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7:43 AM.New Zealand's rankings in an influential OECD test of reading, maths and science are suffering because more than a quarter of the Kiwi kids who sit the exam do not take it seriously. A study for the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Peace talks between the Black Power gang and community leaders in Whanganui have begun. They come just a day after the tangi of gunned down Mongrel Mob member Kevin Ratana, who was shot outside a home… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.A leading Hawke's Bay orchardist says a decision by a US company to stop selling fruit trees to New Zealand could cost the industry billions of dollars. Last month the Ministry of Primary Industries… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The Defence Force told the Australian military it had contaminated water at its bases months before it alerted the New Zealand public. Newly released emails also show NZDF gave the Australians a heads… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a business advisory council with Air New Zealand's chief executive as its chair. Ms Ardern delivered a speech in Auckland aimed at directly addressing… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister is striving to thaw her so-far frosty relationship with businesses - but small enterprises are feeling left out in the cold. Yesterday Jacinda Ardern announced a new Advisory… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Black Caps will play 3 T20's, 3 ODI's and 3 Tests in their series against Pakistan in the UAE later this year. Audio

6:49 AM.NZIER says gloomy sentiment overshadowing solid growth outlook. Tourism Holdings investing for future growth.  Beauty industry app developer Timely heads to Australia. Global markets have a subdued… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has poured scorn on Tasman district councillors who voted yesterday to stop the Waimea Dam from being built. Councillors objected to the escalating… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Prime Minister spoke to business leaders in Auckland yesterday in a bid to convince them the coalition government has their back. Jacinda Ardern announced the new council of business leaders… 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, and a catch up on overnight action on global financial markets. Audio

6:13 AM.Far-right activists have demonstrated in Germany's eastern city of Chemnitz after the deadly stabbing of a German man that authorities have blamed on two migrants. About 6000 demonstrators, some… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Greenpeace wants seabed mining stopped altogether after a company's bid to mine ironsands off the coast of South Taranaki was thrown out. Trans-Tasman Resources had earlier won approval from the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The schedule for the Black Caps cricket series against Pakistan in the UAE has been released with the tour containing three T20's, three ODI's and three Tests. Audio

6:00 AM.The government is trying to thaw its frosty relationship with business. We'll ask the Finance Minster Grant Robertson if it's working. The Australian military is told about contaminated water at New… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The final Grand Slam of the tennis calendar has begun in New York.The US Open enters its 50th year at Flushing Meadows this week and features all of the big names. Dave Worsley is in New York for the… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Dutch police have arrested their prime suspect in a 20-year-old murder case after the country's largest ever DNA testing operation Audio

8:45 AM.It's D-Day for the Waimea Dam, with the council set to vote on whether to push on with the controversial project. The latest figures put the price tag at 108 million-dollars - 26 million more than… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Kindergartens and playcentres are trying to secure their futures by forming multi-million-dollar national organisations that will have more financial clout and which will be able to counter falling… Read more Audio

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

8:29 AM.RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson was at the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's speech at Westpac business audience. Audio

8:26 AM.One of Te Papa's most important whale skeletons is being stored in a building that was dirty, and had birds, insects, and possibly rodents living in it. Experts are shocked to hear how the national… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A UN report has accused Myanmar's military leaders of carrying out genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against Muslim Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities. Virginia Pycroft is a New… Read more Audio