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7:47 AM.Firefighters on the Chatham Islands have been battling a 3,000 hectare fire which has been burning since Thursday. Principal Rural Fire Officer Craig Cottrill is in charge of the Chatham Islands… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Democrats and Republicans are casting doubt on President Donald Trump's claims that a declassified memo clears him in the Russia inquiry. President Trump tweeted on Sunday that the release of a… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.A New Zealand woman is claiming a local Catholic priest is the father of her young daughter. It is one of half a dozen cases in this country just now coming to light. Audio

7:16 AM.A West Auckland community is in mourning after two teenagers died in a flash flood in the Waitakere Ranges. The 17-year-olds were swimming with a group of friends when they were swept away in a sudden… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Doctors are starting to see the nasty complications of mumps as the epidemic takes hold in Auckland. Teenage boys and men have been developing the painful condition, orchitis, the swelling of the… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister is half-way through her extended stay in Waitangi and this morning she'll be formally welcomed at Te Whare Runanga Marae on the treaty grounds. Jacinda Ardern's five day visit is… Read more Audio

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

6:30 AM.The Prime Minister will be officially welcomed on to Te Whare Runanga on the Treaty grounds at Waitangi this morning. In an unprecedented move Jacinda Ardern has spent five days in Waitangi hoping to… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.Six cases have come to light of children fathered by supposedly celibate Catholic priests in New Zealand. One of them is a six-year-old girl. Her mother, and the adult children from the other cases… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Doctors say they're starting to see nasty complications from the mumps epidemic in Auckland. Teenage boys and men in particular have been turning up at clinics with painfell swelling of the testicles… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Dignitaries, politicians and the public have started arriving at Waitangi ahead of the official day of national commemoration tomorrow. MPs from all parties will be welcomed onto the upper marae, Te… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Ardern wants 'transparent relationships' with Maori, Mumps epidemic takes hold in Auckland, West Auckland mourns teens drowned in Waitakere river, Waitangi: Jacinda Ardern visit makes history, NZ… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.The Defence Force face prosecution for contaminating groundwater with toxic chemicals used in fire-fighting foam. It has admitted the chemicals have leached into soil and water near bases at Ohakea… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Robert Epere was a young teenager when he ended up in state care at the Kohitere Boys Training Centre in Levin in the 1970s, where he was abused. He talked to RNZ political reporter Mei Heron. Audio

8:21 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in state care hopes to begin hearing submissions by the middle of the year. It will cover state run institutions like child welfare homes… Read more Audio