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8:20 AM.The embattled head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned. He's the latest in a string of Trump administration officials to quit or be fired. RNZ's correspondent in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the response to the scathing external review into the firm's culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the firm's response to the scathing external review of its culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Tom Walsh has taken the lead in the Diamond League standings after winning the shot put in Lausanne. Walsh struggled to record a distance early on but then topped the field in the 5th round throw of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A significant super rugby milestone will be marked in style on Friday night. Wyatt Crockett will be playing his 200th game when the Crusaders take on the Highlanders in Christchurch. Blue and gold… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Wellington City Council is mulling over whether its Matariki fireworks display should be postponed due to an unexpected marine manuhiri. It is the first time in eight years a southern right whale has… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Rescue workers in Thailand are looking for a natural opening in the ceiling of a cave to try to get 12 boys and their football coach out. Monsoon season is due to start soon and rain is forecast for… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The funding body charged with increasing participation in sports has said it's "open minded" about making competitive video game playing an official sport. Pro-gaming, or what's known as 'eSports' is… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A mother who had three children taken by social services has opened up about when she fell pregnant and her fear that they were taking her baby. Under current laws, most parents who have a previous… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Immigration New Zealand used a priority system to deport Indian immigrants and set up a pilot project targeting Indian students for compliance action. It says it never used racial profiling in data… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Pressure is mounting on Immigration New Zealand to deny entry to a controversial Canadian pair set to give a talk in Auckland next month. Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux are best known for their… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Law firm Russell McVeagh had a culture of excessive drinking when sexual misconduct allegations arose in 2015 and 2016, an independent review has found. Dame Margaret Bazley, who led the review… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Groping, excessive drinking, sexual misconduct, bullying - a catalogue of "disgraceful incidents". That's from Dame Margaret Bazley and her scathing review of the law firm Russel McVeagh - published… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Canterbury shot-putter Tom Walsh has won his event at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting and in doing so has taken the lead in the season standings. Audio

6:49 AM.The softening outlook for the NZ dollar. Freeing up tome with smart technology. The clock ticks down to the U.S.-China tariffs deadline. And the latest from the world financial markets. Audio

6:40 AM.Questions around the government's relationship with Russell McVeagh have been renewed, following the release of a highly critical review of the law firm on Thursday. The report, by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:18 AM.The New Zealand Biosecurity Institute says it was not consulted when a list of trees was published for the billion tree programme. The list was produced to encourage ordinary New Zealanders to help… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A mother who had her children removed from her care has spoken about the unfairness of a law that meant her baby was in line to be taken when he was born, despite her circumstances changing… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The UK government has given its first formal response to the new nerve agent poisonings near Salisbury in the south-west of England. British home secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed to parliament the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.New Zealander Michael Venus and his partner, Raven Klaasen, are just two games away from reaching the second round of Wimbledon. The pair were two sets and a break up on Australians Lleyton Hewitt and… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Russell McVeagh's 'disgraceful incidents' back in spotlight, Law Society welcomes Russell McVeagh review, Far-right speakers may be banned from entering NZ, Immigration NZ scraps deportation scheme Audio

8:55 AM.In breaking news, police in the UK now say the Wiltshire couple in their forties who are critically ill chave been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok. Guyon Espiner talks to Lizzie Dearden… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey is facing three new charges of sexual assault in London. Police in London were already investigating assault claims against Spacey, while other criminal inquiries are… Read more Audio