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7:54 AM.Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, one of the greatest ballets in history, is taken in a whole new direction in one of the last big international shows at the New Zealand Festival this week. Michael… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Students who successfully campaigned for a day of remembrance for the New Zealand Wars say Labour promised them a public holiday. The young campaign leaders, all former students at Otorohanga College… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The new leader of the Opposition is hoping he'll rattle the government on housing by appointing Judith Collins as National's housing spokesperson. Simon Bridges revealed his caucus reshuffle at… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Oranga Tamariki has backed the decision of staff at its predecessor Child, Youth and Family, who placed a 14-year-old boy into the home of a Mongrel Mob associate and who later went on a crime spree… Read more Audio

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

6:45 AM.Police pursuit policy is again being questioned after a chase near Nelson early yesterday morning left three people dead. Two occupants of a car that fled from police near Richmond were killed when… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.National's new housing spokesperson Judith Collins says she's delighted that she's been boosted up the party's rankings and given the housing spokesperson role. National's leader Simon Bridges… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The White Ferns have swept the West Indies 3-0 in the one day international cricket series, after an impressive 205 run win at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. During the match, captain Suzie Bates… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Oranga Tamariki is refusing to criticise staff at its predecessor Child, Youth and Family, who placed a troubled 14-year-old boy into the home of a Mongrel Mob associate. The boy's family believed he… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Rain is starting to fall in the far north as cyclone Hola heads towards the north of the country. NIWA's principal forecasting scientist Chris Brandolino says rain is arriving over the far north of… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.The police face renewed criticism of their pursuit policy after three people die in a chase near Nelson, We look further into the case of a 14-year-old boy who was placed into the care of a Mongrel… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It was the high point of Sir John Walker's record breaking career and the picture of the long haired runner, both hands reaching high as he crossed the line to win gold, flashed around the world's… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.China's president Xi Jinping is this weekend expected to get National People's Congress approval to change to the country's constitution to allow him to remain in power indefinitely. Currently there… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.A report suggests Uber's business model in Australia would collapse if its drivers were paid even the minimum wage. The research by the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute think tank… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.An ambitious mission to lower two sub-seafloor observatories into the Hikurangi subduction zone gets underway next week. The Hikurangi subduction zone off the east coast is New Zealand's largest… Read more Audio