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6:39 AM.The Defence Minister says Cabinet will have to be convinced the training mission to Iraq continues to be in New Zealand's interests, and is sustainable, as they prepare to make decisions about its… Read more Audio

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

6:11 AM.The former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has spoken in Wellington about the time she began to realise that people were behind the data she worked with and how this changed her thinking… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Serena Williams meltdown at the US Tennis Open has cost her has $26,000. Audio

6:00 AM.Strong link found between domestic abuse, suicide - study, 1080 operation suspended in Hunua Ranges, Serena Williams fined in US Open final - analysis, Govt decides on NZ's military role in Iraq… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.The surfing world has gone where many sports have so far failed to and offered women and men equal prize money. The World Surf League will roll out equal pay at all elite tour events from next year -… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The government wants to know how much research money is going to women and Māori scientists. It says that's the first step in lifting participation and increasing diversity in the sector. The Ministry… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A lawyer for a prison guard says when inmates attacked his client it triggered flashbacks to another time prisoners assaulted him. Viju Devassy has been charged with attempting to pervert the course… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A US man forcibly separated by the Catholic Church from his parents as a toddler has, seven decades later, finally learned the truth about his father - by exhuming his body. Jim Graham of Seneca… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Staff from Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao at the University of Waikato are challenging broadcasters to stop butchering te reo Māori. Members of the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies want the… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's a big weekend for the Warriors rugby league club. Not only is the men's team playing in their first finals series since 2011 but the club's women's side will be become part of rugby league… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A New Zealand couple caught up in a corruption scandal in Western Australia met while working at the Hutt City Council. The Australian Corruption and Crime Commission has described the behaviour of… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.British officials faced their Russian counterparts at a UN Security Council special meeting called overnight to discuss the Salisbury novichok attack. Back in March ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The average price of fuel has reached a record 30-year high, and will climb further in October with a new national fuel tax. 91 Octane nationwide is now more than $2.30 a litre, but in Waiheke and… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Despite never having beaten the All Blacks in 25 tests, its Argentina who are feeling the pressure ahead of tomorrow night's test in Nelson. Audio

7:54 AM.Ngaruahine iwi members gathered at a dawn ceremony near Kapuni in Taranaki this morning to remember the 150th anniversary of the battle of Te Ngutu o Te Manu. It was here that Maori under the command… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Hard on the heels of a pay deal for nurses, there are worries about a looming exodus of nurses. A month ago nurses voted to accept a $520-million pay deal with their employers, ending strike action… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.It's Game On in Nelson. The streets are swept, the shop windows cleaned and the welcome mat out for thousands expected in town for tomorrow's match between the All Blacks and Argentina's Pumas - the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The National Party is calling for Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha to stand aside. Yesterday it was confirmed that formal complaints have been laid against the Mr Haumaha, accusing him of… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Hollywood star Burt Reynolds has died. Perhaps best known for his roles in 'Smoky and the Bandit' and 'Deliverance', and perhaps his moustache, he was a notorious sex symbol in Hollywood. He also… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Donald Trump has gone on the warpath as he tries to find out who wrote an anonymous column in the New York Times claiming senior officials are deliberately undermining his presidency. The Washington… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Trainers and punters have spoken of their shock over the inquiry into race fixing in the harness racing industry. Ten people including top harness racing figures have been charged with race fixing and… Read more Audio