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4:36 PM.The government has slashed 47 million dollars in funding that had been earmarked to improve bus drivers' conditions over the next three years. Nick James explains. Audio

4:28 PM.The first big upset of the T20 Cricket World Cup could act as a warning to the Black Caps ahead of their opening game of the tournament tomorrow. Former champions Pakistan were beaten by USA - who are… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.In bid to break a Guiness world record a Christchurch woman plans to run more than 833 kilometres over seven consecutive days on a treadmill. The rubber hits the rubber on Sunday at the Nga Puna Wai… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Lisa Owen about Canada's long awaited cut to interest rates, reports of MPs allegedly participating in foreign interferrence and an effort to boycott… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Healthy teachers...are tough to find right now and the hunt may get harder still. As winter ills hit ..including covid, some schools are being forced to split classes or send students home as they… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Healthy teachers...are tough to find right now and the hunt may get harder still. As winter ills hit ..including covid, some schools are being forced to split classes or send students home as they… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm speaks to Lisa Owen about economic data suggesting that Australia is verging on the edge of a recession. Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:33 PM.About a thousand of New Zealand's rarest whitebait species have been released into streams in Auckland's Waitakere ranges today. Our reporter Lucy Xia was at the Huia catchment today to witness the… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Two of the biggest names in New Zealand Rugby have recommitted to the country for another three years. Senior All Blacks Scott Barrett and Codie Taylor have re-signed with New Zealand Rugby to the end… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.A video posted to an Instagram page last night shows a girl being stomped on the head and face as she lies on the ground trying to protect herself. Natalie Akoorie reports. Audio

5:15 PM.A worker viciously beaten in a random attack in Aucland's CBD says he's been off work for months with a litany of injuries and is now constantly looking over his shoulder. Chris, takes care of some of… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Another group of cancer doctors is piling the pressure on the government to honour it's election promise to patients... It believes have so far been overlooked in drug funding decisions. Dr Rodger… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Survivors of Marylands School and the Hebron Trust took a step on the path to healing as a Christchurch park and street which once bore the school's name were officially renamed Validation Park and… Read more Audio

4:51 PM.Porirua leaders have voted in favour of upgrading a pump station in the hope of stopping sewage flowing into the sea at Titahi Bay. Kate Green reports. Audio

4:43 PM.The government's confirmed a total of four billion dollars of funding to patch up and prevent pot holes on the motu's roads and highways. Transport minister Simeon Brown says the funding boost is a… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Residents in two Auckland suburbs had a rude awakening overnight after two shootings rocked their normally quiet neighbourhoods. Finn Blackwell went to the scene of both shootings and filed this… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Government briefings show the immigration minister asked for an estimate of Palestinians who might apply to join their families in New Zealand if the Government opened a Ukraine-style visa category… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.World Cup footballers are calling for the A-League Women's competition to adopt full-time professionalism - as soon as possible. Professional Footballers Australia have released a report today that… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.A University of Canterbury student who won a car worth $20,000 has decided to give it to someone who had more use for it. The lucky recipient, Tyler, spoke with Lisa Owen. Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about Hunter Biden's federal trial and a "first of its kind" law close to being passed in New York that would place tighter restrictions… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A luxury real estate company claims multi million dollar property owners are selling up and abandoning New Zealand for the lucky country..taking their cash with them. Patterson Luxury says industry… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A controversial new road layout in Palmerston North will get a stay of execution.The design will see both a cycleway and bus stops in traffic lanes on a busy inner city street. But as Jimmy Ellingham… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.South Africa correspondent Elna Schütz speaks to Lisa Owen about South Africa's elections which saw the African National Congress party losing it's 30 year majority and having to enter coalition talks… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio