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7:09 AM.A powerful offshore earthquake has been felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South, but there is no tsunami threat.

The magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this morning, south of… Read more Audio

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

6:50 AM.Professional netball is back with the resumption of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland tonight.

The 10-week elite domestic league becomes the first professional women's sporting competition in the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.CT and T - the new release - out today - from rising star in the New Zealand hip-hop scene Diggy Dupé.

It's the second single of his forthcoming solo album explores his life as a young Niuean New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Health Minister says he relied on assurances from Ministry officials that routine testing of people in managed isolation and quarantine was taking place.

David Clark has been under fire this… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.

The man, in his 60s, arrived from Melbourne on 13 June and… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.As you slept last night a powerful offshore earthquake struck north of New Zealand.

Felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South island, the magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

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

6:10 AM.The number of people  looking for work in Taranaki has jumped 25.6 percent since just before the Covid-19 lockdown to total more than 9700 on 5 June - with Māori and people under the age of 30 the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The direct descendant of one of the occupants of Kirikiriroa Pā says he supports a dual name for Hamilton. 

A former mayor of Hamilton has called for a public referendum on whether to restore the… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Hospices will not be forced to help people to die if New Zealanders vote to legalise voluntary euthanasia at this year's general election.

A High Court judge has said there is nothing in the End of… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The first quarter GDP numbers will be released today, showing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the shutdown of most businesses.

Broad expectations are for a drop in gross domestic… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to get re-elected during a closed-door meeting last year.

In… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Fulton County District Attorney has charged the fired Atlanta police officer, Garrett Rolfe with felony murder for the shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12.

Another officer on the scene, Devin… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A Taranaki iwi says it has walked away from a track upgrade project in Egmont National Park after failing to find out where millions of taxpayers money is being spent.

Ngati Ruanui says its Official… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Investor confidence plummeted in the initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the economic fallout is about to start showing up on KiwiSaver statements.

For the first time, KiwiSaver members… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Covid-19 testing times and contact tracing in Auckland have failed to meet the "gold standard" set by the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health says because of privacy reasons it won't tell the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.There're still conflicting views on what sisters who have Covid-19 did on their trip from Auckland to Wellington.

It's now emerged the two women did, as National MP Michael Woodhouse said, have… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.News that Mercury Capital is buying Bauer's Australian business has revived hopes for the survival of some of New Zealand's most popular magazines.

Bauer's business includes New Zealand magazines… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The critical communication system used by police, fire and ambulance when they out on a job is expected to fail by 2023.

A report to the Police Minister says the radio network is so old that in two… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The British High Commissioner says a free trade agreement with New Zealand will set the tone for the United Kingdom's post-Brexit trade policy.

Negotiations were formally launched yesterday, putting… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Trade Minister says New Zealand is pleased to be among the first countries to begin negotiations on a trade agreement with the United Kingdom post-Brexit.

New Zealand and the UK formally launched… Read more Audio