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6:42 AM.Universities and polytechnics are reporting multi-million-dollar swings in their foreign student enrolment numbers. Universities are getting more students from India, while polytechnics are losing… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Immigrants could be on a fast track to deportation if they belong to a demographic group identified as being frequently in trouble with the police or a burden to taxpayers. Immigration New Zealand is… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:16 AM.A Green Party Minister accused of ministerial interference is changing her story about meeting with the Environmental Protection Authority. Eugenie Sage now says she didn't meet with the EPA's chief… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Northland roading advocates say the Government's policy statement on land transport has dealt a blow to regional hopes of a safe road to Auckland. The Northland Regional Council Chair Bill Shepherd… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Data used to find and potentially deport "problem" immigrants; game on at Commonwealth Games today; house prices rise nationally, remain subdued in Auckland - QV; China US trade war - US market… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Beaches, theme parks and schoolies week is what the Gold Coast is renowned for. And today, it officially become the host of the 21st Commonwealth Games, with the opening ceremony being held tonight… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Fresh details of a deadly theme park ride accident at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast have been revealed in a court hearing. New Zealand-born Cindy Low was among the four people who died when the Thunder… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Police are responding to reports of a gunman on the loose at the headquarters of YouTube in San Bruno in California. Witnesses in the area said they saw dozens of firefighters and police officers… Read more Audio

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

8:23 AM.Special centres for at-risk students are seeing a spike in children with mental health problems such as anxiety and self-harming. Activity centre directors meeting in Wellington this week say… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Parliament has changed the law so New Zealand men with historical homosexual convictions can have them wiped from their criminal records. Consensual sex between men aged 16 and over was decriminalised… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The system used in New Zealand to approve aluminium composite panels for highrises has failed a critical safety audit, but the government officials who commissioned the report from an expert in… Read more Audio

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

7:49 AM.Hundreds of people remain in evacuation centres as the clean-up after Cyclone Josie continues in Fiji. The western half of the main island Viti Levu was worst hit by widespread flooding. Schools… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Tail-ender Ish Sodhi hit a gutsy half century as the Black Caps fought a defiant rearguard action to hold on for a draw in the second test and secure a first series win over England since 1999… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Sophie Pascoe will make history today when she becomes the first para athlete to lead the New Zealand team out at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the Gold Coast. The 25-year-old was named… Read more Audio