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7:20 AM.The first in what could be a series of strikes by public hospital anaesthetic technicians begins on Wednesday. The workers are needed for all hospital operations that require an anaesthetic. Fifteen… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Auckland rail is getting nearly $8 million to boost the number of safety gates at level crossings. Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff announced the funding at Glen Eden train… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Secondary teachers are prepared to strike if the government does not improve its pay offer. Members of the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) will vote on industrial action next month, after… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The government is facing the possibility of a double-whammy of strike action by primary and secondary teachers unless it can come up with a better pay offer. Union members in both sectors are… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Fomer Australian and New South Wales rugby league star Braith Anasta has applauded the two-test ban handed to Greg Inglis. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

6:40 AM.Teachers are ready to go on strike over fair pay and conditions. Delegates to the annual Post Primary Teachers Association conference yesterday rejected an offer, which would have given most secondary… 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

6:15 AM.The conservation group WWF is calling on the government to do more to protect the severely endangered Maui dolphin. Yesterday the Department of Conservation reported what it suspects is a Maui dolphin… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Reports are coming in from around the country of landlords selling up their properties ahead of tougher tenancy regulations. The government is considering changes to the Residential Tenancies Act -… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Australian rugby league star Greg Inglis has been stripped of the Kangaroos captaincy and suspended for the upcoming tests against the Kiwis and Tonga after being caught drink driving and speeding… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Strikes loom as secondary teachers follow primary teachers in rejecting their latest pay offer, The Indonesian quake toll soars past 13-hundred, Australia's new rugby league captain Greg Inglis is… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The first New Zealand ministerial visit to Tokelau in 14 years gets underway on Wednesday when Kris Faafoi heads to the island nation. The Civil Defence Minister's visit will be amid the growing… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.People looking for rentals in Nelson and Marlborough are a market with fewer properties and higher prices. RNZ Nelson-Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal has the story. Audio

8:51 AM.The Catholic Church has withheld its findings about a child sex abuse accusation for months from the man who laid the complaint. The man says this has re-traumatised him and proves the church's… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Victoria University researchers believe they have potentially unearthed a way of forecasting earthquakes. They've been able to figure out that just one major fault was responsible for triggering all… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for international help as emergency services on the quake ravaged island of Sulawesi struggle with the enormity of the disaster. Rescuers are in desperate… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.A Northland mayor is describing the loss of a giant chicken farm as another blow to the deprived region. Tegel's plan to build a chicken mega-farm in Northland has been rejected by the Overseas… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Donald Trump has hailed a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a victory for the United States. President Trump says his get-tough approach to trade, including his use of tariffs, was bringing… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Health officials are under pressure to screen Māori for bowel cancer 10 years earlier than others. Māori cancer specialists are demanding changes to a national screening programme that would allow… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks have arrived in Johannesburg with only one thing on their mind, winning. Audio

7:56 AM.Dozens of South Taranaki pensioners ditched the slippers and bingo in favour of laser strike weapons and virtual reality goggles at an Aging Disgracefully event in Normanby on Monday. Run to coincide… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.He aha ngā whanonga pono o Aotearoa? What are kiwi values? Koina te patai mō nga kaiarahi o te ao Māori. That is the question being asked by Māori leaders. They are worried values important to Māori… Read more Audio