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4:12 PM.It's a debate that pops up every year, so is it time to change the Easter trading rules? Video journalist Nick Monro went to ask people what they think. Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Easter trading restrictions are so yesterday according to ACT. There is 3 and a half days each year where almost all shops have to close, ANZAC day until 1pm, Christmas Day, Good Friday and Easter… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about cash delivery businesses that take money to banks and supermarkets saying they're going to the brink of insolvency. Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Cars versus bikes, changes to a 900 metre stretch of road in Palmerston North have exposed the battle lines between the two. Officials are sticking to their plan to introduce cycleways, much to the… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The All Whites play Tunisia for the first time in an international football fixture tomorrow morning. The battle for third place in this FIFA Series hosted in Egypt pits the two losers from the… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Mount Ruapehu has got a wobble on, with seismic data showing unusual clusters of small earthquakes on the mountain. The movement started in early March and was initially so small it was hard to pick… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The Government has accused China of being behind a successful hack of New Zealand's Parliament three years ago in which some MPs' data was taken, but nothing sensitive or strategic. The Prime Minister… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The Government has accused China of being behind a successful hack of New Zealand's Parliament three years ago - in which some MPs' data was taken - but nothing sensitive or strategic. The Prime… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.A cold blooded crime, a green Iguana and Leopard tortoise were stolen from a Reptile park last week, and staff reckon a lawbreaking reptile enthusiast could be to blame. Thieves broke in and snatched… Read more Audio

4:49 PM.When was the last time you sent or received a letter in the mail and what was it? Our reporter Georgie Hanafin asked some people. Read more Video, Audio

4:43 PM.It's confirmed the traditional postie is soon to be extinct. New Zealand post is pushing ahead with plans to get rid of more than 700 mail delivery staff. Letters will eventually be delivered by… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.The gateway to the north will reopen this weekend, but visitors will have to get in quick. The highway through the Brynderwyn Hills will be open for just six days before crews shut it back down until… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about the Hurricanes Poua haka and the Blues' win over the Crusaders on Saturday night. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Loyalty could cost you when it comes to the supermarket shop; that's despite customer programmes designed to keep you coming back. A comparative shop by Consumer NZ has revealed some pretty lack… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump's near half-a-billion dollar bond for his civil fraud case being slashed and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing a… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.New Zealand's importing masses of meat and dairy products from countries where the animals may have been treated cruelly, because of less strict welfare laws. Now a collective of animal welfare groups… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A member of the public has come forward in relation to the horrific injuries two young children suffered in Lower Hutt. Police announced on Friday two children, aged five and four, had received very… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Asia correspondent Diane To speaks to Lisa Owen about Australia and Britain updating their travel advisories for Hong Kong, Apple CEO Tim Cook on the charm offensive in China and a street in Hong Kong… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.The government has made its first pre-Budget announcement, with details on its Early Childhood Education fee credit. Under the FamilyBoost scheme, households earning a maximum of $180,000 can get up… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.A record number of New Zealanders are playing professional basketball in Asia and are picking up sizeable paychecks to do so. Kiwis are featuring in competitions in China, Japan and the Philippines in… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.High profile Chef Peter Gordon's restaurant and cooking school Homeland, needs a new home. The business that supports Aotearoa's sustainable kai producers operates out of a building near Auckland 's… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The Lyttelton Harbour master was called out by name by a grumpy Sir Russell Coutts. Sir Russell has called the dolphin protection policy extreme and said it's astonishing the amount of influence the… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.One of the people killed in a mass brawl in Gisborne on the weekend, was celebrating his 21st birthday. Family and friends are paying tribute to Chrysler Stevens Mark, on social media. Police say the… Read more Audio