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6:15 AM.A district councillor from Te Anau says the council needs to bite the bullet and treat wastewater from the town before pumping it away. The Southland District Council has resource consent to pump the… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Passengers killed as train derails near Seattle, Surgery tourists warned after patient's death, Ex-cop jailed for life after guilty plea for wife's murder, 'Oil companies need to be history' - Russel… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A stingray at a Wairarapa beach has put a diver in hospital with a leg wound. He's now in a stable condition, after friends helped him into their four-wheel-drive and drove him to a nearby house… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The country's copyright law is to get it's first overhaul in a decade amid calls for a crackdown on what some call New Zealand's rampant piracy problem. Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi confirmed last… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A Sydney man has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police on charges relating to the supply of weapons of mass destruction, as well as breaching trade sanctions against North Korea. The… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A raging California wildfire has become the state's third-largest on record, with more devastation possible from a resurgence of the harsh winds that have fueled the deadly blaze since the beginning… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.The Pentagon has just admitted it ran a secret UFO investigation programme for five years until 2012. The Department of Defense's "X-Files" operation, was known by the less catchy title of the… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The growing number of children with special needs has prompted the Education Review Office to conduct a national review of the issue next year. Groups including the Principals Federation and the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The hotter than usual December weather has seen swimmers flocking to beaches up and down New Zealand, and that's meant an early start to the summer too for the country's surf lifesavers. Yesterday a… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Justice Minister Andrew Little met with families of the victims of the CTV building collapse in Christchurch on Sunday, after the police last month said no charges would be laid against the engineers… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The Government is to spend 22-point-5 million dollars to make 30 rural state highways safer, as the road toll this year runs well ahead of 2016's. This comes as ten people, including two children have… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A delegation from the Netherlands is visiting Golden Bay to commemorate with local Maori today's 375th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman in the area. Audio

7:50 AM.Queenstown people are delighted with a new bridge that will ease congestion for locals and tourists alike. Audio

7:48 AM.It's been a summer sorcher for most of New Zealand with temperatures soaring throughout the country. Water levels have dropped significantly across the country and Tauranga is the latest city to… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.A plane brought in to cover a faulty Air New Zealand aircraft has caused problems of its own with homebound passengers delayed up to 18 hours in Sydney. The plane is one of two chartered from the… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Two women have waived their right to name suppression so they can speak out abut sexual abuse they suffered from men who were serving in the Defence Force. Former sailor Hayley Young is embroiled in… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Less than two months after it was formed, our new Government has passed a family package under urgency, committed to an investigation into abuse in state care, and pledged to set up a new agency plan… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Republicans in Washington DC are being accused of trying to discredit Trump-Russia investigator Robert Mueller by wrongly claiming his inquiry has inappropriate access to emails from the President's… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The Government's getting a pat on the back for its new road safety initiative, with experts saying it's a simple way to save lives. $22 million will be spent rolling out rumble strips and safety… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The New Zealand chairperson of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Dr John Bonning says alcohol is a factor in too many admissions to hospital emergency departments. The latest survey shows… Read more Audio