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8:10 AM.Three people have been swept away by an avalanche on Mount Hicks near Fox Glacier. The avalanche happened at Harper's Saddle. Two helicopters and two rescue teams are searching for the trio, who are… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand Formula One driver Brendon Hartley has reportedly been told he will be dropped from Toro Rosso at the end of the season. Audio

7:55 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will meet kiwis of a different kind in Rotorua on Wednesday. The royal couple will visit Rainbow Springs and its national kiwi hatchery. Michelle Impey is executive… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex head to Rotorua today after dazzling Aucklanders with their gumboot-throwing talent, tree planting, meeting children with parents who've been in prison, and talking to… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.National MP Judith Collins vehemently denies targeting a young couple online, saying she's just raising questions about Kiwibuild's eligibility criteria. Housing Minister Phil Twyford has accused her… Read more Video, Audio

7:40 AM.Want to switch off from work when you go home, but don't feel you can? Communication company 2degrees is telling its workers that 'home time is your time' and it's okay to disconnect. That means that… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A family's 40 year-long campaign to have the diary of a First World War veteran returned has come to an end. Hartley Valentine Palmer is one of three Gallipoli veterans whose diaries returned to New… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A woman denied a post-study work visa says she's baffled by the Immigration's decision not to let her stay in the country. Shyamal Patel completed a Masters in International Studies, specialising in… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.An energy professor says Kiwirail needs to electrify the whole of the North Island's main trunkline and expand into the South Island as well. The government has announced it plans to spend $35 million… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Jewish refugee agency targeted by US gunman Robert Bowers says they will not be deterred from continuing their work. No members of the agency were at the synagogue at the time but Bowers had… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the central North Island on Tuesday afternoon was apparently felt by an estimated 15,000 people across New Zealand. GNS Science says it struck about 25 kilometres… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson says they're facing one of the biggest challengers in cricket when they take on Pakistan in a T20 series starting tomorrow morning. Audio

6:49 AM.The stock exchange has a spring makeover and looks for more retail investors. Company directors face issues of diversity and cyber security. Ratings agency S&P ups its outlook fort NZ banks. The… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The royals visit to Auckland on Tuesday was marked by a visit to children of prisoners, a walkabout on the waterfront and a rain-soaked gumboot throwing competition. Hundreds turned out to catch a… Read more Video, Audio

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

6:16 AM.The lawyer for a man who was driving a ute that crashed and killed a teenage passenger says it's been a horrible ordeal for all involved. Robbie Cederwall - who was 17 - was seriously injured after… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Yesterday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the central North Island didn't stop Wellington shoppers flocking to Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt. The quake struck at about 3:15pm, at a depth of more than… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.A split second of panic set in for some Christchurch locals yesterday when they started to feel the ground shake beneath them yet again. Hundreds of kilometres away in the North Island north a 6.2… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Pressure is building on Cricket Australia chairman David Peever to resign in the wake of the release of a scathing independent review into the culture of the game. Audio

6:00 AM.Donald Trump faces an uncertain reception as he heads to the scene of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, a whole lot of shaking ... a 6.2 quake is felt from Auckland to Bluff, Kane Williamson says the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will face an unusual challenge this morning that's quintessential New Zealand - a round of gumboot throwing. Harry and Meghan are due to visit the North Shore in… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Six New Zealand companies have now announced plans to grow or sell medicinal cannabis in anticipation of a law change next year. As you heard in business news, Nubu Pharmaceuticals has completed a… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.An apartment developer is working to win over first-home buyers fed up battling Auckland traffic and paying a premium at the pump. A new development in the suburb of Panmure won't offer any carparks -… Read more Audio