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6:42 AM.The National Party is preparing to support the government to urgently pass law to target sanctions against Russia, its political leaders and wealthy oligarchs.

The proposed Russian Sanctions Bill… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team with Barry Guy. Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector with Sally Murphy. Read more Audio

6:26 AM.A brief update from the business sector with RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings has set up a dedicated Covid-19 ward to manage the growing number of patients with the virus.

The number of patients has climbed sharply - it's shot up from zero to… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Some homes in Porirua north of Wellington may be raised, relocated or bought-out as the City Council grapples with it's flood-prone future.

The Council is spending almost $18-million upgrading its… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Monday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Most of us know our beloved national reptile, the tuatara, as the rarest of global creatures.

Time was, however, when the tutara was just as plentiful as those other reptilian characters, and not… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A Victoria University of Wellington student says their mental health worsened after being temporarily removed from their residential hall last year for feeling suicidal.

Advocates say Universities… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The World Health Organisation warns smokers are up to 50 percent more likely to get seriously ill or die from the coronavirus than non-smokers.

Experts are hoping it will give people another reason… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A report obtained by RNZ has laid bare a series of failures during the escape of two offenders from a Youth Justice Residence in 2020.

At the time both boys were detained at the North Island… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Omicron has arrived in the Chatham Islands. Canterbury DHB's Covid-19 Emergency Coordination Centre Controller, Dr Helen Skinner has confirmed that two Chatham Island residents have tested positive… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The chief executive of the Auckland business lobby group Heart of the City, Viv Beck, has joined the race for the city's mayor.

She joins Efeso Collins, Leo Molloy and Craig Lord in the battle for… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The National Party's promising to cut taxes and raise income tax brackets to match inflation if it wins the Treasury benches next year.

But the Government says that would mean vital services would… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Rhythm and Vines has cancelled its rescheduled Easter Weekend festival. It's usually held in Gisborne, for three days around New Year's Eve.

But at the end of 2021, organsiers postponed it to Easter… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Omicron outbreak is beginning to bite many industries, with reduced public transport services in Auckland today, and many bars and restaurants being forced to change their hours.

But how are our… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The Commerce Commission's long awaited report on the supermarket industry is due out on Tuesday, with keen interest on how far it will go in suggesting change for the $22-billion sector.

Its… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon explains his tax-cutting plans to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:34 AM.National's promise to scrap all the new taxes introduced by Labour since coming into power has been met with both praise and scepticism.

The party leader Christopher Luxon zeroed in on the cost of… Read more Audio