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8:34 AM.A group of academics say the Prime Minister needs to speak out in defence of a professor who's been subject to harassment and intimdation. Professor Anne Marie Brady from Canterbury University has had… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Civil Defence says its nationwide test alert this evening was a success. Early indications are that the alert was transmitted to all parts of the country with cell phone coverage which is what it was… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A local body politician is calling for parents to take a greater responsibility for raising their children after a 14-year-old was found guilty of the murder of a 40-year-old man in Hawke's Bay. Haami… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.A group of Catholic school Old Boys has found more sex abuse victims by forming an online network in the face of church roadblocks. Catholic authorities are now citing the Royal Commission into abuse… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Caps have spent almost two full days in the field with not much reward as Pakistan ground out a sizeable first innings in the second Test in Dubai. Audio

7:50 AM.The Transport Agency has banned another vehicle inspection business over its poor Warrant of Fitness assessments. Westland Automotive and Tyre in Auckland was suspended and its director Akram Zakeri… Read more Video, Audio

7:41 AM.The United States has asked telecommunications providers in countries it is allies with to avoid using equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei. Earlier this month the company partnered with Spark for… Read more Video, Audio

7:35 AM.The United States has asked telecommunications providers in countries it is allies with to avoid using equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei. Earlier this month the company partnered with Spark for… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.European leaders in Brussels have endorsed the deal for Britain's departure from the European Union next year. The European Commission leader, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned the British parliament not to… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The head of Auckland's City Rail Link does not expect the collapse of a key partner to derail the project. The Australian firm RCR Tomlinson went into administration last week, just six weeks after… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Cleaners and other workers in public hospitals are looking at substantial pay rises, in some cases more than 40 percent over the next three years, after years of incremental salary increases of just a… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A man has been shot dead by police in the Canterbury town of Darfield after he drove into an officer seriously injuring his leg. Police were called to house in Bangor Road just after 4 o'clock… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.A year after his career's lowest point, Ford's Scott McLaughlin has claimed his maiden Supercars championship title. Audio

6:49 AM.Investor confidence improves from a two year low, but investment property support dips to a four year low. Rest home operators forced to raise wages to stem loss of staff after nurses' pay settlement… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.A Canterbury University professor who believes she was burgled, and her car was tampered with, by Chinese spies says the police investigation into her case is complete, but the outcome is in the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The mayor of Waimate in Canterbury says the area had a lucky escape overnight with the Pareora River holding its banks. Craig Rowley says about 90mm of rain fell in the district overnight with a… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.A local Darfield resident says it's unsettling that a shooting in the community has left a man dead and a police officer in hospital. The police received reports that a man had threatened a family… Read more Audio

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

6:21 AM.New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and a catch up on global financial markets.  Audio

6:09 AM.European leaders meeting in Brussels last night endorsed the deal for Britain's departure from the European Union next year. After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders took less than an hour to… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand cricketers have finished day 2 of the second Test in Dubai on 24 without loss in reply to Pakistan's first innings of 418 for 5 declared. Audio

6:00 AM.Canterbury shooting, police officer injured - latest update, Hague Convention forces abuse survivors back to Australia, Some hospital staff to see pay rise of more than 40 percent, AUS firm's trouble… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio