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4:06 PM.The Health Minister has said the average earnings of a registered nurse are $125,000 a year, but the union claims his maths doesn't add up. More than 35,000 nurses have walked off the job for the… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the UK government's crack down on international students overstaying their visas and a new initiative by one of the country's largest supermarket… Read more Audio

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

5:25 PM.Is the heart of Auckland city still beating? For the best part of a decade, construction of the City Rail Link has seen the CBD strewn with road cones and roads clogged with building sites. Businesss… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.A controversial cost-saving policy for carers for the disabled is being abandoned as part of changes to the disability support system. From next April, the government will remove purchasing guidelines… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus is through to the quarterfinals of the men's doubles at the US Open for the first time in his career. But he's not the only New Zealander still in the draw at… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.Senior doctors could soon be following nurses, who will walk off the job again tomorrow. The doctors are currently voting on whether to take strike action later this month according to the Association… Read more Audio

4:52 PM.A court has heard the man accused of lighting the fatal Loafers Lodge fire told a psychiatrist voices in his head told him to burn the place down. It was also revealed the man had previously been… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.The Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey is heralding a new strategy for the country's eating disorder services as revolutionary. The reset, marking the first Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.A West Coast dairy farmer has credited his good old gumboots for saving his life when he was struck by lightening while out on his quad bike herding cows early Monday morning. The boots were Skellerup… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.Thousands of Maori from throughout Aotearoa have flocked to Turangawaewae Marae for another day of mourning and celebration, as the annual Koroneihana celebrations continue. The growing gathering… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Public hearings are underway on a proposal to close a popular paper road on the Wairarapa coastline due to vandalism and destruction. The paper road, which runs through both Crown and privately owned… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Former Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio has revealed her next move. The star shooter has announced she'll link back up with the Central Pulse in next year's ANZ Premiership. It comes after… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Asia correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about China hosting its largest military parade in Beijing marking 80 years since the end of WWII. Audio

4:06 PM.Smith City, the well known furniture and electronics retailer went into voluntary administration yesterday. One Christchurch woman who paid nearly $4,500 for a lounge suite she's yet to see is upset… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Nelson Provincial Museum is in need of a new archive storage facility - it's current building is leaking and is too small to house the entire collection. But a proposed 15 million new building that… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A New Zealand-born, Australian-raised neo-Nazi leader has gatecrashed a press conference with the Victorian Premier just days after an attack on a First Nations camp. The press conference was cut… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.The All Blacks have begun their training in Auckland where they will defend their Eden Park fortress against the world champions. Audio

5:24 PM.The Building Industry Federation says the country's facing a slow motion energy crisis and gas is vital in the production of building products. It's worried rising energy prices could push the cost of… Read more Audio

5:11 PM."Tired, sick and absolutely devastated by a system that is not allowing us to do our jobs." That from one of the 36,000 nurses on strike today - as the lengthy negotiations between Health NZ and the… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.It's a slow-motion energy crisis that could collapse vital supply chains and push construction costs up even further. That from the boss of the Building Industry Federation who is calling on the… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Thousands of Kingitanga followers are arriving at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia for the start of the Koroneihana. Our reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira is there. Audio

4:48 PM.More than 35,000 nurses walked off the job following nearly a year of deadlocked negotiations between Health New Zealand and the union over pay and working conditions. The Nurses Organisation says the… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Three Amazon data centres have come online in Auckland today, with the tech giant inviting prime minister Christopher Luxon to speak at its big event. But much of the detail is secret, including where… Read more Audio