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News from the Waatea team. Audio

A violent offender, at high risk of reoffending, has been freed from prison without residential restrictions. Audio

The recovery work at the Pike River mine has slowed just a day after teams went in for the first time since the fatal explosions seven months ago. Audio

Auckland health officials are trying to contact 40 Thai Airways passengers who arrived from Bangkok ten days ago on board a flight with a woman who had measles. Audio

The Government's making it easier to build new toll roads and to use public private partnerships for funding under proposed changes to land transport laws. Audio

Greek politicians are poised to vote later today on austerity measures that have sparked nationwide strikes and the worst rioting in Athens for more than year. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Happy Feet the sick Emperor Penguin will be released out to sea when, and if, it recovers. Audio

Supporters of a pro-cannabis campaigner who sold drugs at a marijuana club are furious he's been jailed. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Police in Kabul have been sifting through a landmark hotel room by room for any more casualties after the overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers. Audio

308 Defence Force staff have been told today they will lose their jobs in the first round of a cost-cutting exercise to save 23 million dollars. Audio