono has been suspended from all rugby after he failed to appear at a judicial hearing today. Audio