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7:06 AM.The New Zealand Indy Car driver Scott Dixon has ended speculation about his future by signing a multi-year contract extension with Chip Ganassi Racing. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

6:45 AM.The son of rugby legend, George Nepia, is one of 28 servicemen whose remains will be returned to New Zealand next week. The men died while serving in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam and were… Read more Video, Audio

6:43 AM.The head of the national renal board says foreign patients seeking kidney treatment are not putting New Zealand dialysis patients at risk of reduced care. Immigration New Zealand documents said some… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.An after-school provider says some schools asked it not to provide full-day childcare for families affected by Wednesday's primary and intemediate teacher strike. Most schools are closing completely… Read more Audio

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

6:18 AM.Music lovers in Venezuela are bartering their spare medicine for music at an innovative swap meet that aims to help alleviate the acute shortage of drugs in the South American nation. In exchange for… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges is defending the large travel bill he racked up and doesn't think his caucus colleagues are to blame for it leaking to the media. Mr Bridges stands by the roughly… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand Para Swimming Team have recorded their best performance at the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, finishing with 14 medals in Cairns. Audio

6:00 AM.Some after-school care cancelled as primary teachers strike, Hamilton bus drivers strike over safety concerns, 'Our bus fleet is entirely safe' - Go Bus operating boss, Jacinda Ardern 'listening to… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.All Black great Sir Bryan Williams will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame next month. It's a big year for Sir Bryan, who was knighted for services to rugby in the New Year's Honours list… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Residents in the West Coast town of Punakaiki - home to the Pancake Rocks - have been left frustrated by delays over improvements to vital infrastructure. The previous government had planned to… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Forest and Bird says too many regional councils are letting dairy farmers get away too easily with breaking the rules. A report just out from the group says even when farms are found to be flouting… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The outgoing general secretary of the Labour Party, Andrew Kirton, admits mistakes were made handling sexual assault at a Labour youth camp. The Labour Party's now on the hunt for a new general… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The Southern Steel dashed the hopes of long-suffering Central Pulse fans by pipping them in the final seconds of the netball premiership final yesterday. After being up by 11 goals in the second… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.An unexploded anti-aircraft shell discovered by two children and their grandparents has been detonated despite the kids pleas to take the explosive to show and tell at school. The projectile, a World… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A burst water pipe in Taupō has caused a 10-metre wide sinkhole that engulfed part of a street. Taupō teenager Jono Park and his mate, Bailey Malloy, were first on the scene and were quick to alert… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.If David Seymour had his way twenty Members of Parliament would have their jobs cut as well as the seven Māori seats. It's part of a raft of changes the ACT Party leader has outlined at his party's… Read more Video, Audio

8:11 AM.Kidney Health New Zealand says it's surprised and concerned that New Zealand dialysis patients are waiting longer due to ineligible immigrants turning up for emergency care. Documents from Immigration… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Central Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie admits it hurts, but is doing her best to stay upbeat after they conceded seven straight goals to miss out on their maiden national netball premiership… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A novice Māori cheese maker has won a major award in one of the world's most prestigious cheese competitions.

Zev Kaka-Holtz works for the artisan company Grinning Gecko and his kau piro cheese has… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The government and Ngapuhi remain deadlocked after the latest hui on treaty negotiations. Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little met with with hapu in Northland at the weekend to try… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.National and ACT have a long history, but the future of that relationship is uncertain. ACT is polling the highest it has ever done under David Seymour but during the party conference on Sunday he… Read more Audio