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6:50 AM.Property managers look to resurrect their image. The big banks come through RBNZ "stress tests". Fuel taxes driving a change in the car fleet. And how markets are starting the week. Audio

6:46 AM.An initial survey indicates 32 percent of New Zealand's school buildings don't meet modern health and hygiene benchmarks, and a similiar number fall short on standards for lighting, temperature and… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The Justice Minister says he'll be asking questions of his officials after the name of a Supreme Court judge was removed from his own memorial. Justice Sir Robert Chambers died suddenly five years ago… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Auckland golfer Ryan Fox has been beaten in a play-off at the Irish Open in Donegal. Audio

6:00 AM.Thailand cave rescue: Four boys out, rest must wait; friends of accused paedophile reject widow's accusations; health, hygiene failures in a third of NZ school buildings; tenants not using Tenancy… 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

8:53 AM.The quarter finals in the Football World Cup kick off tomorrow morning. Max Towle and Emile Donovan are the hosts of RNZ's Football World Cup Podcast. They join Gyles Beckford in the studio to discuss… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A just-wrapped science mission off New Zealand's coast has broken new-ground. Geologists on a trip to the Kermadec Arc - 400 kilometres northeast of White Island - have managed to drill into the heart… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The police are defending their use of tasers to subdue an Auckland man who died in hospital three days later. Officers were called to a house in Freemans Bay on Sunday where a 76-year-old man was… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The IMF is urging the government to rethink its foreign buyer ban, saying the policy is unlikely to have a significant impact on housing affordability. Their latest annual report of the New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A Whakatane iwi is objecting to a Chinese-owned company being given consents to millions of litres of water for bottling. Te Runanga o Ngati Awa has lodged an appeal in the Environment Court opposing… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:24 AM.A lawyer representing ACC claimants says the corporation has been acting illegally by contracting out its dispute resolution services to a private company. Dunedin barrister Warren Forster says this… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The embattled head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned. He's the latest in a string of Trump administration officials to quit or be fired. RNZ's correspondent in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the response to the scathing external review into the firm's culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The deans of the country's law schools plan to meet Russell McVeagh staff next month to discuss the firm's response to the scathing external review of its culture. The review, led by Dame Margaret… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Tom Walsh has taken the lead in the Diamond League standings after winning the shot put in Lausanne. Walsh struggled to record a distance early on but then topped the field in the 5th round throw of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A significant super rugby milestone will be marked in style on Friday night. Wyatt Crockett will be playing his 200th game when the Crusaders take on the Highlanders in Christchurch. Blue and gold… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Wellington City Council is mulling over whether its Matariki fireworks display should be postponed due to an unexpected marine manuhiri. It is the first time in eight years a southern right whale has… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Rescue workers in Thailand are looking for a natural opening in the ceiling of a cave to try to get 12 boys and their football coach out. Monsoon season is due to start soon and rain is forecast for… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The funding body charged with increasing participation in sports has said it's "open minded" about making competitive video game playing an official sport. Pro-gaming, or what's known as 'eSports' is… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A mother who had three children taken by social services has opened up about when she fell pregnant and her fear that they were taking her baby. Under current laws, most parents who have a previous… Read more Audio