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5:41 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about former chief executive of Qantas Alan Joyce having his exit package slashed, as the airline rebuilds its reputation from damaging scandals… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.Karen Smith, former major crimes detective in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office came to review Lachlan's death after being introduced to the case by her friend - psychic Kelvin Cruickshank. She shared… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.Carrington has six Olympic medals, five of them gold and tonight, along with Alicia Hoskin, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan, she will look to lead the world champion crew to Olympic success. New… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.The meat workers union is fighting to save jobs that are on the block at Oamaru meats. Up to a hundred jobs at the meat processing plant are in jeopardy and new figures show unemployment have risen to… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.It's the second week of the trial of Polkinghorne, who's accused of murdering Ms Hanna and trying to stage it to make it appear self inflicted. Bruce Hanna, Ms Hanna's younger brother, today gave… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Renewable energy generator Manawa's revealed one of its customers has defaulted on its bill and that's contributing to a potential 55 million dollar drop in its forecast earnings. Today it has… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Research done by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners surveyed 400 doctors over two weeks. It found those with 22 hours of patient contact time a week generally ended up working the… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Figures for the first three months of this year show the longest wait was 97 days at Rimutaka prison to see a medical officer and 91 days to see a dentist at Otago Corrections facility, with the… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The major power companies have been put on notice by a senior minister who has warned the government could intervene to help bring down prices. It comes after wholesale power prices doubled over the… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.With captain Scott Barrett out injured, Ardie Savea leads the side while outside back Will Jordan makes his return from a lengthy spell on the sidelines after being picked on the bench. Coach Scott… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Both Finn Butcher, who won Gold in the Kayak Cross and Nicole Shields who took out Silver in the cycling team pursuit final, went to Dunstan Highschool in the Central Otago town of Alexandra. Their… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Zach Monetellaro speaks to Lisa Owen about Kamala Harris hitting the trail with new running mate Tim Walz and the American sports team in contention to be known as one of… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A group of Rotorua residents wants the council to create a natural burial site, so people can be interred simply without coffins or embalming, decomposing naturally under a tree. Other regions… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.The Labour MP Duncan Webb has deleted a video he posted on social media that featured pro-Palestinian protesters chanting at the prime minister: "How many kids did you kill today?" The backdown came… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.There will be blood on the Government's hands if it doesn't immediately provide support to the survivors of state and faith-based care - that's the message from abuse survivor and advocate Ken… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Africa correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about a wild string of events involving a particularly controversial pastor in South Africa, preparations for an important regional summit in… Read more Audio

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

5:33 PM.The pole vaulting trio of Eliza McCartney, Olivia McTaggart and Imogen Ayris will chase Olympic glory, with all three in the Games final. The women's team pursuit are also on track for gold at the… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The Kaipara District Council has voted to scrap its Maori Ward, at a tense meeting in Mangawhai today. At least 150 Maori ward advocates gathered outside the council building during the extraordinary… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The Chair of Open Country Dairy, Laurie Margrain told Lisa Owen New Zealand's unreliable energy market is putting investors off, and dampening productivity and the country needs affordable, guaranteed… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The unemployment queue just got a whole lot longer and it's youth that are literally at the front of the firing line. 33,000 more New Zealanders are jobless compared to this time last year, bringing… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.The council has issued a do-not-drink notice to residents in Tokomaru town today and the waiting game is now on to see what further testing reveals. However, as Jimmy Ellingham reports, not everybody… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.A long-awaited strategy to deal with coastal hazards in Hawke's Bay has finally been released and is calling for urgent action. Many parts of the region's coastline are slipping into the sea, such as… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.While last night's duo canoe effort may not have been our proudest sporting moment - there have been plenty of other highlights, both expected and unexpected, from the Paris Games. Visual journalist… Read more Video, Audio