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7:24 AM.Zimbabwe will know the results of Monday's presidential election just after 8am {NZ time), that's 10pm in Harare. It's not known if all the results will come out in one go but what is certain is the… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.A road safety campaigner says all buses travelling over 50 kilometres an hour should have seatbelts. Clive Matthew-Wilson from the Dog and Lemon website says there is no reason seatbelts can't be… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Nineteen people from the Ngai Te Rangi iwi were injured on Thursday afternoon when their bus crashed into a ditch near Sanson in the Manawatu and rolled onto its roof. Six of the 19 people were taken… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Rescuers are hoping to fly a 29-year-old Australian soldier off Mount Aspiring on Friday. Grave fears were being held for the climber before he was found at five o'clock yesterday, just north of the… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko would have liked a few more putts to drop but she's generally happy with her opening round at the British Open at Royal Lyhtam and St Annes. Audio

6:49 AM.A2 Milk's new CEO talks for the first time. Simple statements trigger changes in KiwiSaver investors' behaviour. Gaming industry developers have big ideas for the future. The latest from the money… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The government says work is now under way to develop new rules that will support a reduction in carbon emissions from aircraft. Transport Minister Phil Twyford says globally, aviation accounts for… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.United States firefighters say they're desperate for the arrival of international help including a team of New Zealanders who are enroute to help fight fires ravaging parts of California and Oregon… 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 action on global markets. Audio

6:16 AM.The owner of an iconic Wellington building housing Sir Peter Jackson's world war one exhibition says it needs the building back. Massey University and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage issued a… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Foreign observers are pressuring the electoral commission to announce the results quickly - and to address concerns about fraud by being transparent about the entire process. One of those foreign… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is on the leaderboard after the first round of the British Open in Lancashire. Ko fired a four under par 68 at Royal Lytham and St Annes to cuurently be in a tie for… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Rescuers hope to fly climber off Mt Aspiring on Friday, Ngai Te Rangi kaumatua recover after bus crash, Clive Matthew-Wilson demands seatbelts for buses Audio

8:53 AM.New Zealand musicians from two very different worlds are coming together for the first time. Tonight The Phoenix Foundation and the NZSO kick off their 4 date tour celebrating the band's 20th… Read more Video, Audio

8:50 AM.Scrawny, malnourished and anaemic. Just some of the words used to describe a young Auckland man, who died after a suspected heroin overdose. The man, who cannot be named, lost conciousness in a… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Some neighbours of the failed Bella Vista housing development in Tauranga have lost faith in the city council. The Tauranga City Council signed off on shoddy construction work at the development, but… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Hundreds of people are paying for a test kit to detect bowel cancer, rather than wait for free screening. National screening for the cancer killer is being rolled out, with all districts covered by… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Apple the largest tech company in the world is on the verge of becoming the first ever trillion-dollar company. It's never been achieved by a public company in the US. The tech giant hit the US$200… Read more Audio

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

8:27 AM.An Australian climber is still missing at Mount Aspiring National Park near Wanaka, despite rescue teams searching for him overnight. Bad weather hampered the search on Wednesday - and there are… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.A review of the controversial 2014 reforms to the Family Court is now underway, with the aim of providing more support and advice for warring couples. The 2014 changes were supposed to resolve… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The latest police statistics show the number of offences committed by young people has dropped dramatically during the past four years. But their involvement in robbery has bucked the trend and… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The grandmother of a teenage girl in the Hutt Valley says she fears her grand-daughter will end up on meth, following months without intervention by social workers. The woman, who cannot be identified… Read more Audio