Rowan Quinn

The Department of Conservation withheld official information after demands from controversial security firm Thompson and Clark, internal emails show. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio

Police have apologised and will pay damages to investigative journalist Nicky Hager for breaching his rights during its 2014 investigation into his book Dirty Politics. Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

President of the Forest Owners Association Peter Weir says forestry companies would like to help property owners clean up, but can't get into their forests nor get machinery out. Video, Audio

Farmers in flood hit Tolaga Bay want forestry companies to put up $100m to help clean the damage done to their stock and properties by runaway slash. They're also considering legal action. Video, Audio

Metservice has issued a heavy rain warning for Gisborne tonight which could cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. It also warns surface flooding and slips are possible. Video, Audio

The North Taranaki SPCA says it's no closer to identifying the owners of a moggie who spent four and a half hours clinging to the grill of a car from Orewa to New Plymouth. Video, Audio

As part of an investigation into where gangs are heading in New Zealand, RNZ's Insight programme was allowed the first media recording of a Mongrel Mob patching ceremony. Video, Audio

Cricket games will be played at Auckland's Western Springs in 2020 with Speedway announcing it's moving on after 90 years. Video, Audio

New Zealand is 18 months behind the UK, so TVNZ is giving viewers two options - catch up by watching a two hour special or keep watching the current series at their own pace. Video, Audio

The All Blacks are expected to win but there might be a bit of rust as players from the five Super Rugby franchises join forces for the first time in 2018. Video, Audio

All Blacks brothers Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett's nana Mary has a scrapbook for each of her All Blacks grandsons, which she fills with newspaper clippings and photographs she takes from TV. She… Video, Audio

Lava from the Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside communities on Hawaii's Big Island, following dramatic eruptions over the past month that have sent lava fountaining into the skies… Video, Audio

Christchurch woman Georgina Hanafin has written an open letter about her anguish, heartbreak and financial struggles with EQC. She says its settlement offer falls short, and she's taking the agency to… Audio

A new ministry - that of Housing and Urban Development - will roll three departments into a one-stop policy shop in charge of affordable housing, homelessness and large scale developments. Video, Audio