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4:35 PM.New Zealanders looking after disabled family members say the long hours and lack of support is pushing them to the brink. Carers NZ said it amounts to billions of dollars in unpaid labour and said… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.It will go down as one of the most embarassing moments in New Zealand Olympic history. Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Lisa Owen about the kiwi pair Max Brown and Grant Clancy etching themsleves… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.An Auckland college is refusing to apologise to a student it booted out for buying cannabis on school grounds even after the ombudsman ruled the punishment was "unreasonable." In 2022, the St Peter's… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about weeks of protests over government job quotas in Bangladesh seeing a seismic shift in the country's government, a court ruling invloving… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are job less compared to this time last year, bringing the total to 143,000. Young people aged between 15 and 24 make up almost half of the… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.New Zealand's most successful Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington begins her Paris campaign tonight - looking to add to her six kayak medals. The five time Olympic gold medallist will line up in the heats… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.The Tertiary Education Minister is rejecting some costly expert advice on what's best for the future of controversial mega polytech Te Pukenga. The government's committed to disestablishing it and… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The Tangiwai and Karoio pulp and timber mills are owned by Winstone and employ around 300 people, mainly in the Ohakune area. However, the company said its electricty costs have gone up 600% since… Read more Audio

4:48 PM."Unite for Seniors," is a new nationwide campaign backed by the Retirement Village Residents members association, it believes the law favours village operators. Some residents who don't own their… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.International nurses who answered New Zealand's call to come and work here have found themselves spending tens of thousands of dollars getting registered and applying for hundreds of jobs, but they… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.A friend of retired Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne has told a court that the doctor behaved unusually in the year leading up to Pauline Hanna's death. It's the second week of the murder… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Sports reporter Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about Shaun Johnson announcing his retirement with the Warriors and the most controversial storyline of the Olympics being the women's boxing. Audio

4:25 PM.Have the stock market wobbles sent you scrambling to look at your Kiwisaver balance? Maybe, best just to look away, with investors being warned not to panic. This after US markets closed down this… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.United States correspondent Zach Montellaro speaks to Lisa Owen about Kamala Harris' impending vice presidential pick announcement, how America's stock market has fared amid plunges in global stocks… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Whether you spread it on your toast, drop a dollop into the frying pan or use it for baking - butter is considered a must have in the pantry for many of us. But some shoppers in South Auckland said… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Diane To speaks to Lisa Owen about the lastest on last week's mass stabbing tragedy in a town near Liverpool, and The National Archives releasing an interesting complaint… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.Police are seeking to suspend the liquor licenses of most South Island New World supermarkets for alleged continual breaches of online alcohol advertising controls. A two-day hearing before the… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.Newly minted Olympic sprint champion Noah Lyles is demanding a sneaker range to celebrate his success, while tennis champion Novak Djokovic rates his gold medal success above all his 24 grand slam… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.More than 200 people travelled to Parliament today in support of Ngapuhi opposition to the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. It comes as a select committee meets to hear submissions on… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.An Auckland family medical centre said its being forced to put up patient fees because of rising costs and inadequate government funding, even though it could make doctors visit more unaffordable for… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.The retirement commission estimates by 2048, the number of over 65's renting could increase 100%; to more than 600,000 pensioners. However, new Commission research, based on interviews with more than… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.In RNZ's new series Crunching the Numbers, we're out chatting to Kiwis about all things affecting their wallets. Our first story takes a look at renting, with research showing almost 1 in 5 New… Read more Audio

4:39 PM.A forensic scientist has returned to the witness box as the second week of Philip Polkinghorne's murder trial gets underway at the High Court in Auckland. Fiona Matheson described the hours spent at… Read more Audio