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7:44 AM.Scientists begin tests this week in Northland's Waipoua Forest to see how close kauri die-back has crept to Tane Mahuta. The pathogen is already killing trees within a hundred metres of Tane and other… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The government of Nauru has ordered that Médecins Sans Frontières - or Doctors Without Borders - stop working in the country, effective immediately. The charity has been providing medical services to… Read more Video, Audio

7:42 AM.The American transport consultant behind Wellington's new bus network, Jarrett Walker, blames the capital's bus chaos on the implementation not the design. Bus passengers have frequently complained… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Police are still searching for the person responsible for a shooting in Lower Hutt in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 21-year-old was was shot at from a passing vehicle in Stokes Valley. The… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Headlines over the weekend have not been kind to the leader of the National Party. Some examples: "Is Simon Bridges a dead man walking?" and "Simon Bridges in the last chance saloon" and "Bridges… Read more Audio

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