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7:19 AM.The police in Samoa have charged a nurse over the death of two babies last month. The babies died minutes after they received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, which prompted the Samoa… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.An Inglewood High School student is still in Taranaki Base Hospital this morning closed after a school bus crash yesterday afternoon. The 69-year-old driver of the bus died and 10 of the 13 students… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The oil company Shell has contaminated groundwater in New Plymouth using a firefighting foam banned in New Zealand 12 years ago. It only stopped using the foam containing damaging PFOS in March when… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand's Josh Junior is considering protesting and trying to have today's race thrown out after a storm hit the Sailing World Championships in Denmark. Audio

6:49 AM.SkyCity Entertainment looks to hotels and online gambling for future growth. ASB says solid economy still driving profit growth. ANZ Bank scraps staff sales incentives. Latest from money markets. Audio

6:48 AM.A plan to cut the number of international students allowed to work here will hit profits in the tertiary education sector but not as much as first feared. Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Taranaki locals are expressing shock at the discovery of groundwater and eels contaminated with firefighting foam chemicals. The oil company Shell has admitted using a firefighting foam banned 12… 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 an update on global financial markets. Audio

6:12 AM.The holiday home company Bachcare is considering legal action over Auckland Council's new targeted rate for online accomodation providers. The council says the rate will bring those using platforms… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The government's been warned it's at risk of putting off developers if it takes too long to make decisions about who it will use for the KiwiBuild scheme. Some developers, who met the June deadline… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The defending champion Southern Steel have cemented their spot in the domestic netball grand final with a 53-49 win over the Mainland Tactix in Invercargill. Audio

6:00 AM.Shell contaminates Taranaki streams with toxic foam, Student in hospital after third bus crash in weeks, Samoa police charge nurse over baby vaccine deaths, 'Relief' as ANZ bank scraps sales targets.

8:57 AM.There has been contention over an ACC education programme, with people saying it has been a waste of money and it won't reduce sexual violence rates for Māori. Te Whāriki Takapou is "appalled" by a… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.An ACC sexual health education programme has been called a waste of money, with some saying it won't reduce sexual violence rates for Māori. Te Whāriki Takapou is "appalled" by a decision to spend… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A controversial scheme to fund free long term contraceptives for beneficaries and their daughters ends on Monday. The previous government set aside almost a million dollars for the scheme over six… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Business confidence may be on a slide in national surveys - but in Northland - or at least in Whangarei - the economy's on a roll. Unemployment's at its lowest level in a decade, cruise ships want to… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Detectives in the United Kingdom appear to have isolated two people from CCTV images as their prime suspects in the nerve agent poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March. The attack lead to the… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM."For Lease" signs on shop windows are now Nelson's predominant window display. There are about 30 vacancies in shops and offices in the central city so this week retailers and the council met to… Read more Video, Audio

8:22 AM.Families caring for adult disabled children say the Ministry of Health's attempt to fix the problems with disability support services have missed the mark. Six months ago the Appeal Court suggested… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A pilot scheme at a Palmerston North GP clinic offering free help for mild to moderate mental health issues is showing instant results. The scheme offers patients immediate access to a in-house… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The Consumer Affairs Minister, Kris Faafoi, plans to step in and make changes to a proposed law for country of origin food labelling, because a parliamentary committee won't. MPs have been criticised… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Iwi leaders have told the government they'll see them in court over Māori rights to freshwater. The leaders met Cabinet ministers in Ngaruawahia on Friday, where the politicians made it clear those… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Southern Steel believe they haven't been given the recognition they deserve as the reigning national netball champions as they prepare to host the Mainland Tactix in tonight's elimination final in… Read more Audio