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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

7:09 AM.Thousands of Wellington commuters are facing disruption this morning after train drivers walked off the job. More than 400 staff members for Metlink providers Transdev and Hyundai Rotem began a… Read more Audio

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

6:49 AM.Ninety minutes of football on Thursday afternoon will determine whether the All Whites qualify for the World Cup for just the third time. If they beat Peru in Lima they'll be on their way to Russia… Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.There's been gunfire and tanks in the capital Harare, where the military has intervened in the power struggle to succeed President, Robert Mugabe, who's led Zimbabwe for 37 years and, at 93, is the… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Commuters are about to start pouring into Wellington, and none of them on the region's trains. All train lines into the city have gone quiet, as workers for Metlink providers Transdev and Hyundai… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:19 AM.Australians have voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage and it is likely to be law by Christmas. Legislation was introduced into the federal Parliament just hours after the results of the postal… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Thousands of Wellington commuters are being told they should stay home on Thursday as a train drivers' strike expected to cause huge disruption. The region's entire rail network is shut down until 2am… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Thousands of Wellington commuters are facing disruption this morning after train drivers walked off the job.

Zimbabwe's military is insistent that its takeover in Harare is not a coup, despite it… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.In what local papers are describing as "an intolerable football shame, an indelible stain" Italy have failed to qualify for next year's Football World Cup Finals in Russia. It's the first time in 60… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Splitting international match fees between playing nations could solve the Samoa Rugby Union's financial crisis, Samoa's Prime Minister has said. The Samoan union has had to resort to asking the… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Refugee Action Coaliton's Ian Rintoul says claims the men left on Manus Island are dangerous is rubbish. This after a former security guard at the facility yesterday warned the Government against… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.RNZ's Simon Hampton is in Lima for Thursday's World Cup decider between the All Whites and Peru. He tells us thousands of fans are already chanting outside the stadium, and he's even seen a witch… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.In an effort to avoid a repeat of last weekend, a family event is going to be held in Ōtāhuhu for Tonga fans this weekend. What started out as a celebration turned into mass disorder, drunkenness and… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Jacinda Ardern has followed through with her promise to push Australia over the plight of asylum seekers on Manus Island. While she has been denied a substantive meeting with her Australian… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Canberra Professor in public ethics Clive Hamilton has written: Silent Invasion: How China is turning Australia into a Puppet State. It was due to be published by Allen and Unwin, but it has out… Read more Audio