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7:23 AM.The gvernment is being urged to consider dropping charges on petrol to prevent the economy from stalling. The Kiwi dollar is at a 30-month low and is adding to pressure on fuel costs. Derek Rankin is… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Twenty people have been killed in a limousine crash in Schoharie (sko-hary) County in upstate New York. The crash happened outside the Apple Barrel Country Store - state police confirmed the death… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as a United States Supreme Court justice after being confirmed in the tightest vote in the Senate in more than a century. His appointment cements conservative control… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.State house tenants are resorting to bubble-wrapping windows and using ovens to heat their homes because they say the panel heaters installed by the landlord simply aren't suitable. The manufacturer… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.All Black flanker Sam Cane's season is over after he fractured his next in yesterday's thrilling 32-30 win over the Springboks in Pretoria. Cane will undergo surgery today and will remain in South… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Leading international climate scientists will today outline whether they think global temperatures can be kept from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celcius this century. Many low-lying countries say… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.State house tenants are resorting to bubble-wrapping windows and using ovens to heat their homes because they say the panel heaters installed by the landlord simply aren't suitable. Housing New… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and how markets will start the week.  Audio

6:18 AM.Fears are growing over a missing Saudi journalist after Turkish officials suggested he was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Jahmahl Khashoggi is a critic of the Saudi Crown Prince… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Anti-water bottling campaigners are gobsmacked by revelations government officials were actively encouraging foreign bottlers to set up in New Zealand. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has confirmed… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.About 147 million Brazilians are voting in a presidential election that's been described as the most polarising since the country returned to democracy three decades ago. The frontrunner was… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.'Pointless' heaters leaving state homes cold - tenants, Kavanaugh sworn in at US Supreme Court, Twenty killed in New York limo crash, Kiwi dollar puts further pressure on petrol price Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:54 AM.Cutting back on the number of cars allowed into Milford Sound is one of the changes being considered to cope with the increasing numbers of tourists driving to the popular destination. Tourism… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A new report says colonisation and institutional racism are to blame for the over-representation of Māori in prison. Ward Kamo has a different view, saying the real solutions lie with whanau and the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Young patients with bowel cancer are waiting far too long to be diagnosed. That's the finding of new Otago University-based research published in the Medical Journal today. And it says there are big… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Silver Ferns head coach Noeline Taurua has made three changes to her squad ahead of game one against the Australian Diamonds on Sunday for the Constellation Cup. Taurua has opted to concentrate on… Read more Audio

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

8:31 AM.In a first for New Zealand Auckland Council is going CSI to catch canine criminals, introducing DNA testing to identify the culprits. And it says it has successfully collared several offenders. Rowan… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The government research body, Callaghan Innovation, is defending itself against claims it doesn't treat all OIA requests equally. Earlier this morning it's chair Pete Hodgson, denied the claims his… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Priests in the Wellington region have committed to prayer and fasting today as a way of atoning for sexual abuse committed by clergy against children. It follows a letter from Pope Francis in August… Read more Video, Audio