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5:18 PM.Young people are hacking their used disposable vapes to wring more use out of them, in a growing trend that has parents and emergency services worried. The fire service says the DIY method to prolong… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The government has announced a "first of its kind" $2 billion climate infrastructure fund. It's partnered with investment giant BlackRock with the goal of New Zealand being one of the first countries… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.To Australia now; where a homicide investigation's underway following a lethal lunch where toxic wild mushrooms may have been served. Three people are dead and another is fighting for their life in… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Dairy owners don't appear to be aware of a campaign by tobacco companies to save convenience stores. The Save Our Stores campaign features apparent dairy owners who warn that rules coming into effect… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.More than a dozen Kiwi are believed to have been mauled to death by roaming dogs in Northland over the past three months. DOC says it's released graphic pictures of the bodies to show the reality of… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.One of the Crown's psychiatric experts is steadfast in their view that murder accused Lauren Dickason does not have an insanity nor an infanticide case. This is despite intensive interrogation by… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.The All Blacks rugby world cup squad has just been named. 33 players will travel to France, where coach Ian Foster's men will try to win back the world cup they failed to defend in 2019. Rugby… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Aucklanders are worried that a new harbour crossing will cost too much and take too long. The Government is promising two road tunnels and a light rail tunnel from Central Auckland to Akoranga, on the… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The politics is hotly contested but what about the practicalities of tunneling not once, but potentially three times under Auckland's Waitemata harbour. The government's unveiled a mega project to… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Absesses eroding facial bones, blood poisoning and even death. Those are just some of the very real consequences of unaffordable dental care according to a Whangarei emergency department Doctor who is… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.For nearly two weeks a roaming piggy who shut down Auckland's state highway 16 has evaded capture. In the end, it was the temptation of a banana that lured him into a trap yesterday afternoon. The… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Returning to our lead story now, the search for Tom Phillips and his three missing children. The stolen ute Phillips was driving was found earlier today and there have been reports the Armed Offenders… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.The Defence Minister admits government Defence spending will need to increase in order to ramp up the military's readiness for combat. The government today released a swathe of high-level policy… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Returning to our earlier story about two people being shot in Auckland's CBD, one is critically injured. The police say someone on a lime scooter pulled a gun on a group of people after words were… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.The All Blacks' final home game of the season tomorrow will be a send off for some established stars and a final chance for some fringe players to impress. Up against the Wallabies under the roof in… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Two people are in hospital after being shot in downtown Auckland late last night. One in the abdomen, the other in the head. The shooter took off on a Lime scooter and is still at large. After another… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.He was my baby boy. The heartbreaking words of a Christchurch father to those responsible for his son's death. 16 year old Connor Whitehead died after being shot outside a party in the suburb of… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Police are narrowing their search for long-time fugitive Tom Phillips, to small communities on Waikato's west coast, after he was spotted in disguise buying supplies two days ago. It's been 18 months… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read believes the All Blacks have a "great" chance of winning this year's World Cup, but he says they're not the favourites to take the title in France. The All Blacks… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown has unveiled a vision of how he'd like the waterfront to look, under his mission to claw back land currently used by the port. The governing body met behind closed doors… Read more Audio