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7:24 AM.A medical trial has shown Pharmac was right when it made a controversial decision to fund the breast cancer drug Herceptin for just nine weeks of treatment. The former National government overturned… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Gridlock is expected on Auckland's roads as more than 30,000 rail commuters are forced to find alternative ways to get to work. Auckland reporter Todd Niall is making his way into the city from New… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Auckland train workers are striking on Friday following plans by rail operator Transdev to reduce staff on Auckland trains to be driver-only. Transdev managing director Michel Ladrak joins Guyon… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Gridlock is expected on Auckland's roads as more than 30,000 rail commuters are forced to find alternative ways to get to work. Rail workers are striking for 24 hours and there are only a handful of… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.It looks like a rat has made it onto a predator-free island off the coast of Stewart Island. Whenua Hou is the home of the Kakapo Recovery Programme. DoC's Tony Preston joins us with details of the… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.As many as 30,000 Auckland train commuters are having to make other plans to get to work today because of a rail worker strike. They walked off the job at 2am Friday for 24 hours after pay talks… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Almost $2 million in cybercrime losses have been reported to New Zealand's computer crime agency since it began operating in April.

More than half of the 400 incidents reported to the Computer… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Survival rates for women taking Herceptin for breast cancer are similar whether they take a short or long course of treatment on the drug. That's the result of a long-awaited study involving New… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Thousands of Auckland commuters travel plans have been derailed this morning due to strike action. Rail staff walked off the job this morning after talks between the union and Transdev stalled. Audio

8:55 AM.Ten memorable phrases that have been shortlisted in Massey University's annual Quote of the Year competition. Given this year's general election, politics dominates the finalists. Such as this tweet… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Twenty young people in state care were given a helping hand to pursue their dreams at a ceremony in Wellington yesterday. The William Wallace awards celebrate people in the care of the Ministry for… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The housing market has picked up pace. The latest QV data shows nationwide house prices rose 6.4 percent over the year to November, compared with the previous month's annual growth of 3.9 percent. The… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The sudden closure of a Pacific tertiary training provider in Auckland has left a lot of Pacific people out of pocket. The Best Pacific Institute of Education prided itself on providing courses for… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Like their big city colleagues, rural school principals are also worried about securing enough teachers for next year. Audio

8:27 AM.Hotter days, more floods and frequent landslides from rising sea levels are on the cards for Auckland by the end of the century. A Niwa report commissioned by Auckland Council shows sea levels could… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government is not planning to follow Australia's move to ban foreign political donations. The Australian government has unveiled plans to ban political donations… Read more Audio