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8:11 AM.A north shore councillor says he's been kept in the dark about foam contamination in his suburb. This week the New Zealand Defence Force began testing a tidal area at Ngataringi Bay, in the Auckland… Read more Audio

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

7:55 AM.A fiercely honest portrayal of a Maori family under intense scrutiny after the death of a baby, has premiered as part of the New Zealand Festival in Wellington. Hone Kouka has written Bless the Child… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A large and architecturally unique state housing high-rise in central Auckland is set to be demolished. Number 139 Greys Avenue was built in 1957 to house 87 tenants but Housing New Zealand says with… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A report from the Automobile Association yesterday claimed Auckland motorists are losing an average of 80 hours each a year thanks to peak time traffic congestion. But the Building Industry Federation… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The star Black Caps cricketer Ross Taylor says he would like the sport to promote him as a role model to Pacific Islanders. Taylor is one of the top scoring batsmen in New Zealand cricket history. But… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.In Britain, an independent inquiry into child sex abuse says the Government must pay compensation to people forcibly sent abroad as children in the years after the Second World War. About 4000… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.There's a digital-first push for this year's census with people being delivered access codes and encouraged to do the census online. It includes new questions about how much mould is in houses… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Does your home have a working kitchen sink? And do you have mould growing that's larger than an A4 piece of paper? Those are just a couple of the questions in the new-style census, which takes place… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A man sexually assaulted at a Catholic school has laid a breach of privacy complaint against the head of the Royal Commission into state abuse. The man is now calling for Sir Anand Satyanand to be… Read more Audio

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

6:43 AM.There's four days to go until this year's census - but people in some parts of the country say they're yet to receive the access numbers needed to be counted. And the manager of a Northland retirement… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.The White House's revolving door continues to spin. The latest departure is long-serving Trump aide Hope Hicks, who's resigning from her job as Communications Director. Hicks joined Mr Trump's… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The Employment Minister, Willie Jackson, says the $50 million dollar fund set up by the last government to get more young New Zealanders into work or training is nowhere near enough. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Abuse inquiry: Privacy breach laid against Sir Anand Satyanand; NZ Census 2018, explained; Black Caps star Ross Taylor aims to inspire Pasifika players; UK sex abuse inquiry demands govt pay victims… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A local treasure, and a comfy old slipper, are how some of the punters in one of the country's oldest pubs described a beloved Auckland music venue last night, during its last ever gig. Hundreds of… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.There was standing room only at the New Plymouth council last night when the public got to have its say on a controversial plan to carve up the city's only public golf course. The council wants to… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Airstrikes are reportedly continuing in areas of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in Syria despite fresh attempts to implement Russia's five-hour pause in the bombardment. The United Nations… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.More than 50 Riwaka residents affected by former Cyclone Gita crammed into a school hall on Wednesday night to attend a post-disaster meeting with the Tasman District Council. The area was devastated… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Earlier this week RNZ reported the story of a father and son who said they'd both been sexually abused while attending Catholic schools. The pair were angry Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had decided… Read more Audio