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8:39 AM.Don't be alarmed this weekend if you hear that sound coming from your phone. Civil Defence and Emergency Management is testing its new emergency alert system between 6pm and 7pm on Sunday. Last month… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The Māori Language Awards are on in Wellington and one South Island iwi that's turned to its past to prepare its rangatahi for the future is among the nominees. Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō recognised a need… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The National Party says it is concerned the momentum to conclude the new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is stalling and has called on the Government to call an urgent meeting of the involved countries… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Waikato DHB member Dave MacPherson is calling for the immediate release of a report into former chief executive Nigel Murray's exhorbitant expenses and travel. Mr Murray was appointed in 2014 - he was… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Former Labour finance minister Sir Michael Cullen will head up the government's tax working group, it has been announced. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has unveiled the working group's terms of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.New Zealand may be out of the Rugby League World Cup after one of its darkest days last weekend - losing to Fiji - but for two of our South Pacific neighboutrs, the tournament is proof they can foot… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The All Blacks are coming off a hard-fought win against Scotland last week .. to face a Wales side tomorrow hungry for a win. Wales coach Warren Gatland says he was pleased with his team's game… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.More than one in three senior doctors and dentists working in the public health system say they've been bullied. More than two-thirds have seen others being bullied, and many have been told off if… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Auckland councillors have backed a $132 million dollar plan to build eight bases across the Wynyard, Halsey Street and Hobson Wharves ahead of America's Cup 2021. And that's something Team NZ has… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Zimbabwe will officially have a new president later tonight (NZ time). Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in after being named as Zanu PF's new leader following Robert Mugabe's resignation on Wednesday… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Papua New Guinea police swooped on the Manus Island detention centre yesterday to begin removing refugees to other facilities on the island. Fifty-six refugees were taken away and refugees are… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The Education Ministry has released figures showing every month there a more than 130 cases of teachers using physical force to stop children hurting themselves or others. Schools have had to notify… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A grieving mother who took Worksafe all the way to Supreme Court over the Pike River mine disaster is outraged officials are now trying distance themselves from the unlawful decision to drop charges… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Labour has unveiled the terms of reference for its tax working group review with the main goal to create a better balanced and fairer tax system. But the terms of reference have been criticised as too… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Education Ministry is being told ten times a day of incidents where teachers have physically restrained students. Schools have had to notify the ministry since the first of August whenever… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Worksafe says it fully accepts the Supreme Court's ruling that a decision not to prosecute the boss of the Pike River coal mine was unlawful. Sonja Rockhouse and Anna Osborne, who lost relatives in… Read more Audio