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8:56 AM.After six years of silence, the rail tracks between Napier and Wairoa will be humming again today with the sound of trains. The line was mothballed in 2012 after it was badly damaged in a storm but a… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The snow is down to the lakefront in Queenstown. The town centre manager Steve Wilde says it's strangely early. Audio

8:53 AM.It's been snowing down south, with the wintry conditions closing some roads. RNZ reporter Tim Brown has been checking out the weather in Dunedin and joins us. Audio

8:49 AM.Kauri trees are now officially a threatened species. The spread of dieback disease has led to the reclassification of one of the world's largest and longest-living trees. Jeremy Rolfe is a technical… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The climate change minister has suggested New Zealanders eat one less meat meal a week. Ahead of launching another consultation process, James Shaw told media in the weekend that 95 percent of New… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The government says workers need a fairer deal on pay and conditions, and has chosen former National Party Prime Minister Jim Bolger to lead a group to study ways to achieve it. The group includes… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.Voters in the Auckland electorate of Northcote go to the polls on Saturday to choose their replacement in Parliament for Jonathan Coleman. Polls have indicated it's a close race between National's… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A leading environmentalist says tougher rules are needed to stop logging operations from causing the devastation seen in Tolaga Bay at the weekend. Millions of tonnes of branches left over from… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Former Tennis World No.1 Novak Djokovic has cast doubt on whether he will play at Wimbledon after hecrashed out of the French Open. Audio

7:53 AM.Former Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere says a woman who works at a marae has been unfairly denied a work visa, because the Immigration officer is anti-Maori and racist. He says the 30-year old… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A cap on interest rates is one of the measures being considered by the Government as it looks to crack down on loan sharks and other high cost lenders. But budgeting advisers say a cap alone won't… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Guatemala is in mourning following the country's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century. The death toll is currently at 69 but there's fears that could rise as many people are unaccounted for… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A long-time Cheviot farmer has outed himself as being the first in the area for his farm to test positive for Mycoplasma Bovis. The admission came in the middle of a meeting in Cheviot last night… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Housing New Zealand's chief executive has apologised for the state agency using flawed methamphetamine contamination measures to evict tenants and suggested it may pay compensation. The country's top… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Employers are bristling at a planned radical shake-up in industrial relations - warning of a return to the 1970s. The Government has set up a 10-member panel to look into the best way to set up… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Housing New Zealand's chief executive has apologised for the state agency using flawed methamphetamine contamination measures to evict tenants and suggested it may pay compensation.

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7:06 AM.When he qualified for the last eight at the French Tennis Open, Marco Cecchinato said it was the happiest day of his life. He might want to re-assess, after downing 12-times major winner Novak… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Govt. oil and gas decision a lose-lose says industry. CBL insurance look to restructure. Housing NZ bonds snapped up. Plus a live market report. Audio

6:44 AM.Budget advisers want the government to look at limits on the total cost of borrowing, to stop people ending up trapped in a cycle of debt. Andrew Mitchell is a financial adviser with the Salvation… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The Government is urging farmers to protect the quality of rivers voluntarily.

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6:20 AM.An early morning look at the key business stories, and overnight action on global markets

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