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7:37 AM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges is accusing the government of a spending blowout. He says the government plans to increase borrowing by $17 billion over the next four years. Mr Bridges tells Gyles… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A third of school buildings don't meet health and hygiene standards and hundreds of schools need to do more work on their buildings than they can afford. The figures come from a Cabinet paper that… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

7:21 AM.Friends and colleagues of the prominent Maori leader Te Awanui Black have spoken of their shock and grief over his widow's accusations that he was a paedophile. In an extraordinary live video, a… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Four of the 12 boys trapped inside a cave in Thailand have been rescued. In 2004 Lieutenant Colonel Steve Witlock was involved in a rescue of six cavers in Mexico. He told the BBC there should be no… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Auckland golfer Ryan Fox says he's not too upset after being pipped for his first European tour title. Audio

6:50 AM.Property managers look to resurrect their image. The big banks come through RBNZ "stress tests". Fuel taxes driving a change in the car fleet. And how markets are starting the week. Audio

6:46 AM.An initial survey indicates 32 percent of New Zealand's school buildings don't meet modern health and hygiene benchmarks, and a similiar number fall short on standards for lighting, temperature and… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:17 AM.The Justice Minister says he'll be asking questions of his officials after the name of a Supreme Court judge was removed from his own memorial. Justice Sir Robert Chambers died suddenly five years ago… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Auckland golfer Ryan Fox has been beaten in a play-off at the Irish Open in Donegal. Audio

6:00 AM.Thailand cave rescue: Four boys out, rest must wait; friends of accused paedophile reject widow's accusations; health, hygiene failures in a third of NZ school buildings; tenants not using Tenancy… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:53 AM.The quarter finals in the Football World Cup kick off tomorrow morning. Max Towle and Emile Donovan are the hosts of RNZ's Football World Cup Podcast. They join Gyles Beckford in the studio to discuss… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A just-wrapped science mission off New Zealand's coast has broken new-ground. Geologists on a trip to the Kermadec Arc - 400 kilometres northeast of White Island - have managed to drill into the heart… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The police are defending their use of tasers to subdue an Auckland man who died in hospital three days later. Officers were called to a house in Freemans Bay on Sunday where a 76-year-old man was… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The IMF is urging the government to rethink its foreign buyer ban, saying the policy is unlikely to have a significant impact on housing affordability. Their latest annual report of the New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A Whakatane iwi is objecting to a Chinese-owned company being given consents to millions of litres of water for bottling. Te Runanga o Ngati Awa has lodged an appeal in the Environment Court opposing… Read more Audio

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

8:24 AM.A lawyer representing ACC claimants says the corporation has been acting illegally by contracting out its dispute resolution services to a private company. Dunedin barrister Warren Forster says this… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The embattled head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned. He's the latest in a string of Trump administration officials to quit or be fired. RNZ's correspondent in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the response to the scathing external review into the firm's culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio