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An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

These enormous chimneys spew out superheated, mineral-rich water that supports some of the most mysterious life on earth. Audio

The European Union has finalised a rescue plan for Greece with finance ministers prepared to lend about 45 billion Euros to the crisis hit country. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Brazilian authorities are evacuating thousands of shantytown residents in Rio de Janeiro so their houses can be demolished. Audio

The Waitakere City mayor wants to ban a long-standing gun and weapons show because he says it glamourises guns and knives and is not appropriate given the current crime rate. Audio

In Queensland salvage operators are rushing to refloat the coal ship stranded on the Great Barrier Reef amid weather warnings of storms and the possibility of near gale-force winds. Audio

Australia's decades-long trade ban on New Zealand apples may soon be lifted. Audio

Some South Canterbury farmers are refusing to allow Transpower on to their land to upgrade power pylons until they are compensated. Audio

Grey Power has been warned it could lose its political independence, after indicating it would work alongside the Greens and Labour on an inquiry into aged care. Audio

It seems North Shore residents have picked the right place to live. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio