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7:43 AM.A war of words has erupted at the Christchurch City Council over flood-prone properties. Christchurch City Councillor David East has accused council staff of deliberately removing a policy, intended… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Staff at Unitec in Auckland are facing huge job losses. Almost 20 courses will be suspended by 2019, including the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Osteopathy and Bachelor of Sport. Dr Wei Loo is the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Winston Peters has thrown a major spanner into the works of Labour's plan to double the refugee quota, saying his party never agreed to that. Labour campaigned on raising the refugee quota to 1500 per… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A Syrian refugee in Nauru has few words for Winston Peters, other than "please help save us." The Foreign Minister is in Nauru for the Pacific Islands Forum, and has a meeting with the Australian… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.New information has come to light about the dispute between the sidelined minister Meka Whaitiri and one of her staff. It's understood Ms Whaitiri man-handled her newly employed press secretary and… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A New Zealand detainee inside West Australia's Yongah Hill Detention Centre says New Zealanders are banding together to give each other support after a riot broke out at the weekend. Police are still… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The scene of a deadly explosion in Henderson in West Auckland remains under police guard this morning. A body was found after a shed near Swanson Road blew up - a blast that shook nearby buildings… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Silver Ferns midcourter Laura Langman says taking a year out from netball has given her some perspective on life. Audio

6:49 AM.Investors still woefully ignorant about and indifferent to Kiwisaver. Starbucks didn't offer much to Restaurant Brands. Trade bolsters growth. Kiwi accent stalls voice recognition help systems. Global… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Newly released information shows that weaknesses in building safety checks extend even to those with Grenfell Tower-type cladding. Auckland and Christchurch together have 54 buildings with varying… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The Minister of Health is looking at ditching a $90-million IT system developed for District Health Boards because it's not delivering what it's supposed to. The National Oracle Solution project is… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has thrown a major spanner into the works of Labour's plan to double the refugee quota, saying his party never agreed to that. Labour campaigned on raising… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news. A catch up on overnight global market action. Audio

6:12 AM.A large chunk of Brazil's history has gone up in smoke. Yesterday a huge fire ripped through the country's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. Most of the building has been destroyed along with two… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.An Auckland-born man who's in an immigration detention in Western Australia says he tried to keep out of a dangerous riot that broke out overnight on Sunday. The unrest started after an Iraqi detainee… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Alastair Cook, England's leading test run-scorer, will retire from international cricket after this week's fifth test against India. Audio

6:00 AM.We are at the scene of yesterday's deadly explosion in West Auckland, Winston Peters throws a major spanner into the works of Labour's plan to double the refugee quota, Silver Fern Laura Langman… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The big names remain on course at the US Tennis Open, with Rafael Nadal the first to make it through to the men's quarter-finals. And in the women's competition, Serena Williams' is on top form. We… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The drowned valleys of the Marlborough Sounds drowned a little more in the Kaikoura earthquake. GPS monitoring shows some parts of the sounds dropped by up to three centimetres in the 2016 quake. That… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Horowhenua residents are sick of waiting to find out whether a four-lane expressway will be ploughing through their paddocks - or avoiding them completely. Laura Dooney went to Manakau to speak to… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.At least 200 protestors marched in Auckland on Sunday to demand the New Zealand government issue a warning to the South African government over the expropriation of white residents' farms. It's been a… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The Selwyn District Council wants to bring in new fire restrictions as it tries to curtail the number of wildfires it combats every summer. The new rules would determine where new properties can be… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.Tourist operators are having to offer more bells and whistles in order to recruit enough staff for what's expected to be another booming summer season. Last year, businesses in some tourist hotspots… Read more Audio