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7:42 AM.Violence against prison guards appears to be getting worse, despite a drop in the number of inmates.

There were 355 reported assaults resulting in injury in the last 12 months to May, a 49 percent… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A woman whose husband was killed in a heli-skiing crash says her fight through the justice system felt like a "David and Goliath" battle.

Adelle Box represented herself at an inquest for her partner… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.All eyes will be on the NZX today, with expectations that strengthened systems and back-up measures will hold firm against any further cyber attacks.

The stock exchange suffered trading halts last… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Firefighters have begun a third day battling a large scrub fire burning near Twizel, in the Mackenzie District.

Cold weather and rain had been forecast for overnight and there was even the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The number of people on a benefit shot up by almost 12 percent in April this year, the biggest rise in the past 24 years and nearly double the next largest increase.

The figures are in a report by… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Education Minister Chris Hipkins is calling on Aucklanders to send their kids to school as thousands stayed away in the wake of the city's lockdown.

School principals say parents are more fearful of… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Residents of the Southland town of Mataura have their bags packed ready to evacuate in case potentially lethal ammonia gas is released from toxic waste being stored there.

A nearby fire yesterday is… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand doubles tennis player Michael Venus says it wasn't a straightforward decision to play the US Open. Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:42 AM.There was an unprecedented increase in the number of people applying for benefits in April this year when the country was in Alert Level 4.

Figures in a Ministry of Social Development report show the… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Packed and ready to leave.

That's how some Southland residents spent much of yesterday after fire hit an old paper mill building in Mataura, now used to store toxic aluminium waste.

Fire services… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Seconday school principals in Taranaki are demanding answers from the Education Minister about a private Green School receiving almost $12 million in Government funding.

They have written an open… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Australian Caleb Ewan timed his effort to perfection to win the third stage of the Tour de France in a bunch sprint at the end of a 198-km hilly ride through the Alpine foothills. Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A pelt of a Tasmanian Tiger that for decades languished in a Wairarapa taxidermy museum is giving the scientific world new insights into the extinct Australian marsupial.

The New Zealand pelt has… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Wellington teenager Liberato Cacace, a rising star of New Zealand football, has completed a childhood dream to play professionally in Europe.

A sizzling season in the A-League has led to a lucrative… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The 2020 World of Wearable Art show was cancelled due to Covid-19 but will instead be held as an exhibition in Wellington.

From abandoned tents transformed into avant-garde works of art, to a… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Auckland's return to Alert Level 2 today means schools can open their gates for the first time in weeks.

With Covid-19 still in the community, some parents are questioning whether their children… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The fire raging through pine and scrub by Lake Pukaki, near Mount Cook, has spread overnight.

Fire and Emergency believes the fire started when a hunter knocked over a camp stove. The hunter received… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.Mask are now mandatory on buses and trains around the country.

RNZ reporter Phil Pennington is commuting into Wellington by train.

He speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Masks are now mandatory on public transport.

RNZ reporter Eva Corlett has been riding the bus in Wellington.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio