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7:54 AM.The White Ferns are licking their wounds and bracing for a scrap to reach the cricket World Cup playoffs after a humbling loss to Australia.

Chasing 270 to win at the Basin Reserve, the tournament… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.New Zealand has completed its biggest Winter Paralympics medal haul for 20 years.

Four medals also left us 15th on the medal table at the Games in Beijing, with experienced alpine skiers Adam Hall… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Government is hoping an overhaul of the waste system will tackle the country's annual 13-million-tonne landfill problem.

Only 28 percent of New Zealand's rubbbish is recycled - the rest goes to… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A top medical researcher says many patients decline vital genetic tests out of fear they could lose their insurance cover because of it.

Auckland University Centre for Cancer Research acting director… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The police have launched an investigation into a trauma cleaning company that for years posted graphic pictures of callout scenes.

RNZ revealed last month that Crime Scene Cleaners has been sharing… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.A leading epidemiologist says declining daily Covid-19 case numbers are no reason to celebrate.

Professor Rod Jackson says anyone with Covid-19 symptoms can assume they have virus unless they get a… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The police won't give details over whether finances are part of their investigation into the occupation of Parliament's grounds and surrounding streets.

Large sums of money traded hands during and… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Russian airstrike at the Lviv military base near Poland's border is being called too close for comfort for NATO neighbours.

BBC correspondent in Kyiv James Waterhouse spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet is set to discuss cutting the excise tax on fuel.

"We're discussing this today and we will move very quickly to speak to it soon after. But I do want to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The government has placed its faith in a Crown Commission to continue governing Tauranga for at least two more years - but the chair says such structures should be used sparingly.

Four commissioners… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.A controversial North Taranaki composting and worm farming business has flunked its latest environmental monitoring report.

Previously in trouble for stockpiling 20,000 tonnes of oil and gas waste at… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The parents of a young boy with rheumatic fever are urging adults, particularly in pacific communities, to take sore throats and rashes in children seriously.

Around 33 percent of last year's cases… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The Northland property of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov has been visited by a flotilla of boats, kayakers and stand up paddle boarders protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The group… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The thought of a shark might keep you awake at night, but do they actually ever sleep?

It's been a long-standing question in the world of science.

A New Zealand scientist said they do - he had been… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Te Matatini - the world's biggest kapa haka competition - turns 50 on Friday.

It all started in 1972 with the 17 kapa haka performing at the inaugural festival in Rotorua representing the eight Maori… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A study released concludes the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in this country has failed Maori and at-risk communities.

Researchers studied the geographical distribution of Covid-19 vaccination… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A new political poll has put National ahead of Labour for the first time since the pandemic began.

The 1News Kantar poll put National at 39-percent support; while Labour dropped to 37-percent -- its… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Big questions remain about what the TVNZ and RNZ merger will look like, and how it might affect other media outlets.

The Government has confirmed it will bring the two entities together under the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Rapid Antigen Tests are now the mainstay of the country's Covid-19 testing regime.

The Government said yesterday that Rapid Antigen Tests, or RATs, made up 97 percent of all cases reported that day.