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4:06 PM.The Australian Prime Minister is vowing to get kids off their devices and on to the footy field by introducing a miniumum social media age of 16. Aoteroa's Prime Minister has said he's up for looking… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.South Africa correspondent Elna Schutz spoke to Anna Thomas about tragedy striking a number of schools, Namibia set to build its largest solar power plant and the how African nations did in the… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A man who survived and witnessed sexual and physical abuse at Catholic-run schools said the way the church investigates complaints of wrongdoing needs to change. Brendon Bowkett has reported the abuse… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.Six months after announcing a return the NRLW competition the Warriors have revealed their first signing for next season. Foundation player Apii Nicholls has been recruited back to Auckland to play… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.The government is coming under fire for not stepping into to help save 230 mill workers from losing their jobs. Winstone Pulp International near Ohakune has confirmed it will close indefinitely next… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.United States correspondent Mitch McCann who is in New York city, spoke to Anna Thomas about people's reactions to the debate, Trump saying immigrants in Springfield were abducting and eating people's… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.A review into the devastating June floods in Wairoa details a litany of shortcomings in the management of the local river mouth by the Hawkes Bay Regional council. More than 400 properties were… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Officials have warned the Treaty Principles Bill could cause social division - and that it relies on an unusual reading of the document which is not based on evidence. Despite that, the Coalition laid… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.An Ohakune family is pondering its future following yesterday's news Ruapehu's biggest employer Winstone Pulp will close two of its central North Island mills. Charles has worked at the mill for 25… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.An independent review into Wairoa's June flood found the Hawke's Bay Regional Council doesn't have a proper management plan in place. It's made several recommendations including actions to better… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.An Auckland woman is angry she was not told the house Kainga Ora moved her into after last year's storm had been the scene of a shooting. The state housing agency said they didn't disclose that… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.A curtailed 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow would carry "a reputation risk as well as financial risk" - that's the advice from the Scottish government as the debate continues about where the next… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Next week the local council will consider whether to fund the return of the Tokoroa santa parade. After a 35 year run, the Lions Club pulled the pin on the parade in 2023 due to rising costs. Last… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Anna Thomas about Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris and a break down of today's presidential debate. Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa Owen about a proposal to ban on teenagers from using social media gaining pace and a ban on online ads to gambling. Audio

5:37 PM.Thousands of Woolworths supermarket workers walked off the job for two hours today, protesting over pay and conditions amid rising levels of abuse. The strike action affected almost 200 shops between… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The White Ferns will be relying heavily on the experience of two veteran players, Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, at next month's T20 World Cup in the UAE. Devine and Bates have both been selected for… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Waiheke residents with health issues said they're living in fear of what could happen without after-hours care. 9000 residents live on the island and currently have to call an ambulance in an… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.An Auckland school principal who's having to find up to twenty relief teachers a day says the shortage is putting too much pressure on staff and students and its only going to get worse, unless… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.More than two hundred central North Island mill workers have been told they are officially out of work. In what's been described as a devastating blow to the Ruapehu District, Winston Pulp confirmed… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after one of the Central North Island's biggest employers announced today it will close down two of its mills, for good. For the past few weeks, Winstone… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The defence for a man accused of multiple rape and sexual violation charges, says the jury needs to purely look at the facts of the case, and not whether they like the accused man, or approve of his… Read more Audio

4:35 PM."Preventable and predictable," are the words of a Rotorua Doctor who said the pressures on the hospital's emergency department were relayed to management - but nothing was done. Now staffing shortages… Read more Audio