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8:18 AM.State Highway 2 between Tauranga and Waihi is being called the most dangerous stretch of road in the country by the district's mayor. The Transport Agency has plans to improve the road but locals say… Read more Audio

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

7:51 AM.More than a year after North Canterbury's 7.8 magnitude earthquake forced its closure, State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura will re-open to the public on Friday. Thousands of cars and trucks have been… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Roy Moore may have been beaten by Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama but he is refusing to concede. Mr Moore says he'll personally pay for a recount. US correspondent Gile Gibson joins us to explain the… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.The Opportunities Party founder Gareth Morgan says the party will be back to contest the next general election, but with a new leader. The party, widely known as TOP won 2.4 percent of the vote in… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.It's been far from smooth sailing for the new government in its first eight weeks in office, but it appears to be largely on track to deliver its hundred day plan. Inexperienced ministers trying to… Read more Audio

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

6:41 AM.Refining New Zealand is welcoming a government inquiry into the security of of the country's main fuel supply. The pipeline from the Marsden Refinery to Auckland was shut down for 10 days after a leak… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Matt Vickers, whose wife Lecretia Seales died while fighting in the courts for the right to end her life, is ecstatic legislation legalising euthanasia has passed its first reading. He was in… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The Government has decided to go ahead with upgrading two navy frigates despite the cost blowing out by $265 million. It says the cost overrun is unacceptable but cancelling the upgrades would have… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The former head of the Women's Refuge is backing a register to monitor all children to the age of five because she says it will save lives. Coroner Wallace Bain recommended it after the brutal killing… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Nearly two-thirds of MPs have voted in support of a bill that would legalise euthanasia. The Government says it will consider moves to rein in rapidly rising salaries for top public servants. It's… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Two Auckland iwi have reached an agreement to work together on land issues in what is being seen as a slap to Hauraki-based iwi who have also been making claims in the region. Ngati Whatua Orakei and… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Many Karori residents are disappointed a retirement village will replace a teaching campus they've long relied on for recreation. The old Wellington teachers' college was sold to Victoria University… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Alabama is voting for its next Senator. The party's candidate, Roy Moore, is under scrutiny for multiple accusations of child sex abuse. But US President Donald Trump has thrown his full support… Read more Audio