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6:18 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:11 AM.The Security Intelligence Service is changing the way it handles the highly personal information of thousands of New Zealanders to ensure it can only be used for security clearances. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.TPP consultation timeframe slashed; Select committee chair defends shortened TPP timeframe; Sweeney Todd injuries caused by razor blade; Actors Equity concerned about Sweeney Todd incident; Total… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.New figures from the Stock Exchange show there are more women on company boards - just. Audio

8:48 AM.American and German scientists have managed to keep pig hearts alive in baboons for a record two and a half years in what is being hailed as an important advance with potential applications for… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The Wellington City Council is considering making it illegal for people to give beggars money, in an attempt to help solve the capital's begging problem. Audio

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

8:24 AM.The outsiders in the American president race scored big wins in yesterday's Wisconsin primary. Audio

8:20 AM.A multi million dollar irrigation scheme has been opened in Canterbury this week as calls mount for large users to pay for the water they use. Audio

8:17 AM.Thunderstorms and heavy rain lashed Fiji last night but the country was spared the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Zena last night. Audio

8:14 AM.Listening to that is Clare Matthews, banking expert from Massey University. Audio

8:11 AM.A proposed deal to sell almost half of Kiwibank is being labelled a slippery slope towards privatisation. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.Country musician Merle Haggard, who emerged from prison to become the poetic voice of the working man with hits such as "Mama Tried" has died. Audio

7:53 AM.The last portrait ever painted by Charles Frederick Goldie has sold for a record one million one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars at auction. Audio

7:49 AM.In the latest twist in the Panama papers scandal, Swiss police have searched the offices of European football's governing body after ex-secretary general Gianni Infantino was named in the leaked… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The American presidential primaries delivered another twist yesterday with defeats for frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin. Audio

7:41 AM.Builders are warning Steel and Tube that withdrawing its seismic reinforcing mesh from the market could push up costs and slow house builds down. Audio

7:34 AM.The New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is predicting the end of the SuperGold Card which allows 640-thousand NZers access to free off-peak public transport. Audio

7:27 AM.RSAs are applauding politicians for unanimously passing a law that means they'll no longer have to pay hundreds of dollars a year to serve alcohol on Anzac Day morning. Audio

7:25 AM.RNZ International reporter Sally Round is in Lautoka just north of Nadi and joins us. Audio

7:21 AM.Inland Revenue says if New Zealand followed the international norm and taxed the overseas income of foreign trusts, that might result in the end of the industry here. Audio

7:15 AM.The credit-rating agency Standards and Poors is poised to downgrade Kiwibank if it loses the New Zealand Post as its guarantor. Audio

7:11 AM.More than three thousand people have fled to churches and schools in the west of Fiji to escape rising flood waters as thunderstoms and heavy rains continue to drench the country. Audio