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The Corrections Department is being urged to set up better rehabilitation programmes for women inmates, or risk the prison population ballooning further. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Afghanistan's President, Hamid Kharzai, is on a visit to Islamabad where Pakistan's role in any negotiations with the Taleban is being discussed. Audio

Labour is pushing for a crack-down on loan sharks with a members bill that calls for a cap on how much interest lenders can charge. Audio

In Australia there are growing calls for a full coronial inquiry into the death of a young Aboriginal remand prisoner who it's claimed was left lying in his cell and allowed to die. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

An inquiry into the tobacco industry's affect on Maori has heard that Maori babies are dying at a disproportionate rate with more than half of them not being properly protected from the dangers of… Read more Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Westland High School in Hokitika is refusing to let the Gardasil cancer vaccine be given to its students at school. Audio

A Catholic priest who attacked the Waihopai spy base in 2008 has told a jury he is not anti-American. Audio

The Local Government Minister and leader of the Act party, Rodney Hide, says the Human Rights Commission is advocating separatism in its criticisms of the structure of the new Auckland supercity. Audio

With the ink barely dry on the new political map for Auckland's Supercity, the Rodney District Council has voted to make a new attempt to break away from the amalgamation. Audio