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

6:49 AM.Barack Obama has made a rare intervention in the 2020 White House race to blast a "despicable" racially charged attack ad against Joe Biden.

A pro-Trump group put out the clip that twists Obama's own… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.A leading international expert in literacy says a new dyslexia resource for schools represents a breakthrough in the way the Education Ministry treats the learning disability.

Emeritus professor… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.When was the last time you used a cheque?

Kiwibank, Inland Revenue and ACC will stop accepting them as payment as of this weekend - and other banks are expected to follow suit.

However, the National… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The Tertiary Education Union is urging the government to call a national meeting to coordinate how education providers respond to the Covid-19 virus.

Universities, polytechnics and schools could lose… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Chinese tourists forced to cancel their trips to New Zealand because of the Covid-19 coronavirus say it's unreasonable for them to out of pocket.

Many of them have booked tours here before the travel… 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

6:17 AM.Family of the Fijian men killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks say they have no ill feeling towards New Zealand - instead they see what happened to their loved ones as fate.

Fifty-one people died… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The White Ferns were beaten by India by 3 runs in their latest game at the T20 World Cup in Australia. Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Te Arawa people are celebrating the return of Lake Ōkaro in the southern Bay of Plenty, a century after they lost control of it. 

The transfer of the lake to the Te Arawa Lakes Trust completes the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Transparency International's New Zealand chair is warning the need to reform political funding structures is more urgent than ever - and that complacency is leaving the country more vulnerable to… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Napier student Kingston Webb was clocked going 148kmh in an 80kmh zone - but successfully argued his driving wasn't dangerous and didn't warrant losing his licence.

Motorsport legend and road safety… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Green MP Golriz Ghahraman says she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Gharaman says she first learned of her diagnosis two years ago when she began to lose sight in one eye.

Multiple… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will today meet with the family of the three Fijian men who lost their lives in the Christchurch mosque attack.

Ardern has just arrived in Nadi and will travel to a… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Public perception of the oil and gas industry is more favourable than it was two years ago.

That's according to the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association, which has published the results… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.Public perception of the oil and gas industry is more favourable than it was two years ago.

That's according to the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association, which has published the results… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The push towards providing government services online is too difficult for some people and leaving them further and further behind.

That's the conclusion of a new report from the Citizens Advice… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The Wellington suburb of Miramar is being called a "burglars' paradise" after a spate of break-ins and assaults that have left residents scared and wondering where the police are.

A local business… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.One of China's biggest education agencies, JJL, wants the government to urgently let Chinese students travel to New Zealand.

A director of the company, Kevin Zheng, says it has hundreds of students… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Coronavirus could rob the New Zealand cyclist George Bennett of one of his major events this year. Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A law professor says defence lawyers are still exploiting rape myths and it's no surprise many rape victims regret taking their cases to court.

Elisabeth McDonald from the University of Canterbury… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Canterbury police are touting the success of their newest recruit - the Eagle helicopter.

The Bell 429, taken from the fleet in Auckland, is on a five-week trial in Christchurch.

It was far from the… Read more Audio