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5:25 PM.South Korea's president has sent shockwaves through his country by trying to impose martial law in the middle of the night. The decision was met with disbelief in the people in the streets - who… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.A man who was 14 when he said he was raped by a well-known local figure on trial for sexual abuse said the accused knew how old he was when the pair met through a dating website.The man admits that… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.The local council issued a Do Not Drink notice on Monday after nitrate levels exceeded the acceptable levels of 50 milligrams per litre of water, posing a risk to people particularly pregnant women… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A leading virologist said she won't be surprised if the Otago bird flu virus continues to spread to other farms in the way it did in the devastating outbreak in the Australian state of Victoria. A… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.Tickets for some Air New Zealand flights could be more expensive next year, with the airline running fewer flights on some domestic routes. Authorities and businesses in Gisborne and Rotorua fear the… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Friends and family of three climbers lost on Aoraki Mount Cook have been told to expect the worst with equipment found on the mountain suggesting the group may have suffered a catastrophic fall. One… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.The Black Caps now have an even tougher path to the World Test Championship final. The side was deducted three competition points for a slow over rate against England in Christchurch. Sports reporter… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.The Commonwealth Bank in Australia has caused a ruckus with its plans to charge some customers to withdraw money through a branch. It's moving a number of customers to a new kind of account that comes… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Calls are growing for South Korea' president to be removed from power after he declared martial law - and then lifted it hours later. It was the first time in 50 years martial law had been declared… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.A second Otago free range chicken farm is in isolation and testing is underway after birds started showing signs of illness and a number have died. The property has about six thousand birds and is not… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa Owen about Australia's house prices, especially in the big cities, being unstopped, Australia's biggest bank planning to charge people to withdraw… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:31 PM.A Do Not Drink water notice was issued yesterday - after nitrate levels in the source water for the Lower Waihao rural supply were found to be above acceptable levels. But this isn't the first time… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.While Auckland may have won the first battle, the war between the country's newest, and its most successful football franchise, is far from over. Aotearoa's latest sporting rivalry writes its second… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The Crown has described the case against Tingjun Cao, the man accused of murdering Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao, as an absolute slam dunk. The six-week long trial in the High Court at… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.At least a dozen whales have died since a pod stranded on Farewell Spit yesterday afternoon and the rest of the group has now split and come ashore again at four different locations. Rescuers… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.An Australian egg producer whose chickens were infected with a highly virulent strain of avian flu said it has taken six months to get birds back on the farm and laying. An Otago farm that's managed… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.A recent study revealed a stark 10 to 1 male to female ratio for kakaruai in Silver Stream northwest of Dunedin. Researchers said it's a rare, real time look at the extinction process of a taonga… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Auckland Transport has been stripped of its responsibilities, with Auckland Council to gain new powers over the region's transport infrastructure and policy. The overhaul will see the council assume… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries will start culling the 80,000 hens infected with bird flu tomorrow in a process which is expected to take up to three days. The jump in infected chickens comes… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.All Blacks star Sevu Reece has been revealed as the sports star guilty of wilful damage, after his name suppression order lapsed in Christchurch today. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:24 PM.Someone has raided a south Taranaki garden that supplies the town food bank with fresh vegetables. This week's harvest has gone missing from the Eltham E-Kai garden, with thieves helping themselves… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.United Sates correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Joe Biden copping criticism from both sides of the political aisle after issuing an official pardon for his son Hunter and close Trump… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The cull of 80,000 chickens on an Otago egg farm starts tomorrow after bird flu has been found in a second shed on the property MPI said it will take two to three days to euthanise the chickens using… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The wife of a man who died after taking part in a charity boxing match said she thinks the practise is abhorrent, and wants to see it stopped. In November 2018 Kain Parsons, who was 37, took part in a… Read more Audio