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Around 200 people were at another community meeting at Appleby School. They were grateful for the massive effort that has gone into fighting the fire. Many residents from the affected area are worried… Read more Audio

RNZ's Tracy Neal was at a community meeting in Hope. She asked residents what they felt. Audio

Two community meetings have been held this morning - to update the evacuees and the wider community - Over 2000 people turned up at the Hope Community Church in Nelson. At the meeting acting district… Read more Audio

Reporter Andrew McRae has been inside the north east quadrant of the fire cordon near Brightwater. Audio

Wind is the enemy... and there are timebombs sitting there if the wind does change... that's the message from those fighting the fires raging in the Tasman-Nelson area. In the last hour Emergency… Read more Audio

New Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett's workload just increased further as she's picked up the weighty Police portfolio from Judith Collins, along with Tourism to add to what she already had. Audio

Alfred Ngaro has been promoted straight into Cabinet, picking up the Pacific Peoples and Community and Voluntary sector portfolios along with Associate children and social housing portfolios. Audio

The Prime Minister, Bill English, has defended the demotion of outspoken Minister Judith Collins in today's Cabinet reshuffle.Ms Collins has dropped from number 14 to 16 in the Cabinet rankings.She… Read more Audio

Another politician who's seen many reshuffles in her time is the Labour Deputy Leader Annette King. Audio

United Future Leader Peter Dunne has seen many Cabinet reshuffles in his political career. Audio

The Prime Minister's widely anticipated Cabinet reshuffle has left many ministers in their same portfolios and only one backbencher has been promoted to the Cabinet itself. Audio

Dr Robert Patman is an international relations expert at Otago University, he says the attempted coup in Turkey over the last twelve hours did not come as a complete surprise - as the army is one… Read more Audio