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7:10 AM.The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, will be asking for more detail about the detention of a New Zealand journalist when she touches down in Nauru shortly. TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent, Barbara… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand cyclist Patrick Bevin has taken the overall lead after three stages of the Tour of Britain. Audio

6:49 AM.Regulator keeping control of mobile phone operators. Independent directors of Tilt says Infratil takeover offer should be rejected. Winners and losers in US-China trade battles. Latest from money… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's choice for Supreme Court justice has been disrupted by protests from both members of the public and senators. As the hearing began Democratic Senators argued… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Department of Corrections readily admits inmate and gang violence at Whanganui Prison is pervasive but it says it's doing everything it can to change the culture. The Chief Ombudsman Peter… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be asking for more detail about the detention of a New Zealand journalist when she lands in Nauru shortly. TVNZ's Pacific correspondent, Barbara Dreaver, was… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:10 AM.Universities are blocking the publication of survey results that rate the usefulness of hundreds of their courses. The Tertiary Education Commission has enough responses to its MyQ survey of recent… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand cyclist Patrick Bevin has taken the overall lead after three stages of the Tour of Britain. Audio

6:00 AM.The Prime Minister wants answers after a New Zealand journalist is detained on Nauru, a woman driving a company van says she nearly crashed when her boss killed the engine by remote control, New… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Wellington On a Plate has named its best burger. Wilson Barbecue has won with its Brewed to the Bone tower of meat slapped between two Arobake buns.

It includes smoked beef short rib with candied… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A new movie about the first person to step foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong, is being denounced as "un-American". The complaint comes from Armstrong's partner Buzz Aldrin, who is furious "First Man"… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The next generation of Māori leaders is looking to shape the future of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland - and they don't want to just rely on their iwi to have their voices heard. Mihi Blair and Tom Irvine… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.IHC is joining a chorus of voices calling for more rapid specialist support for young children with disabilities. Preschoolers with special needs are having to wait an average of three months for… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Dr Shay McGuinness, an Intensive Care Specialist at Auckland City Hospital, was one of the lead investigators into a study looking into how much blood is needed in transfusions during surgery. "The… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford is planning to override Auckland Council's Unitary Plan in order to fast-track building more houses. His plan involves establishing a Urban Development Authority which… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The revised Trans Pacific Partnership could be in force by Christmas, opening up trade among eleven Pacific Rim nations. New Zealand intends being one of the first six to ratify, which would trigger… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Many major buildings with combustible cladding are not being properly audited to make sure all their safety systems work adequately. Yet these are the systems the Government and councils repeatedly… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has cast doubt on Labour's plans to double the refugee quota, saying his party never agreed to it. The government had already started… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The veteran midcourter Laura Langman says next week's Quad Series will give the Silver Ferns an opportunity to make a new start. Audio

7:55 AM.In a powerful symbol of reconciliation between Maori and Pakeha, the Anglican Archdeacon Tikituterangi Raumati was buried in the grounds of the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary's in New Plymouth… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.International news agency Reuters says it will keep fighting to have two of its reporters released from jail in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were on Monday sentenced to seven years in prison with… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Silver Ferns midcourter Laura Langman says taking a year out from netball has given her some perspective on life. Langman has announced she will return to play for the Australian domestic netball… Read more Audio