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Let's go to business now where every morning we answer a question about business. And do the latest labour market numbers mean that unemployment is set to rise Audio

Could carbon neutral farming be the future for new Zealand? The first carbon neutral Chicken farm is open in the Netherlands. Kipster farm claim to produce ethically friendly eggs and be carbon… Read more Audio

A private school has warned that as many as 70 of its students have become addicted to nicotine through vaping. St Peters Cambridge says teens are getting around the R18 restriction on vapes… Read more Audio

Kiwi jockey Michael Walker who rode second place Prince of Arran in the Melbourne Cup, pleaded guilty to using his whip 12 times before the final 100m - recieving a seven meeting suspension and a… Read more Audio

Scores of people are trying to get the MMR vaccine in Samoa - after the recent deaths of two young children and a 37-year-old man. Samoa's government declared a measles epidemic in mid-October. RNZ… Read more Audio

How much money is enough to retire on? Business reporter Nona Pelletier has more. Audio

For a look at sport around the Pacific region Vinnie Wylie joins us Audio

Last night Former Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon was selected as the National candidate for Botany. The seat is currently held by former National MP Jami-Lee Ross, who resigned from the party… Read more Audio

A Trade Me listing for one thousand chickens has brought to light the fate of more than 5000 of the birds. On Sunday, Steve Morrow from Hamilton won the auction - although there's since been some… Read more Audio

The head of an Auckland community newspaper says an important connection to nature is being lost through the creation of pavement-style walking tracks in remote areas. Rob Drent, who publishes the… Read more Audio

How do the major retail banks make their money and what's putting a strain on their profits right now? Business reporter Kim Savage has more. Audio