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7:48 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is promising help for Tongan children traumatised by Cyclone Gita and says New Zealand was too slow responding to children caught up in the Christchurch earthquakes. Ms… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy says despite a levelling of the playing field, women are palpably angry about the embedded discrimination and injustice they continue to face in society. She says the… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.An eight-tonne Chinese space station containing toxic chemicals is out of control and is entering a death-spiral as it plummets towards Earth. The Tiangong-1 is China's first space station but in 2016… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A lawyer who is suing Southern Response on behalf of earthquake claimants says he was intimidated by private investigators for another government agency in 2013. Southern Response is in charge of… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.That's Sky Sport calling the thrilling end to yesterday's one day cricket international in Dunedin, with Henry Nicholl hitting a six off the third-to-last ball to give New Zealand the win and level… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.New Zealand's Catholic Bishops are refusing to adopt international principles for the fair treatment of children fathered by priests. They have also stopped short of saying the needs of the child must… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The investigation into the deaths of two people at a boarding house in the central Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn continues this morning. The police say they were called to Dryden Lodge just after 3pm… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.British police say a nerve agent was used in what they are treating as the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Assistant Commissioner of London's Metropolitan… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The Ministry of Transport fraudster Joanne Harrison has been denied parole for a second time because she's still deemed an undue risk to society. She was jailed for three and a half years in February… Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.Is an obsession with keeping inflation low a bad thing? Fears the world's central banks won't have enough fire power to combat future recessions have some economists favouring raising the inflation… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.A fire at a scrap metal yard that broke out on Wednesday in Auckland is expected to continue burning throughout Thursday. At its height, more than 80 firefighters and 20 fire engines battled the… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The man Southern Response has allegedly been spying on says the agency is trying to stifle its critics. The government agency is in charge of settling the outstanding quake claims of former AMI… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.UK police say a former Russian spy and his daughter were posioned with a nerve agent, Fraudster Joanne Harrison is denied parole for a second time, and Police continue their investigations into the… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.An Auckland woman who saw her close friend shot dead has described her friend's violent relationship with her boyfriend. Samantha Douglas has been giving evidence at the trial of Turiarangi Tai who's… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.House prices in the regions are going gangbusters. MacKenzie District is up 25 percent year on year while Nelson saw a 2.7 percent increase over the last three months, Tauranga also saw growth of 2.9… Read more Audio