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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

8:09 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the firm's response to the scathing external review of its culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Tom Walsh has taken the lead in the Diamond League standings after winning the shot put in Lausanne. Walsh struggled to record a distance early on but then topped the field in the 5th round throw of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A significant super rugby milestone will be marked in style on Friday night. Wyatt Crockett will be playing his 200th game when the Crusaders take on the Highlanders in Christchurch. Blue and gold… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Wellington City Council is mulling over whether its Matariki fireworks display should be postponed due to an unexpected marine manuhiri. It is the first time in eight years a southern right whale has… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Rescue workers in Thailand are looking for a natural opening in the ceiling of a cave to try to get 12 boys and their football coach out. Monsoon season is due to start soon and rain is forecast for… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The funding body charged with increasing participation in sports has said it's "open minded" about making competitive video game playing an official sport. Pro-gaming, or what's known as 'eSports' is… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A mother who had three children taken by social services has opened up about when she fell pregnant and her fear that they were taking her baby. Under current laws, most parents who have a previous… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Immigration New Zealand used a priority system to deport Indian immigrants and set up a pilot project targeting Indian students for compliance action. It says it never used racial profiling in data… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Pressure is mounting on Immigration New Zealand to deny entry to a controversial Canadian pair set to give a talk in Auckland next month. Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux are best known for their… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Law firm Russell McVeagh had a culture of excessive drinking when sexual misconduct allegations arose in 2015 and 2016, an independent review has found. Dame Margaret Bazley, who led the review… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Groping, excessive drinking, sexual misconduct, bullying - a catalogue of "disgraceful incidents". That's from Dame Margaret Bazley and her scathing review of the law firm Russel McVeagh - published… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Canterbury shot-putter Tom Walsh has won his event at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting and in doing so has taken the lead in the season standings. Audio

6:49 AM.The softening outlook for the NZ dollar. Freeing up tome with smart technology. The clock ticks down to the U.S.-China tariffs deadline. And the latest from the world financial markets. Audio

6:40 AM.Questions around the government's relationship with Russell McVeagh have been renewed, following the release of a highly critical review of the law firm on Thursday. The report, by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio