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6:44 AM.A doctor and a lawyer advocating for a Manus Island refugee with a heart condition say Australia is neglecting its responsibility to provide him with adequate healthcare. The 38-year-old refugee, who… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The All Whites World Cup dream is over after a 2-0 loss to Peru in their World Cup qualifier in Lima. Peruvian football fans celebrated through the night after their team gained the final place in… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.The women's Rugby League World Cup kicks off in Sydney today with New Zealand's team determined to prevail despite limited preparations. The Kiwi Ferns have won the tournament three times, but hosts… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.New MPs are continuing to spell out what's brought them into politics and what they hope to achieve over the next three years in their first speeches to Parliament. Yesterday, it was the turn of the… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.In 1989 Tasmanian man Rodney Croome was arrested while calling for homosexuality to be decriminalised. He's now with the group Tasmanians United for Marriage Equality and joins us as he celebrates the… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.Nearly 13 million people voted in Australia's same-sex postal survey, and 61.6 percent of respondents voted yes, it was revealed on Wednesday. Within hours, the process for a historic vote to make it… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.An Australian senator who has been supporting the Manus Island refugees says the New Zealand offer of aid is welcome but even better would be to take all the refugees. Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.New Zealand's controls to combat Legionnaire's disease are being blasted by plumbers as years behind other developed countries. Canterbury has 10 cases of the sometimes-fatal disease, two of them… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.How has the Wellington train drivers' strike affected Wellington? RNZ reporter Emma Hatton is out on the city streets and joins us with the latest. Audio

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

7:51 AM.A group lobbying for more paid parental leave is telling the government to introduce mandatory, paid time off for fathers. Only one percent of the people taking parental leave are fathers, something… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Hospitals in Auckland are dragging their heels on creating safer working conditions for fatigued junior doctors. The doctors went on strike several times in the past year to protest their long hours… Read more Audio

7:44 AM."It's a yes for fairness. A yes for commitment. And a yes for love," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said, after the result of Australia's same-sex marriage vote was revealed on… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.In a shock announcement the World Rugby Council has gone against a recommendation in deciding the host for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. South Africa had been recommended by World Rugby's board but the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.RNZ's Simon Hampton in Lima says the atmosphere in the Peruvian capital is intense in the lead-up to the crucial World Cup qualifying match.

Peru fans let off fireworks outside the All Whites hotel… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Zimbabwe's military is insistent that its takeover in Harare is not a coup, despite it having all the hallmarks of one. The military says it is targeting "criminals" around President Mugabe. The BBC's… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.As commuter chaos descends upon Wellington, authorities are urging anyone who hasn't yet left home not to take their car into the city. Metlink operator Transdev had hoped to avoid the strike action… Read more Audio