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7:17 AM.At least 100 workers have been brought in from the Philippines to work on Wellington's huge Transmission Gully project, infuriating unions who insist there are locals who can help build the highway… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.RNZ political reporter Craig McCulloch is in London, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. Queen Elizabeth II has appealed to the leaders to… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had a private meeting with the Queen in Buckingham Palace as the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting gets underway. Only four of the Commonwealth's new leaders… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

6:46 AM.Waikato District Health Board is set to reverse its controversial policy requiring staff without flu immunisations to wear face masks while treating patients. The policy was brought in three years ago… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.More than two hundred people have been asked if they would like to change their submissions on the government's medicinal cannabis bill, after they disclosed personal health issues or that they'd… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has met the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening (UK time). Ms Ardern is in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) and had the… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Irrigators are at a crossroads. The government's scrapping of irrigation funding has further driven a wedge between the urban and rural communities. About 400 delegates from across the agricultural… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.US President Donald Trump says he's confident talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un will go well, but will walk out if they don't. To explain the latest moves, Washington correspondent Kevin… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Ardern meets Queen at Commonwealth Heads of Govt Meeting; unions infuriated foreigners working on Transmission Gully; Govt not surprised at Daphne Project revelations - Faafoi; new resuscitation rules… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Wellington bus drivers are already embroiled in a legal fight with their new boss over pay and conditions. A Wairarapa-based company, Tranzit, has won a contract to run 60 percent of the region's bus… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.An expert on celibacy is predicting a long battle in New Zealand for the Catholic church to face up to the issue of priests secretly fathering children. Several New Zealanders have for the first time… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Moroccan authorities have mounted a charm offensive in New Zealand to protect their vital phosphate trade with this country. Opponents of the trade say Morocco runs an illegal military occupation of… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.US President Donald Trump says his new foreign policy chief has forged a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a secret meeting last week. The CIA director and nominee for… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio