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5:30 PM.The Paris Olympics will go down as New Zealand's most successful games, with ten gold medals surpassing the eight won in Los Angeles in 1984. New Zealand won 20 medals in total to finish 11th on the… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Israel has expanded evacuation orders for the palestinian settlement of Khan Younis in Southern Gaza overnight forcing thousand of people to leave in the dark. It follows an Israeli strike on a school… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The skipper of a Coastguard boat who rescued two divers after they became seperated from their boat in waters near Kapiti - north of Wellington - said the scenario is the stuff of nautical nightmares… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Rose Hanna was in the witness box at the High Court in Auckland as the third week of Philip Polkinghorne's murder trial gets underway. The former eye surgeon is accused of murdering his wife Pauline… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Associate Justice Minister Nicole Mckee accused union boss Chris Cahill of throwing his toys out of the cot because he didn't get his own way. It comes after Cahill wrote an open letter raising… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Beneficiaries could face tougher sanctions as the government unveils its new traffic light system aimed at cracking down on those out of work. It's part of a raft of changes to the benefit system… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.The body of a five-year-old boy missing near Gisborne has been found in a farm near his home. Reporter Alexa Cook speaks with Lisa Owen. Audio

4:32 PM.Which sports belong in the Olympics - and which do not? Bridget Tunnicliffe speaks to Lisa Owen to weigh in on this perennial debate. Audio

4:22 PM.A new survey shows one in five builders are working at less 50% capacity, as work dries, with the majority expecting things to get worse over the next year. The EBOSS Builder Sentiment Report surveyed… Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown speaks to Lisa Owen about Lebanese group Hezbollah unleashing a barrage of rockets in the past few hours, the U.S. saying its urgently boosting its military… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Too many volunteers have proved a challenge for police who are searching for a five year old boy missing in a rural area of Tiniroto south of Gisborne. Khyzah, who has autisim, lives on a remote sheep… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about a caretaker government taking charge in Bangladesh after weeks of protests saw the former administration overthrown, Taiwan producing a TV show… Read more Audio

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

5:30 PM.The New Zealand team is basking in its most sucessful day of the Paris Olympics - with two gold and bronze medal won to take the nation's medal tally to 13. Reigning keirin world champion Elleese… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The human cost of the energy crisis is beginning to mount with hundreds of workers being affected by temporary shutdowns or facing the spectre of permanent closure of pulp and paper mills around the… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The interislander ferry, that punched a hole in its hull while docking in the Capital yesterday, should be back sailing over the weekend, following repairs. However, the incident has again raised… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Auckland's Karangahape Road restaurants say road works, no parking and anti-social behaviour are putting customers off. Several hospitality businesses along the colourful strip have been forced to… Read more Audio

4:52 PM.In our latest installment of Checkpoint's new series Crunching the Numbers, we're drilling into the detail of the weekly shop from Countdown and PAK'n SAVE to see how much it's gone up since 2022… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Friends of Pauline Hanna have told a jury about her husband's demands for sex, financial stress, and moments where he became "beastly."  It was the tenth day of the trial of retired eye surgeon… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Just Standfast was sentenced to four years imprisonment for the offending that took place over a 40 year period inside the secretive Christchurch community. Adam Burns was at the Greymouth District… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Sports reporter Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about the All Blacks game in Wellington coming up this weekend and the Olympics about to wrap up. Audio

4:30 PM.Visual journalist Reece Baker asked Wellingtonians how much they spend on a cup of coffee these days. Audio

4:25 PM.Buying a cup of coffee is a morning ritual that many of us indulge in, but like a lot of other things - the price of a cafe coffee has gone up. Although it doesn't cost as much as it should, according… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Lisa Owen about the coach of Canada's Olympic football team offering her first statement since the spying scandal, an army of bots supporting Canada's… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.There are calls for power companies to offer wide spread discounts for low income families, it comes on the back of several big businesses warning rising energy bills could force them shut down for… Read more Audio