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8:06 AM.The New Zealand women's cricketers have been left to wonder what could have been once again as they failed to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the second straight tournament. Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The Bluff oyster season opened on Sunday and the first batches have been arriving in restaurants and supermarkets.

Fishermen have been combing the Foveaux Straight to catch their quota for the… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The Black Caps have confounded the naysayers and scored a second comprehensive win over India, the world's top ranked test cricket side.

New Zealand needed just four days to win the first test by 10… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Charities that rely on cheque donations fear they'll be scrambling around for millions of dollars as society moves towards a chequeless society.

Kiwibank phased out cheques last week and other banks… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Police Association is calling for "political point-scoring" to be put aside as Parliament considers the Arms Legislation Bill.

The second tranche of gun reforms would introduce a firearms… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of Indiana and the first openly gay candidate to run for US President, has announced his decision to withdraw from the race to become the Democratic nominee.

His… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Shane Jones is thumbing his nose at the Prime Minister, refusing to resile from his comments about Indian students ruining academic institutions in New Zealand.

The New Zealand First MP and Cabinet… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The number of Covid-19 coronavirus deaths worldwide is now more than 3,000 with more than 90 percent in Hubei, China.

There have now been deaths in 10 countries outside of China. Saudi Arabia… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Electronics, iPhones, clothes and raw materials are in short supply and could take much longer to get here as Covid-19 slows global trade.

More than 60 countries are now infected with Covid-19… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Police are seeking to reassure the public after a reported terror threat against the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is devastated to hear about threats against… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Police are seeking to reassure the public after a reported terror threat agains the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is devastated to hear about threats against… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand women's cricket captain Sophie Devine says Australia scored more runs than they should have in their T20 World Cup sudden death clash in Melbourne. Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Six kea in Otago have been killed after a drop of the pesticide 1080 - with the Department of Conservation waiting on post-mortem results to determine whether they ingested the poison.

The kea were… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.A former Reserve Bank Governor says some of the world's central banks may make a move together to counter the effects of Covid-19 on the global economy.

Don Brash believes the outbreak of the disease… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.The police are investigating after a terror threat was made against the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch.

It comes just two weeks out from the anniversary of the March terror attack, in which 51 people… 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

6:16 AM.Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has denied swearing at Black Cap Kane Williamson at the second test in Christchurch, which New Zealand won yesterday.

Kohli was questioned by a journalist about… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director general of the World Health Organization has described the the fight against Covid-19 as being in "uncharted territory".

Speaking at a news conference in the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Opener Beth Mooney's half-century helped hosts Australia beat New Zealand by four runs last night in Melbourne and seal the last semi-final spot at the Women's T20 cricket World Cup. Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Protesters in togs are outside Parliament this morning to demand the Government keep its election promise to clean up waterways.

The student-led Choose Clean Water campaign are there ahead of the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.A collection of rare, surrealist artworks are coming to Te Papa Tongarewa - all of which have never before been displayed in New Zealand.

Dalí and the Surrealists: Masterpieces from the Museum… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A group which tests drugs for purity at music festivals have launched a "pill library" on their website listing all the different substances they found this summer.

KnowYourStuffNZ operates stalls at… Read more Audio