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10:20 Vote counting continues in the US presidential elections

The final votes are still being counted in the remaining states that will decide the US presidency.

Joe Biden is the favourite to win as he maintains his lead in Arizona, and narrows the margins in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

The University of Sydney's senior lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, David Smith, talks through today's developments with Karyn Hay.

Polling places across the US on election day.

Photo: AFP

10:30 Research Honours Aotearoa 2020 winners announced tonight

The achievements of eight innovators, Kairangahau Maori, researchers and scholars are being celebrated tonight at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington.

Karyn will speak with the Chair of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Academy, Charlotte MacDonald, about tonight's winners including the recipients of the Rutherford Medal, the 2020 Te Puawaitanga Award, and the Hamilton Award 2020.

Chair of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Academy, Charlotte MacDonald.

Chair of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Academy, Charlotte MacDonald. Photo: supplied

10:45 The Rest is History: Parihaka 

On this day in 1881, the Māori settlement Parihaka in Taranaki, was invaded. 

About 1600 troops marched onto the village and were greeted by children while several thousand villagers sat quietly singing on the marae. 

Parihaka's leaders were arrested and the village was destroyed. 

Dr Rachel Buchanan is a New Zealand historian based in Melbourne who has family links to Parihaka 

Dr Rachel Buchanan wrote the book Ko Taranaki te Maunga, published by BWB Books.

Dr Rachel Buchanan wrote the book Ko Taranaki te Maunga, published by BWB Books. Photo: RNZ/Justine Murray