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5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.Surf lifeguards have been served up plenty of jellyfish stings, injuries and rescues this summer. So far, patrol teams have rescued more than 880 people off our coasts. It means lifeguards are often… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Thousands of music fans have flocked to Christchurch's Hagley Park for this year's Electric Avenue festival. The tenth edition of the drawcard music event goes for two days so many patrons are set to… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.No A-League team has won three local derby games in a season, but Auckland FC are firm favourites to make more history tomorrow night. Auckland have defeated the Wellington Phoenix twice already this… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Fed Up over an unwanted partnership with Pita Pit. It's left a bad taste in the mouths of hundreds of primary school students at a West Auckland school who received meat wraps for lunch for the… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.There's fears that people feeding sharks in Waiheke Island's Matiatia Bay area are unnecessarily increasing the risk of a shark attack. The bay is the main entry point to the island via the Fullers… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.The attack happened on February fourth at a property on Cosy Dell Road - an area close to Otago University, with a number of student flats. Police say an unknown man entered the house and assaulted an… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.A cabinet paper about rapid torture redress payments to survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit in the 1970s says it's not possible to rule out torture at other locations. That's left a… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the big Super Rugby Pacific features of the weekend and how there's been a bit of a twist for Joseph Parker's fight on Sunday morning. Audio

4:25 PM.It started as a way to block out a bit of ugly stuff and has blossomed into a community fundraiser. Last November a Temuka couple planted three hectares of their South Canterbury property in sunflower… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.New data provided to RNZ by Corelogic shows just how much house prices have shot up since the turn of the century. In some parts of the country, the median price has increased 1000 percent over 25… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.An MP has formally requested Destiny Church be struck off the charities register following the alleged violence by church followers who stormed a children's event hosted by a Drag King. The event at… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.In Australia, the Albanese Government has announced a $2.4 billion rescue package to prevent the shut down of one of only two steelworks still operating in the country. Australia correspondent Nick… Read more Audio

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

5:33 PM.Advocates for children are calling for urgent action as new data shows child poverty rates have stalled, and the government has missed all three of its targets. Stats NZ figures released this morning… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.The Tall Blacks have a clear mission over the next four days - beat the unbeaten and don't lose to the winless. New Zealand play two Asia Cup qualifiers against basketball opponents at different ends… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Three Chinese warships east of Sydney have raised alarm bells, with Australia and New Zealand given no advanced notice of their mission. Both ANZAC Defence Forces are monitoring the vessels. They are… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Keep Otepoti Dunedin Beautiful had put the call out for students to help collect discard bottles and other rubbish littering the streets after O week revelries. There was even a prize draw for anyone… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The government's revamped school lunch programme continues to leave a bad taste for some schools, if the meals turn up at all. Principals have told Checkpoint lunches for their muslim students have… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Air New Zealand's expecting a rough financial ride this year, as it prepares to ground more planes for engine maintenance. It's profit for the half year ended December dipped 18 percent compared with… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Exploration drilling is underway again at Sam's Creek in Golden Bay, as mining company Siren Gold continues work to determine if it is viable to mine gold in the area. Residents say they're frustrated… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.Joseph Parker is set for the biggest bout of his boxing career when he meets Britain's Daniel Dubois for the IBF Heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

4:21 PM.An Auckland university researcher has got an $800,000 grant to study the medicinal properties of kawakawa. Maori have long used the native shrub as an anti inflammatory and for wounds. Now, it's hoped… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Trump called Zelensky a "dictator" - while Ukraine's leader responded that Trump was trapped in a "disinformation bubble." It's the latest escalation after Ukraine's leaders were excluded from peace… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Figures released show 156,000 children living in material hardship in 2024, up from 144,000 the year before. That's almost 13.5 percent of Aotearoa's children. Measures of material hardship include… Read more Audio