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8:14 AM.The Ministry of Social Development is backing away from a proposal to collect young people's names and other details as part of a national health survey. The ministry's plan to collect identifying… Read more Audio

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

7:54 AM.The revolving door in Washington has spun again, depositing the deputy director of the FBI on the pavement, less than two days shy of his retirement. In a blistering statement Andrew McCabe claimed he… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Let's talk more about the Green's decision to give up most of their allocation of parliamentary questions to the National Party. Their co-leader James Shaw says patsy questions asked by a government's… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The National Party has been forced to say sorry to potentially thousands of people who signed up to local petitions, then got emails asking for money. RNZ political reporter Mei Heron explains. Audio

7:34 AM.KiwiRail says it's tragic that a young girl has died after being hit by one of its trains. A freight train travelling from Hamilton to Auckland struck the 11-year-old on a railway bridge in… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Top executives at Auckland Council stalled the release of a major report for political convenience in a move that could be in breach of official information law. Email exchanges within the council… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Early childhood leaders are warning of severe teacher shortages. They say some early learning centres are struggling to hire enough qualified teachers to meet minimum staffing levels. And they warn… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Families in India are marrying their drug-addicted sons to educated young women and paying for the bride to study in countries like New Zealand as a way to get residency for the men. But rather than… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will arrive in the UK on Monday to test samples of the nerve agent used to poision a former Russian double agent and his daughter… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:46 AM.Hamilton diary and convenience store owners say they have had enough of aggravated robberies that are making them fearful for their lives. On Wednesday one man was attacked with a machete and on… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Women's Refuge is praising a High Court decision to punish an Otago man who assaulted his daughter, wife and best friend, but is appalled by the District Court judge who initally let him off. The… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:20 AM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is distancing himself from efforts of senior staff on the council to stall the release of a major report. The study about the impact of moving the imported car trade away from… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is being accused of setting the bar dangerously low when assessing the impact of fishing on this country's most endangered seabirds. The accusation comes from… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.There's been an outcry over a proposal by the Ministry of Social Development to collect young people's names and other details as part of a national health survey. The ministry wanted to look into… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Russia suggests the nerve poison used on Sergei Skripal may have come from a nearby UK research laboratory and military research facility, An eleven year old girl is hit by a train and killed on a… 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

8:50 AM.The Womad festival is on at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth this weekend, with countries represented this year including Canada, Chile, Iraq, Israel and Mauritania. RNZ's Music 101 presenter… Read more Audio