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4:07 PM.Broadcasting Minister Melissa Lee says there won't be a handout for embattled media network Newshub after yesterday's shock announcement it will shut down at the end of June. The Minister, who has… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.A rare Test cricket series between New Zealand and Australia begins tomorrow at a sold out Basin Reserve in Wellington. It is the first time in eight years that Australia's Test side has travelled to… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The rat plagued Dunedin South Countdown finally thrown open its doors again to humans. It's been battling rodents since last year, but things escalated after a rat was photographed happily perched in… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The Reserve Bank has again pumped the brakes on the official cash rate, holding it at 5.5% despite concerns about lingering inflation pressures. The central bank says OCR will need to stay at a… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Newshub staff say they're in total shock and disbelief on learning the media company plans to close its newsroom in New Zealand at the end of June. The bombshell announcement came at an emergency… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.The country's world first generational smoking ban is going up in smoke, as the Government pushes through its repeal legislation under urgency. It's prompted emotionally charged scenes in Parliament… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Air NZ should be ashamed of itself for inhumane behaviour and predatory pricing at a time of personal crisis. That was said by an American customer who was charged more than $13,000 to change flights… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Netball New Zealand kicked off its centenary celebrations over the weekend with the launch of a Hall of Fame, honouring some of the biggest names in the game over the past 100 years. However, the… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.Associate Health Minister Casey Costello was warned that scrapping the smokefree law would be viewed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi. RNZ has obtained Ministry of Health documents sent to… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Customers are returning to Dunedin South's Countdown store for the first time in more than two weeks after a rodent issue forced its closure. There have been 24 rats captured since the10th of… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Bosses at Three news told their PR company in January they were planning to make hundreds of news staff redundant but those staff were blind sided with the proposal at meeting called hurriedly this… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Forget putting your initials or a paw print into the concrete of a new build. How about high viz or used clothing worn by the workers involved in the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital actually being used in… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Australian Correspondent Peter Ryan reports. Read more Audio

5:34 PM.The dismantling of the Maori Health Authority is under way, as the Government pushes ahead with its legislation to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora. Parliament has gone into urgency to pass the bill through all… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.One of the workhorses of New Zealand cricket will bow out of the international game this week. Bowler Neil Wagner has pulled up stumps on a career that began with a move from South Africa and will end… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.A leading Auckland property developer's offering cash back sweetners of up to $20,000 in a bid to move unsold apartments in a multi-million dollar development. There's about 40 unsold apartments in… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The sentencing judge held back tears, as Whakaari victims gave their impact statements in court today. Five companies and GNS Science are being sentenced for health and safety failings in the lead up… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Immigration New Zealand could have done more to minimise abuse of the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. That admission from the country's top public servant in the wake of a critical independent… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Immigration New Zealand has been criticised for ignoring concerns that its work visa scheme was allowing migrants to buy jobs and be exploited. The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme was brought in… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Palmerston North Hospital is coming under scrutiny over the death of a patient, believed to be by suicide. It's the latest in a string of deaths in either patients of the hospital's mental health… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.A big moment before the much anticipated test series between the Black Caps and Australia, as veteran fast bowler Neil Wagner has pulled the stumps on his career. The South African-born cricketer… Read more Audio