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7:06 AM.The Counties Manukau rugby headquarters will be shutting shop to get a glimpse of the All Blacks captain Kieran Read playing for their side tomorrow afternoon in South Auckland against the Tasman… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.New recommendations from the Land and Water Forum mean some farmers might have to limit the number of stock on vulnerable land. The forum published a report yesterday aimed at better management of… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Businesses have positive view of economy, but stay vexed about a host of issues. Visitors spend billions on the plastic. Foreign housing ban could trigger steeper price drop. Latest from global… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The government has passed new legislation which aims to stop multinational companies from avoiding tax. It passed its final stages at Parliament last night and will come into affect from July 1. The… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.An early taste of the business news, and a catch up of the overnight financial market action. Audio

6:15 AM.Construction delays and cost over-runs are prolonging the earthquake risks facing patients and staff at Christchurch hospital. Six major hospital buildings at the central city site have been listed as… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The number of people having their benefit suspended or cancelled has dropped by nearly a quarter, in just a matter of weeks. Last month, the government told Work and Income staff could not decide on… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Trump administration's travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts had deemed the ban unconstitutional, but the US… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.France and Denmark have qualified for the last 16 at the football World Cup after playing out a goal-less draw in their last Group C match. Audio

6:00 AM.Troy Skinner in US police custody after shooting, Muslim travel ban approval a win for Trump, Benefit suspensions drop after policy change, Elecricity prices to rise in north, drop in South Audio

8:49 AM.Samoa has become the latest country in the Pacific Islands region to act against disposable plastic. The government of Samoa has announced a ban on all single-use plastics from January next year. The… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A new research project that's underway has the potential to give New Zealand's horticultural industry a big boost. Hot Lime Labs, through Callaghan Innovation, has created a way to use wood chips and… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.First Union says bank workers are feeling more pressure than ever to sell financial products. In a recent survey of 600 union members working at ANZ, BNZ and Westpac, 87 percent said they felt… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Contractors expect to take days to clear the 3,000 cubic metre slip that's blocked the Waioeka gorge which links Gisborne and Opotiki. The alternative route around the East Cape adds three hours to… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Best Start Payment - a $60 a week payment for all new parents up until their baby is one - is set to begin this Sunday. But the Public Service Assocation says the Inland Revenue Department's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Eye patients in South Auckland face threats to their eyesight because of long waits for treatment. But patients in central Auckland do not. The Auckland DHB doesn't have a backlog, but Counties… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The first round of 16 matchups have been confirmed at the World Cup with Spain to play Russia and Uruguay to play Portugal. Audio

7:56 AM.An independent panel has been set up in a bid to strengthen efforts to protect kauri from dieback disease. It's been charged with coming up with fresh ideas about how to deal with the disease that's… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Students are defending the government's zero-fee policy, despite criticism from university management. The chair of Universities New Zealand, Stuart McCutcheon, told Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan on… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Twelve boys and their soccer coach have been missing in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand for almost three days - but officials believe they are still alive. The boys, aged 13 to 16, are believed to… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The Inland Revenue Department admits its computer system isn't going to cope automatically with a sixty-dollar-a-week payment for new parents beginning on Sunday. But it promises no one will miss out… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Industrial action is looming in the public sector, and the Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the government is opening the floodgates to strikes. Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters says Mr… Read more Audio