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6:36 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked those at Waitangi to hold her to account, and already the Opposition is promising to do so. Ms Ardern wound up her five-day-visit to Northland on Tuesday, after… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.European shares hit their lowest level in six months today, following Wall Street's biggest one-day fall in six years. Markets editor for the Financial Times Michael Mackenzie joins Guyon Espiner with… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.As usual the focus on Waitangi Day was on Waitangi in the Far North, but events were held throughout New Zealand to mark the country's national day. In Auckland there were three main events at Hayman… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.An Australian firefighter with toxic foam chemicals in his blood says people in New Zealand living on contaminated sites near air force bases need to be properly tested. Toxic firefighting foam was… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A magnitude-6.4 earthquake has rocked Taiwan's east coast, following a 'swarm' of 19 earthquakes over the past 48 hours. The US Geological Survey says it hit at a depth of 9.5km. There are reports of… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The US stock markets have gyrating wildly today amid frantic trading on Wall Street. After opening down about 2 percent, shares rose briefly into positive territory before sinking again. The volatile… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Stock market chaos expected to spill into NZ, Finance Minister Grant Robertson on global market dive, Taiwan earthquake: Buildings collapsed, casualties expected, Toxic foam: NZers must protect… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.At Waitangi, Mihingarangi Forbes speaks to Māori Warden Frances Mahanga, who says in her role she carries her tupuna, her ancestors, on her shoulders as she accompanies the country's prime ministers. 

8:55 AM.A 79-year-old man has been denied a visa, forcing his New Zealand-born wife to move permanently to France to be with him. Ron Falconer is a Scottish environmentalist who had the job of guarding two… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.In 2017 actress Uma Thurman was asked on the red carpet if she had any comment to make about the Harvey Weinstein accusations. She has now written a New York Times article levelling accusations of her… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.While many are welcoming the government's announcement of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in state care, others are concerned it will not hear the full story - nor will it stop… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Marama Davidson has thrown her hat in the ring to become a co-leader of the Green Party. The role of female co-leader has been vacant since Metiria Turei stood down before last year's election. Marama… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The seven survivors of the Kiribati ferry disaster have arrived back on dry land. The Butiraoi vanished after leaving Nonouti on January 18. The survivors were rescued after being spotted by a New… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.At this time of year in towns all over the country, groups of new New Zealanders - often older generations - sign up for workshops to find out more about the Treaty of Waitangi. For decades now… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The All Black Sevens bowed out in the quarter finals. Hamilton picked up the New Zealand leg of the world seven series from Wellington, and organisers say sell-out crowds on both days made it a… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's had very positive talks in Waitangi but Labour needs to show it can deliver. She says she feels the weight of the expectation. RNZ Maori issues correspondent… Read more Audio

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

7:52 AM.Last week the Taxpayers' Union revealed the government's science funding agency Callaghan Innovation spent more than $300,000 in a year on entertaining clients and staff. Now it says new figures show… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A teenage boy had been clinging to foliage in fast flowing floodwaters in the Waitakere Ranges for up to two hours before he was rescued on Saturday evening. Intensive care paramedic Russell Clark was… Read more Audio