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6:49 AM.Kiwibuild boss says foreign prefab houses probably not feasible. FMA says investor survey shows still work to do. Auckland's housing pressures may start to ease. Markets update. Audio

6:45 AM.Donald Trump has arrived in London overnight for his first visit to the UK as president. He will meet Theresa May at Chequers, have dinner with business leaders at Blenheim Palace, tea with the Queen… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.Nurses around the country are about to return to work. Yesterday 30-thousand nurses walked off the job for 24 hours after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. Our… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.An early look at the business news. And a catch-up on overnight market action. Audio

6:11 AM.A nurse unhappy with both the union and district health boards says she's ready to go on strike again to ensure their demands are met. Holly Wilson was one of the 5000 or so nurses nationwide required… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Donald Trump has arrived in London overnight for his first visit to the UK as president. He will meet Theresa May at Chequers, have dinner with business leaders at Blenheim Palace, tea with the Queen… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus says Denmark's Frederik Nielsen and Britain's Joe Salisbury will be a tough challenge in tonight's Wimbledon men's doubles semifinals. Audio

6:00 AM.Staff returning to work after first national nurses' strike in almost 30 years, Busy day ahead for nurses returning to work after strike action, Kiwibuild "off the plan" proposals narrowed down to ten… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Top 20 contenders for this years APRA Silver Scrolls are out. The award, which recognises outstanding songwriting, has previously been won by mainstays of the New Zealand music scene such as Dave… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Paul Jiggins, a football writer for The Sun, was watching the FIFA World Cup with friends in London. Audio

8:42 AM.Coen Lammers is on the line from Moscow where he's been watching Croatia and England battle it out. One half of the stadium is going nuts, the other half is in a stunned silence, he tells Gyles… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Croatia is through to the final of the Football World Cup. Adriana Weber, a former RNZ reporter, has been watching in Dubrovnik, where the streets have exploded in celebration. Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.US President Donald Trump has jumpstarted the NATO summit in Brussels this week, by labelling his allies 'delinquent'. NATO summits are usually predictable events, but not with Trump attending. He has… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The chair of the government's new criminal justice advisory group says politics is holding back criminal justice reform. The Justice Minister Andrew Little has picked the former National MP Chester… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.It's still 1-1 after the first half of extra time in the world cup semi-final between England and Croatia extra time has just started. Reporter Rowan Quinn at The Fox on Auckland's Viaduct. Audio

8:11 AM.New Zealand nurses have walked off the job in their first strike in decades for better pay and conditions. Picket lines are outside the main hospitals. In Auckland, nurse Gui Restall tells Guyon… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.England and Croatia fans may have no finger nails left by the end of the morning, with the teams heading to extra time after playing out a 1-all draw in their football World Cup semi-final in Russia.

7:53 AM.Tauranga City Council is offering support to Anihera Black, who has claimed that her late former husband, iwi leader Te Awanuiarangi Black, was a paedophile. After speaking with Mrs Black, the council… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Dozens of tenants sick of mouldy, cold and outright dangerous homes are backing a campaign for tougher laws for landlords. The plan's the brainchild of Renters United. Reporter Katie Doyle was at the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Statistics New Zealand is under fire for the large hole in data gathered in this year's Census. One in 10 people didn't participate in the count, which is used to determine how billions of taxpayer… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Former National MP and police officer Chester Borrows has been picked to head the government's criminal justice review. The new criminal justice advisory group's been asked to come up with ways to… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Work visa numbers have hit a record high despite changes made by National and flagged by Labour to control immigration numbers. More than 228,000 work visas were approved in the last year to June, up… Read more Audio