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7:50 AM.The bungees were bouncing, the bars and restaurants were buzzing and the No Vacancy signs were alight as New Zealanders flocked to tourist hot spots this Queens Birthday weekend.

But some business… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The weekend's rain has had a patchy impact for farmers battling drought conditions - a good amount for some, and barely a change for others.

In the east of Northland, for example, MetService says… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The cleanup is continuing on the Coromandel Peninsula today after bad weather lashed the region.

State Highway 25 between the Tairua River and Hikuai was closed yesterday due to flooding and only… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Wet and wild weather for the first holiday weekend out of lockdown flooded roads and caused slips in the Coromandel.

It meant some took hours-long detours and others stayed on for a night or two… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will look at moving to Alert Level 1 next week.

Ardern says they will bring forward Cabinet's discussion of moving levels to next Monday.

It was due… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.An intensifying chaos has gripped America's largest cities as demonstrators and police clash over the death of George Floyd.

Dozens of American cities have introduced curfews as violence and looting… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Thousands of New Zealanders took to the streets yesterday across the country to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

RNZ's Mackenzie Smith reports. Read more Audio

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

6:51 AM.New Zealand has had no new cases of Covid-19 for 10 days in a row and there's hope today will be the eleventh.

One case remains active and no one is currently receiving hospital treatment.

But an… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Thousands turned out in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch yesterday to protest against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

But the large gatherings have angered some politicians. Deputy… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.A man was shot and killed in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday night after police officers and National Guard troops began firing into a crowd. - but a tense confrontation in the middle of a crowded… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.Auckland's private tertiary institutes have put their hands up for a proposed trial quarantine system that would allow foreign students into the country.

The city's council has suggested piloting… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.More than 30 percent of Kaikōura's GDP comes from tourism but with international borders shut business' are relying on domestic tourism.

Alpine Pacific Holiday Park owner Lee Boot says while they can… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Demonstrations over the death of African American man George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer have erupted across the US and around the world.

Dozens of American cities have introduced… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:51 AM.It's a missing persons notice of a very different kind. An Invercargill man has taken out an ad in the Southland Times calling for any sightings of his missing cow.

The "solid black Heifer", which is… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The dairy industry is embarking on a push to encourage more people to try farming.

The industry already needs a thousand jobs but will need even more if the border continues to be closed to migrants… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The NRL competition is underway again.

The Parramatta Eels won against The Brisbane Broncos to last night.

Tomorrow the Warriors make a long awaited return to the field - having become most… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.An Auckland academic has criticised the government's funding boost for the arts, saying it lacks any vision for the future of the sector.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister unveiled a multi-million dollar… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could allow US officials to punish social media companies for how they police their content.

The president was enraged by Twitter adding a… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.The Hawke's Bay drought fund set up by local mayors will be handed out to farmers from today.

A million dollars will be divided up between thousands of farmers struggling with one of the worst… Read more Audio