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6:50 AM.Māori interested in applying for licences to produce medicinal cannabis say they're struggling to raise the money needed to even get started. 

Some of those at a Ministry of Health hui in Wellington… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.National is unveiling the first of its five-point economic growth plan this morning - laying out its plan to slash red-tape.

Leader Simon Bridges says the party has brought forward the release due to… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.The nurses union is warning hospitals will need a lot more staff if many more cases of Covid-19 emerge.

Forty-three staff members at the North Shore Hospital have been stood down for two weeks after… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A Manus Island refugee and musician detained in an Australian hotel is being prevented from recording his new song.

Mostafa Azimitabar or Moz, spent seven years locked up on Manus Island before being… Read more Audio

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

6:14 AM.A Chinese community leader in Auckland says the government needs to act more decisively to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.

Barry Hung is the president of Pakuranga Chinese Association, which started… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.New Zealand's Israel Adesanya successfully defended his UFC middleweight championship title against Cuban Yoel Romero last night in Las Vegas, and while Adesanya agrees the fight wasn't what many fans… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:52 AM.North America has Bigfoot, the Himalayas have the Yeti and Fiordland has the moose.

Moose were let loose into Fiordland National Park in 1910 but sightings of them have been rare since - the last… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Despite being the oldest in the elite field, 47-year-old Cameron Brown is still giving himself a good chance of winning the New Zealand Ironman for a 13th time in Taupo on Saturday.

Brown first… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.After weeks of severe water shortages in the Far North, relief is on its way. 

Water is expected to be pumped from Māori-owned Lake Ōmāpere into Kaikohe sometime today, but not all locals are happy. 

8:40 AM.Jeanette Fitzsimons, who led the Green Party into Parliament in the 1990s, has died unexpectedly overnight, aged 75. Her husband, Harry Parke, says she lived her convictions as an environmentalist and… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.People on all sides of the political spectrum are honouring Jeanette Fitzsimons this morning, after she died last night at the age of 75.

Grant Robertson: "Very sad to hear of the passing of Jeanette… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Covid-19 has wreaked havoc upon the economy as markets and industries face the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Gyles Beckford has the latest on what that means. Read more Audio

8:26 AM.A fourth case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand, a male in his 30s.

The man is the partner of the second case announced on Tuesday, both of them returned to New Zealand from Italy in late… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Fifty years ago, the plight of two iconic Fiordland lakes sparked a nationwide outcry and the largest environmental campaign the country had ever seen.

Some of the original campaigners are gathering… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Former Green party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died aged 75.

She has been described as a politician of well-informed implacability, noted for never raising her voice in the House and never… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The building industry is wondering if the economic impacts of Coronavirus will extend into the second half of the year and delay major projects.

But the meat export industry is seeing signs the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The English women's cricket team is calling for change to future tournament rules after rain ended its hopes of advancing to the final of the T20 World Cup in Australia. Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Schools are struggling to decide if they should proceed with overseas trips in the next couple of months.

The Covid-19 coronavirus has prompted travel restrictions in several countries, as well as… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.A cruise ship is being held off of the coast of San Francisco as health officials prepare to screen everyone on board.

A man who died from Covid-19 after disembarking from the Grand Princess in San… Read more Audio