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7:49 AM.A group of Auckland principals is pushing back on the government's review of the NCEA system. On Sunday, 37 principals placed a full-page advertisement in the Sunday newspapers, giving the Education… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A group of Auckland principals is pushing back on the government's review of the NCEA system. On Sunday, 37 principals placed a full-page advertisement in the Sunday newspapers, giving the Education… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The government's flagship families package which aims to lift nearly 90,000 children out of poverty came into force on Sunday. It introduces a payment for young babies and a winter payment for… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.The Police have launched a homicide inquiry after the body of a two year old child was found in the Rangitaiki River on Sunday night. RNZ Auckland bureau chief Sharon Brettkelly joins us with the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The government will officially begin to collect data on sexual harassment in the workplace from Monday. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment already collects data on harassment and… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The prison population is being forecast to rise at double the rate previously thought. The latest ten-year projections come from the Ministry of Justice, and are 2000 higher than previous projections… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Trucking companies are telling drivers to refuel outside Auckland if they can and motorists are shopping around as the reality of the region's fuel tax sets in. The 11.5 c/l regional fuel tax started… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Medical students are breathing a sigh of relief, with the government announcing it will lift the student loan cap, so they don't have to find another way to fund their final years at university. The… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Denmark and Croatia are locked at 1-all early in the second half of their round of 16 clash at the football World Cup in Russia. Audio

6:50 AM.Are fund managers taking easy way by quitting sin stocks? Times changing in insurance industry. Does cash have a future? RBNZ ready for anything. Market roundup. Audio

6:45 AM.The government is to officially begin collecting data on sexual harassment in the workplace from Monday. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is setting up a separate register of such… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The government is lifting the student loan cap for people studying medicine and other long undergraduate degrees, like dentistry and optometry. The seven-year borrowing limit, brought in by the… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The co-founder of a petrol and diesel price-comparison app says the Auckland regional fuel tax has led to a huge spike in motorists wanting to shop around. The Gaspy app crowd-sources prices at the… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.An early look at the business news and a catch up on overseas market action. Audio

6:17 AM.Single use plastic is emerging as one of the biggest threats to the nation's sea birds, many of which are already classified as threatened. Forest and Bird has presented the government with evidence… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Trucking companies say they'e unlikely to refuel in Auckland anymore with the regional fuel tax now added at the pump. The tax came into effect yesterday, adding 11-and-a-half-cents a litre on fuel… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Spain is going home after losing to Russia 4-3 in the Fifa World Cup, after an own goal, a penalty kick equalizer and a tie-breaker shoot out. Lucy Taylor is our correspondent in Moscow. She discusses… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Host nation Russia are through to the quarterfinals at the football World Cup after an upset 4-3 win on penalties over 2010 champions Spain. Audio

6:00 AM.Govt to lift loan cap for medical students; Truckers dodging Auckland fuel pumps as tax begins; NZ tracking below forecast prison growth - Davis; National responds to Government's family package… 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

8:52 AM.It's down to the final 16 in the Football World Cup. Max Towle and Emile Donovan are the hosts of RNZ's Football World Cup podcast, and they discuss the latest results with Guyon Espiner. Audio

8:50 AM.One person is in custody and several people have been killed following a shooting at a newspaper office in the US state of Maryland. Police have just given a media update. Audio

8:49 AM.The search for twelve missing boys and their football coach in a cave complex in Northern Thailand has been suspended again due to rain. They've been missing for five days and now American and British… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Earlier, we spoke to a former Mayor who wondered if the Government has its transport priorities right, especially in light of this week's tragic crash near Waverley. Speaking yesterday during a… Read more Audio