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5:26 PM.The Prime Minister has made another flub when promoting his beneficiary crackdown, massively overstating his government's increase in case managers. It marks the second misstep this week after… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A lucky escape for a mother and her three year old son after trying potentially lethal, meth, masquarding as lollies. A friend of the family is alarmed after she says she called police to collect the… Read more Audio

4:54 PM.The Olympians have landed. Team New Zealand returned triumphant after its most successful Olympic campaign ever, with twenty medals, ten of them gold. Felix Walton got amongst the good vibes and… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.It's an unfortunate title, but Auckland is New Zealand's Syphilis capital, and New Zealand is experiencing what's been described as an "alarming" increase in cases of the sexually transmitted disease… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The Auckland City Mission is racing to contact hundreds of food parcel recipients, after chunks of methamphetamine disguised as pineapple lollies were found in food packs it distributed. Three people… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Peace talks get underway in Geneva today between warring factions in Sudan, as the region faces an escalating humanitarian crisis with children already dying from malnutrion and hunger related… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.The job is only half done for Argentina. Having shocked the All Blacks in the first test in Wellington 38-30, the Pumas are looking to pounce on thier wounded opposition and break the greatest streak… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about a former top spy chief in Pakistan being arrested, Japan still bracing itself for a potential 'megaquake' after the government issued it's first… Read more Audio

4:06 PM."It's darkest before the dawn and it's dawn now," that's according to Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr, after the Official Cash Rate was cut for the first time in more than four years. The 25 basis… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about one of Australia's top television networks in damage control after allegations of bullying, sexism, assault and exploitation that have left… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A document leaked to RNZ shows that Dunedin hospital staff are reporting about 500 incidents a year of theatre instruments were found to be contaminated. The report found the sterilisation centre is… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The Wellington Phoenix have signed a young, dual sporting superstar.16 year old Luke Brooke-Smith from Hamilton has put pen to paper, locking him in at the Capital for three years, sports reporter… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The government believes lifting the nearly thirty year moratorium on gene technology outside of the lab will bring productivity and climate gains for New Zealand and also health advances, like gene… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Woolsworth supermarket is being accused of being tone deaf, after asking staff to voluntarily dress up as Disney characters at their own expense as part of a store promotion, despite being locked in a… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The government's proposal to shake up Te Arawhiti, the office for Maori Crown relations is only a few hours old and is already coming under fire. It's been described as an attack on the place of Maori… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.A forensic pathologist said he cannot determine the exact cause of death of an Auckland woman the Crown believes was murdered by her husband. Dr Kilak Kesha carried out the autopsy examination of… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Today, the Court of Appeal heard arguments from lawyers for Gail Maney and Stephen Stone, who are appealing their convictions for the 1989 murder of West Auckland man Deane Fuller-Sandys. Stone is… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.Rules around genetic engineering are set to be loosened, with the government saying New Zealand is decades behind other countries. Opposition parties are open to a conversation about about allowing… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The All Blacks are looking to put their shock loss to the Pumas behind them as quickly as possible, as they seek the comfort of Eden Park in the return test this weekend. New Zealand return to the old… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.The Olympic glory is not quite over, with a small contingent of New Zealand's most sucessful team due back in the country tomorrow. One person who's been watching their highs and lows, is former… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Zach Montellaro speaks to Lisa Owen about several polls reflecting favourably on the Democrats since Kamala Harris announced she was running, Donald Trump's return to X and… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A Professional dog walker fears her business could be jeopardy if Christchurch Counicl limits the number of dogs she can walk at any one time. The council is about to review its canine bylaws and… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Europe correspondent Diane To speaks to Lisa Owen about Britain being surprisingly calm this weekend, despite UK police bracing for more anti-immigration violence, a spray of art across London the… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio