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7:17 AM.The Ministry of Education is being blamed for a badly leaking Auckland high school -- and for contracts forcing builders to wait up to twice as long as usual to get paid. The construction industry… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Justice Minister Andrew Little has been caught up in a major earthquake in Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok. The 7-magnitude earthquake struck around midnight (NZ time), triggering a brief… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The English golfer Georgia Hall has claimed her maiden major title as early bogies ruined New Zealander Lydia Ko's chances of a final round surge at the British Open in Lancashire. Audio

6:49 AM.Business confidence slide is real and a worry says Briscoe Gp CEO. Listed company earnings reports start this week. RBNZ set to leave rates and rhetoric unchanged.  Audio

6:44 AM.Increasing school rolls in Auckland which are close to the highest official forecasts are putting schools under pressure. The city's principals say it's hard to predict student numbers because of the… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The building industry is complaining that Education Ministry contracts are shifting greater risks to builders, even as expensive industry failures are mounting. The contracts have been modified to… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.Another strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok. Many buildings had been affected, debris is littering the streets and the power is out in many parts of the main city… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and  catch up on global markets. Audio

6:13 AM.Zimbabwe's opposition leader has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory is a "coup against the people's will". Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa repeated his claim that the results… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand under 20's women's footballers have lost their opening match at their World Cup in France. Audio

6:00 AM.Andrew Little describes chaos in Lombok earthquake, Govt contracts undermining builders - industry, NZ ambassador won't be ex-MP - Winston Peters, Rescuing stranded humpback whales 'a race against… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:52 AM.Hamilton has become the first place in New Zealand to be recognised as an age-friendly city. It's the 600th city or town to receive the honour from the World Health Organisation. Audio

8:50 AM.NASA scientists don't want to just hear the Sun, they're hoping to get up close and nearly touch it. NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe - a robotic spacecraft - closer to the Sun than any one or… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Local councils say there's no way water should be removed from their control under a Government review. It's investigating how councils run drinking, waste and stormwater, and whether they can afford… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.MPs are being critisised for watering down a bill requiring whole foods to have labels on them stating where they came from. The member's bill would require producers to name a food's country of… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.A mental health expert who discharged Gabriel Yad-Elohim three days before he is said to have killed a man has come under fire in court. Gabriel Yad-Elohim has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.About 100 people from Hauraki iwi were met by protesters from the Tauranga Moana iwi when they arrived at Parliament to sign their collective deed of settlement on Thursday morning.The government… Read more Video, Audio

8:12 AM.Tauranga Moana iwi say the fight is not over after its protest at Parliament did not stop the signing of the Hauraki iwi treaty settlement. On Thursday morning about 100 people from Hauraki iwi… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.In an astonishing feat, an Australian climber has survived nearly a week alone on Mt Aspiring, enduring freezing conditions, with 50-60km/hour winds and at times heavy snow. He had been on the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Crusaders coach Scott Robertson says they're giving the Lions an enormous amount of respect ahead of this weekend's Super Rugby final in Christchurch, with the memories of last year's decider… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Sir Peter Jackson's World War One exhibition will clse in early December, after Massey University and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage failed to agree on extending the lease. Audio

7:51 AM.An escort directory company has started a petition calling on the Commerce Commission to investigate the sex worker online advertising business. NZ Pleasures hosts ads for sex workers, but says NZ… Read more Audio