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5:16 PM.An Armed Offenders Squad member has detailed the horrifying scene which confronted emergency services at Al Noor Mosque on the day of the Christchurch terror attack. The inquest has also heard from a… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The metservice has extended its severe weather warning for the coromandel until nine tomorrow morning as the area continues to be lashed by ex-cyclone Lola. It's warning while there may be a lull… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.A sexual abuse support service wants compulsory consent education for first year university students as data reveals the extent of complaints at universities. There were more than 300 sexual violence… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.For the first time the brakes are going on vehicles at a popular west Auckland beach this guy fawkes Auckland council's extended a ban on motorbikes and cars driving along Muriwai to cover the days… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The police dispatcher on the day of the Christchurch terror attack says she would've sent armed units to Linwood Islamic Centre if she had been aware of the threat contained within the gunman's… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The chances of hiking the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk this summer are not great with the track likely to stay closed until at least mid January next year. It's been shut for more than a year with… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Are you a coffee snob, only a barrista brew will do? Well this next story could stir things up, and maybe save you a few bucks too. Consumer NZ has done blind taste tests of nine supermarket bought… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Let's go to Paris now where we're joined by our rugby reporter Joe Porter. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339952124112 Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.It's been five days since police say a baby was killed in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita but officers are yet to charge anyone. The death of Ruthless-Empire Ahipene Wall, who would have turned two on… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The All Blacks are carrying a weight of expectation from their fans and are on the brink of making history at the Rugby World Cup. On Sunday morning, they could become the first country to win four… Read more Video, Audio

5:06 PM.A gunman in the United States remains at large more than 24 hours after the country's deadliest mass shooting this year. 18 people were gunned down at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of… Read more Video, Audio

6:26 PM.Now for our next scoop: Auckland is hooked on a new flavour of ice cream combining two foods you'd least expect. After just a week of being open, Fugitoto made a splash in Epsom when it introduced its… Read more Video, Audio

6:10 PM.Cyclone Lola has destroyed schools and homes in Vanuatu, with more than 10,000 households torn apart, damaged or flooded. Four provinces in the north have been hit hardest as humanitarian aid groups… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.Now that the election is over, it's time for pastry professionals to vote for the best sausage roll in the country. More than 400 from across the nation lined up for judging in Christchurch today… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A pipeline to prison is how in the incoming Chief Children's Commissioner is describing a proposed ram raid law. The bill, amending the Crimes Act, would see ram raid sentences of up ten years in jail… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Lisa talks to our rugby reporter Joe Porter in Paris. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339884530112 Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Winston Peters is refusing to apologise for his extraordinary attack on the former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - in which he wrongly accused her office of hiding information from the public about… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Eight vital minutes were lost between police being told a shooting was planned at the Linwood Islamic Centre, and the terrorist opening fire. A senior police officer in the communications centre has… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Christchurch ultra-runner Sam Harvey has stopped short of making history at Big Dog's Backyard Ultra in Tennessee. When we checked in yesterday he had been running 6.7 kilometre loops on the hour… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed Israel is still preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza, but he won't say when. In a televised address the Prime Minister sais that Israel is raining hell fire on Hamas… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.It's believed at least 22 people have been killed in another US mass shooting, this time in the town of Lewiston in Maine. A man hunt is underway after the suspected shooter, former soldier Robert… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM."An innocent child, who should have been safe, and loved." Police say a toddler who was killed in Lower Hutt on Sunday was taken to hospital at least 12 hours after he was injured. The death of… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Were vital clues to the Christchurch terrorist's plans missed by police? Did parliament staff treat the threat with the gravity it deserved? Those are questions the inquest into the deaths of the 51… Read more Audio