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4:22 PM.Most of the motu's biggest cities will be flooded with land for residential developments if the Housing Minister has his way. In a speech today, Chris Bishop has confirmed councils will have to… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Correspondent Todd Zwillich reports from the United States. Audio

4:07 PM.Data disproves the Government's claims that reducing the number of tobacco retailers would lead to an increase in ram raids according to a public health professor. The Coalition plans to repeal smoke… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.We've been talking about Taylor Swift throughout the programme and the projected millions our economy may have missed out on by not hosting a tour here. She's on her way to Singapore tomorrow where… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A Taylor Swift concert would be worth almost a $100,000,000 to New Zealand. That's according to Dr Angel Zhong of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology who's been crunching the numbers. It's not… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The government's pushing ahead with a law to ban gang patches and insignia in public places. Police will have the power to disperse gang members immediately and prevent them meeting up for seven days… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.The Black Ferns Sevens have finally clinched a gold medal in this season's World Sevens Series. After getting a silver medal in Dubai and the bronze in Cape Town the women got the job done in… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The government is launching an inquiry into school property with an eye to scrapping potentially hundreds of building projects that it calls unrealistic and unaffordable. Announcing the inquiry today… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of man near state housing units in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert. Detective Senior Sergeant Lisa Anderson says police were called… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Australian police investigating a double murder allegedly commited by one of their own now believe the bodies of the Sydney couple have been moved from their original dump site. Senior Constable Beau… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Victims of the Whakaari / White Island disaster have today described the physical and mental trauma that robbed them of ordinary lives. Six companies are being sentenced in the Environment Court in… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The motorsport industry is in mourning following yesterday's tragedy at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint event in Paparoa. Tributes are flowing for 15 year old driver Brooklyn Horan and his 35 year old… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The Government is launching an inquiry into the school property system, which it says is bordering on crisis with major cost blowouts and stalled projects. Earlier this month, RNZ revealed that the… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Just released figures show who splashed the campaign cash during last year election. Third party promoters or lobby groups spent a staggering thirteen times more last year compared to the 2020… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Political leaders and members of the community have been gathering in Auckland to pay their respects to Green MP Fa'nana Efeso Collins, who died last week. Fa'anana was taking part in a charity event… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.New Zealand is back on the top of the world with the Black Ferns Sevens' title win, but the men weren't able make it double in Vancouver today. The Black Ferns Sevens' beat France 35-19 for their… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Let's get to the Middle East, correspondent Jacob Brown speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:05 PM.It's been a swift boost to Australia's economic offers, Taylor Swift that is. As she wraps up her Australian tour tonight, some estimates put the financial gains from her seven concert stint at up to… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.There's a giant pohutakawa tree growing on a council berm outside Colin Harvey's place. Over time one of its substantial branches has grown across his driveway to the point it's blocking some access… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.Fire up; cause NZ's biggest BBQ festival is about to get grilling. Billed as a carnivore's paradise, Meatstock, the two day festival gets underway tomorrow at mystery creek near Hamilton. But it's not… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Gisborne leaders and stakeholders are sick of being told they're resilient, and are instead looking towards a better future. About 100 people gathered in Awapuni today for the Tairāwhiti Tomorrow… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.A New South Wales police officer has been charged with the murders of a Sydney couple. 28 year old Beau Lamarre handed himself in to his colleagues this afternoon, in connection to the disappearance… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Well, the rugby season has arrived. Super Rugby Pacific kicks off this evening with a rematch last year's final between the defending champion Crusaders and the Chiefs in Hamilton. Sports reporter… Read more Video, Audio