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5:53 PM.The cat's finally out of the bag, when it comes to the gender of Hamilton Zoo's three week old sumatran tiger cubs. Not to be outdone, the zoo staged a reveal for the pair this afternoon, with the… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Te Whatu Ora has said new additional security guards in Emergency Departments have helped address increasingly violent incidents against staff. The security boost was part of the government's five… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Tauranga businesses and iwi are fighting back amidst calls for the city's commissioners to delay a 10-year-plan. A former mayor wants the commissioners to hold off on the Long Term Plan until it can… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Batter Henry Nicholls has been axed from the Black Caps Test squad as selectors make changes for the series against South Africa. Nicholls has been a part of the New Zealand red ball side since 2016… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Next month, in many places around the motu, rubbish rules are changing in a bid to standardise what gets recycled.

It means a bunch of things that could previously be binned in recycle - are no… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.A person's died after leaping from a crane , more than 30 metres high into Wellington harbour. The steam powered crane is on the Hikitia, which is an old ship that is permanently docked on the… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.A year on from the Auckland Anniversary floods, some families are still living in soggy, mouldy state houses, with holes in the floor of bedrooms. In Mangere, the stream overflowed, swamped houses… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.The Israeli army has cut off southern Gaza's main hospitals and closed a significant escape route for hundreds of thousands of civilians who had been sheltering in Khan Younis according to Palestian… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.The beach day is a Kiwi classic, but for people in wheelchairs, accessible beaches are hard to come by. In Auckland, Takapuna is the only beach with a mat and accessible bathroom for wheelchair users… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.An Uber driver who's gone electric says he's happy to pay road user charges, but if the govenrment wants to keep driving people toward cleaner greener options, it's got to carve the costs up fairly… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A new report has found Oranga Tamariki doesn't know whether the children in care are receiving annual health and dental check ups. The report by the Independent Children's Monitor found some are being… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.Health experts are outraged at a minister's proposal to bring in a three year freeze on tobacco excise tax. Associate health minister Casey Costello has sought advice on a three year freeze on the… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.The Ministry For Primary Industries confirmed its investigating an alleged rat problem at a Dunedin south supermarket following complaints. Woolworth admits its Andersons Bay road store has "recently… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.South Africa's understrength test team have touched down in New Zealand with a warning for the Black Caps. Eight of the touring squad have never played international cricket before but the Proteas… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Auckland Transport's roll out of raised pedestrian crossings may have hit a speed bump. One in the central city suburb of Grey Lynn has cost close to half a million dollars. And a dozen so called… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Auckland and Wellington university students say they're constantly getting sick from the cold, damp and mouldy flats that they're paying exorbitant rents for. Even if they have the money, a shortage… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.Figures out today show fruit and vege prices are down slightly on three months ago, but up 4.7 percent on the same time last year. Nectarines, Cherries, Plums and Apricots are just below or above the… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The Department of Conservation has conceded there's no guarantee a walk way to Catheral Cove will ever re-open but expects to know what may be possible by the middle of the year. The walking track to… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Donald Trump has come out on top at the New Hampshire Republican primary, further cementing his role as the party's frontrunner for the presidential election in November. His projected win makes him… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.A Wellington resident says she would rather have functioning pipes than a newly rebuilt town hall. Yesterday, a leaking water main in Houghton Bay ruptured sending a torrent of mud and trees into the… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Christchurch councillors had fake cash thrown in their faces as they discussed a possible bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. The environmental impacts and the huge price tag of the Games fuelled… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The spirit of cricket has been called into question during New Zealand's match against Afghanistan at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

New Zealand won the dramatic, low-scoring contest in South Africa… Read more Video, Audio