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4:20 PM.The picturesque surfing village of Raglan attracts lots of tourists who rent lots of baches and Airbnbs. Trouble is locals struggle to find a home to rent despite a third of residential properties… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.The Czech criminal residing in a New Zealand prison could soon be winging his way home to the Czech Republic thanks to an extradition order. Andrew Geddis of the University of Otago hopes the Sroubek… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A heartwarming story for a Friday about a man who runs an elephant sanctuary in Thailand and plays music to tame the savage beast. Or in this case sooth sick and traumatised elephants. Paul Barton… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.The Czech criminal residing in a New Zealand prison could soon be winging his way home to the Czech Republic thanks to an extradition order. Andrew Geddis of the University of Otago hopes the Sroubek… Read more Audio

3:53 PM.In Australia Woolworths has revealed that its ban on single-use bags has cut its plastic bag waste by 600 million in just three months - so over a year that would mean 2.4 billion fewer bags… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Hoodies and driving, cars cows and greenhouse gas emissions, and nutrient run-off. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Public law expert Mai Chen is in Auckland and columnist Andrew Frame is in the RNZ Napier studio.

4:57 PM.The odd Lime scooter seems to have caught fire in the United States because of battery issues triggering a partial recall. Three people died on e-scooters last month and there's a class-action lawsuit… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.The editor of the magazine attached to the Waitrose British supermarket chain has been sacked after emailing a joke about killing vegans. Freelance journalist Selene Nelson pitched a series of stories… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Residential property sellers might be popping the champagne corks but tenants are falling further behind with their housing needs. Tommy Kapai Wilson from the Tauranga's Tuinga Whanau Social Services… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Mike Rehu want to talk about. Audio

4:33 PM.Forty per cent of degrees will soon be obsolete and will merely be markers of achievement and study. Traditional under- and post-graduate degrees will disappear within a decade. More than half of… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.A Kidscan survey of women and girls has found that more than half have either frequently or occasionally found it difficult to access sanitary items due to cost, nearly a quarter have missed school or… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.An Indian overseas student Shyamal Patel completed a Masters in International Studies at IPU in Palmerston North, writing her dissertation on supermarkets and buyer behaviour.She then worked as an… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.The Immigration Minister has more digging to do on a Czech criminal after it came to light that the Courts allowed him to return to his homeland twice on business. This appears to negate the argument… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Protestors target the representation of US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin at Palmerston North's Defence, Industry and National Security Forum. But, NZ First MP Darroch Ball says many other… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Protestors target the representation of US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin at Palmerston North's Defence, Industry and National Security Forum. But, NZ First MP Darroch Ball says many other… Read more Audio

3:52 PM.The murdeous sculpture in Christchurch's Botanic Gardens. Audio

3:45 PM.Banks and TV opening credits. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Lawyer Susan Hornsby-Geluk is in Wellington and is joined by sports commentator Mike Rehu in the RNZ Auckland studio.

4:50 PM.The online magazine The Conversation has a feature on chairs on its site. Audio

4:42 PM.The ANZ bank has made a $2bn profit from its New Zealand operations in the past year. The Australian bank says this is due to favourable economic conditions. KiwiSaver provider Simplicity's managing… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.What the Panelists Peter Dunne and Alexia Russell want to talk about. Audio