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

8:17 AM.Red flags have been raised over an attempt to exempt a US billionaire from the ban on foreigners buying houses. The government wanted a special clause exempting Ric Kayne's luxury development in Te… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The historic occasion has caused a stir at home and worldwide - Jacinda Ardern is the first world leader to give birth in office in almost three decades. What might it be like for the Prime Minister… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Argentina have been humiliated 3-nil by Croatia with their football World Cup hopes now hanging by a thread. Audio

7:55 AM.New research is predicting a big jump in the numbers of people suffering strokes in the next 10 years. The University of Otago study suggests stroke rates in New Zealand will increase by 40 per cent… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Finance Minister Grant Robertson says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are smitten with their daughter and overwhelmed by the reaction from friends, colleagues and the… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.A group of hapu, left virtually landless by the crown, have come to the end of a long battle to finalise their treaty settlement. More than four hundred people from Heretaunga Tamatea in the Hawkes… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Trade talks between New Zealand and the European Union are now formally under way, in a deal that could add an extra $2 billion a year to this country's exports. The European Trade Commissioner… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.With the final test match between the All Black and Les Bleus only a day away, French rugby supporters have started trickling into Dunedin. The game is a dead rubber, with the AB's winning the first… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The government's review of how schools are run has prompted calls for principals to be dumped from school boards. For nearly 30 years principals have been voting members on boards, but now the school… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Iwi Te Uri o Hau at the border of Auckland and Northland lobbied hard for a US billionaire to be exempt from a ban on foreign speculators buying houses. They convinced Labour to put in a special… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.reporter Jessie Chiang is at Auckland City Hospital, where Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford are expected to hold a media conference as they introduce their new daughter to the world. Audio

7:16 AM.Ross Ardern is the Prime Minister's father, and is now a proud grandfather of three. He tells Guyon Espiner about the experience of his daughter giving birth hitting headlines around the world. Audio

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been inundated with well wishes from around the globe since the birth of her daughter. The baby was born at quarter to five yesterday afternoon at Auckland City… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.France have qualified for the knockout stage out of group C at the football World Cup after beating Peru 1-nil. Audio

6:49 AM.Fletcher Building starts its own reconstruction. NZ and the EU talk small business gains from free trade deal. Economic growth modest. Latest from global markets.  Audio

6:47 AM.Northland iwi say their economic future depends on an American billionaire who got the Government to initially exempt him from the ban on foreigners buying houses. A special clause for Ric Kayne's… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries says some farmers are still ignoring their legal obligations when it comes to recording stock movements.

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6:20 AM.An early look at main business stories, and a catch up on global markets.

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6:19 AM.New Zealand is to play a pivotal role in an international project to map the entire world's seabed by 2030. The announcement was made in Wellington on Thursday afternoon that NIWA, Land Information… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Australia is still alive in the Football World Cup after drawing with Denmark. In the other match today Argentina is now playing. Jessica King in Moscow discusses the prospects with Guyon Espiner. Audio

6:11 AM.There are new signs of tension and divisions among European Union countries ahead of an emergency meeting on Sunday to thrash out new policies on immigration. This mini-summit comes a week ahead of a… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The birth of Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford's baby has made headlines around the world - even leading some overseas bulletins. The posting of the news on Instagram yesterday has gained 120,000… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.France beat Peru 1-nil to book their place in the last 16 of the football World Cup in Russia and crush the South Americans' hopes of progressing in their first appearance at the tournament for 36… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Congratulations from around the world for the Prime Minister - we'll talk to a delighted grandfather Ross Ardern, Northland Maori say they'll suffer from a ban on foreign house buyers, and a call for… Read more Audio