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4:28 PM.Sports Journalist Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about Super Rugby Pacific's opening match in Christchurch and the grand final rematch between the Blues and Chiefs in Auckland. Audio

4:24 PM.Sporty couple Mark Smoothi and Alyssa Coe will renew their wedding vows during the challenge Wanaka Half; a triathalon that includes an almost two kilometere swim, 90 kilometre bike and a run of more… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Holidays to Rarotonga, free TVs and even cold-hard cash have all been used as extra incentives by banks to try and win people over when it comes to mortgages. Now, it looks like some property… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Federated farmers says families are being forced to abandon rural life because they can't get their kids to school after cuts to bus routes. Its spokesperson Toby Williams spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:43 PM.Comments by two nurses that went viral on social media, boasting of killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients, have triggered a massive reaction in Australia. A police investigation is underway… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.Two-time Olympian, alpine skier Alice Robinson, heads into the world championships in Austria tonight on top of the world. Robinson won the giant slalom event in Italy last month in what was her first… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The alleged victim in what a military prosecution said was a violent attack by two soldiers can now be identified as a man who drowned in an unrelated incident last year. A military panel at a Court… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.In July 2015, a public health notice was issued for Kaeo's water supply; telling customers connected to the privately operated town supply to boil all drinking water for at least two minutes. The… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Law firm JGA Saddler is bringing a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, after starting a similar case in Australia last year. It alleges 17 different cold and flu… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Kiwi hero or parking pirate? While that wasn't the question of law that John Boulton was defending in the Christchurch District Court, it is the question he wants put to the court of public opinion… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.The almost three and a half kilometre long inaugural journey was made at a crawl; about five kilometres an hour overnight, meaning the loop took two and half hours in total while various underground… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.One person has died and three more are seriously injured after a horror crash between a four seater bike and a car in Wairarapa earlier today. The accident happened on a road in Martinborough, famous… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.A former National Minister has told the Justice Committee the Treaty Principles Bill is "irretrievably flawed" and a former Prime Minister says the Bill has "damaged the collective fabric of the… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.There has been an early blow for Warriors fans before the season has kicked off. Fan favourite Dallin Watene Zalezniak is set to be sidelined for at least six weeks. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke… Read more Audio

4:20 PM.Researchers are hoping to get a glimpse into the secret lives of Aotearoa's children in the school census. More than 200 schools have already registered to take part in the project that is a… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.At a defence summit in Brussels, the US defence secretary told European nations they must provide the overwhelming share of funding for the country which was invaded by Russia nearly three years ago… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.It appears more people are looking at downgrading their car insurance, to third party cover, as policy costs continue to rise. Figures from insurance price comparison website "Quashed" shows car… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Adam Hollingworth spoke to Lisa Owen about Australian footballer Sam Kerr being cleared of racial harassment, people still fighting for Margaret Thatcher's legacy 50 years… Read more Audio

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

5:30 PM.There will be both romance and rugby balls in the air this Valentine's Day as the Super Season kicks off in Christchurch on Friday night, the first lineups for the year have just been named. Sports… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Cook Islanders are bracing for potential backlash from a controversial partnership deal with China, which is expected to be finalised any moment now. The planned comprehensive strategic partnership… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Manawatū residents at a higher risk of developing bowel cancer are vowing to fight a pause on surveillance colonoscopies at Palmerston North Hospital. Some have already gone private to ensure they get… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.There's claims some fishy regulation changes are on the way. A proposal to shake-up the fisheries act could see access to camera's on boats blocked and unwanted catches dumped at sea rather than… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.There's an on-going stand-off over land use on Christchurch's Port Hills, a year on from the damaging blaze that forced more than 100 people from their properties and destroyed a container home.The… Read more Audio