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5:39 PM.Japan correspondent Chris Gilbert spoke to Lisa Owen about a days-long effort to rescue a trucker stuck in a massive sinkhole in the Saitama region continuing. Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.The Government has announced a new climate target for 2035, surprising even some of its strongest critics with how small the promised emissions reductions are. All countries including New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.After years of secrecy, former ACT Party president Tim Jago can now be named as the political figure who abused teenage boys in the 1990s. Jago was found guilty of eight charges of indecent assault… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Auckland FC are the best home team in football's A-League having won more times in front of their supporters than any other side so far this season. Their fortress in the suburb of Penrose will be… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The government announced in September that the Dunedin Hospital project would need to be scaled back or done in stages, because the cost was predicted to balloon to 3 billion dollars which it said at… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.There's been mixed reaction to the government's decision to stick with the 1.8-billion dollar Dunedin Hospital build, which will have fewer beds than originally proposed and take two years longer to… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.Geoff's Emporium on Dominion Road was opened in 1980, by it's namesake, Geoff Lamb. It's become an institution in Auckland, especially for those on the hunt for some bargain fabric or bits for an arts… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.The Prime Minister has encouraged all MPs to watch what they say after Shane Jones refused to resile from his comments about Mexican New Zealanders. That's despite New Zealand First leader Winston… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Three billion dollars - that's the amount the government said New Zealand could reap from mining sector exports by 2035 if its strategy pays off. The plan, annouced today by Resources Minister Shane… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.RNZ's Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest rugby stories and a slightly unusual game of cricket happening over in Australia. Audio

4:22 PM.Aotearoa's revolving door of departures and arrivals, could soon be more exit hatch. Medical care, teaching and other public services are at risk if New Zealand keeps losing people overseas - while… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Investigators in Washington DC are trying to find out what caused the United States most deadly air crash in more than 20-years. There were no survivors after last night's mid-air collision between an… Read more Audio

4:05 PM."We have listened," this said by newly minted Health Minister, Simeon Brown as he unveiled the government's revised plans for Dunedin's new hospital. The rebuild was paused last year after a report… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A counter-terrorism investigation is underway following the discovery of a caravan packed with explosives on the outskirts of Sydney. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.It's official - New Zealand's most decorated Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington is eying up the next Olympics in Los Angeles. Carrington was dominant at last year's Paris games, claiming three gold medals… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.In the first week of the ceasefire more than 350 have made it into both the north and south of the territory carrying water, hygiene kits, malnutrition treatments, warm clothes, tarpaulins and other… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Winston Peters has conceded that Shane Jones' "send Mexicans home" comment could have been expressed differently. Mr Peters also told immigrant Green MPs to "show some gratitude" for being in New… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Associate Education Minister David Seymour visited an Auckland High School today to see the results of his rejigged school lunches programme, which saw the cost of each school meal slashed to just… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Associate Education Minister David Seymour visited an Auckland High School to see the results of his new school lunches programnme, which saw the cost of each school meal slashed to just three… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.The mayor of a top tourist town is urging the government to push ahead with a bed tax but says the money should not go into Wellington's coffers. Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers is desperate for an… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Resources Minister Shane Jones is heading to the mining town of Waihi tomorrow, where he's set to announce the government's new strategy for minerals. But residents of the small town which is already… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.A new toilet block just off Auckland's Karangahape road is causing a stink with some residents, who say its location has attracted anti-social behaviour leaving them feeling unsafe. Luka Forman has… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Aotearoa's most successful paralympian Dame Sophie Pascoe has announced her retirement. The champion swimmer, who wasn't at the Paris games last year said she remains passionate about giving back to… Read more Audio