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6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

6:46 AM.A plumber is warning people they risk catching the potentially fatal legionnaires disease if they rely solely on heatpumps to heat their hot water. Water must be heated to at least 60 degrees to kill… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Fire Service has spent much of the night fighting a blaze in an abandoned house in Mangere's Robertson Rd, amid concerns there were children inside. The police have spoken to three young people… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.The man known as the Butcher of Bosnia, Ratko Mladic, has been jailed for life for genocide and crimes against humanity. The trial at the Hague found the former Bosnian Serb commander "significantly… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A primary school in Lower Hutt is bending over backwards to keep their students cool, calm and collected. Avalon Intermediate has been trialling a yoga programme since the beginning of the year. It's… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A visiting US transport and energy guru wants the NZ government to give electric vehicles a proper go. Tony Seba says he can envisage a world where self-driving cars circulate a city continuously… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A population boost is being predicted for Ōpōtiki on the back of the growing aquaculture, kiwifruit and manuka industries. Jo O'Brien reports about the prospects for the eastern Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Lincoln University has been told to consider cutting courses and outsourcing its administration to dig itself out a financial hole. The university has not had an operating surplus for ten years… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A Dunedin District Court has overturned an earlier Tenancy tribunal ruling thst ordered local landlord Vic Inglis to pay a tenant almost $11,000 in rent because the tenancy was never lawful in the… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on parties to rethink their positions after coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel collapsed. Germany's president is to meet party leaders… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Aucklanders will be paying an extra 10 cents a litre on their fuel bill when a regional fuel tax comes into force - the Government has confirmed it will be putting the tax in place as a priority. But… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.After nearly 40 years in power, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has resigned. The Zanu PF party has 90 days, according to the constitution, to nominate a replacement for Mr Mugabe. That man appears… Read more Audio

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

7:55 AM.The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says a change in the way it calculates salary increases is the reason for a surge in the number of employees earning more than $100,000 a year. Researcher Sam Warburton… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Education Minister Chris Hipkins has ordered a full report into this year's NCEA Level One maths exam that many teachers say was too difficult. A group of more than 30 teachers drafted a letter of… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in relation to the shooting of Wellington taxi driver Alem Tesema on Saturday night. Mr Tesema was shot in the shoulder by a passenger who refused to pay a fare… Read more Audio