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7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.Japan's NTT Data is buying Dell's technology services business for more than 3 billion US dollars as it pushes ahead to expand its business in North America. Audio

6:57 AM.A short business week -- is suitably light on events. Audio

6:57 AM.Wall Street is tracking slightly higher this morning after data showed consumer spending rose a touch in February. Audio

6:55 AM.The Turnbull Government is flagging the possibility of a cut in company tax in the upcoming budget to spur jobs' growth. Audio

6:53 AM.The French fruit processing company, Andros, says it plans to take the Barker's brand global through its international distribution network in Asia, the United States and Europe. Audio

6:51 AM.The recent comments from the director of a United States tennis tournament about the relative commercial value of the men's and women's games has renewed debate about the disparity between genders in… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A banking expert is casting doubt on whether cutting interest rates further will inflame the housing market. Audio

6:44 AM.Raw milk producers say new regulations introduced this month are over-the-top and will force some farmers out of business. Audio

6:38 AM.RNZ has learned that between 20 and 47 offenders are missing at any one time around the country, having cut off their electronic monitoring devices. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

6:22 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:19 AM.Figures from the agriculture and farming industry are remembering veteran broadcaster Frank Torley as a man who bridged the gap between the rural and the urban. Audio

6:16 AM.The Government is making a multimillion investment in a new research programme to improve aid spending and economic development in the Pacific. Audio

6:12 AM.Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office has released the only person charged with direct involvement in the bombings in Brussels last week. Audio

6:09 AM.Local government and civil defence officials on the West Coast say lives could be lost the next time the Waiho River near Franz Josef bursts its banks. Audio

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

6:00 AM.We have disturbing new figures showing how many offenders are missing at any one time having cut off their electronic bracelets. We ask if the Government will step in to protect Franz Josef from the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh who joins us from Tasmania this morning. Audio

8:53 AM.Aircraft enthusiasts from around the world are heading to this year's Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow. Ed Taylor is the General Manager for Warbirds Over Wanaka. Audio

8:50 AM.Nelson City is looking to spend around five million dollars developing its marina over the next decade, with the aim of transforming it into a multi-use seasports park. Tracy Neal reports. Audio

8:46 AM.About twenty thousand people are expected to descend on the Ruatoki Valley over Easter for the biggest event on the Tuhoe calendar. Jo O'Brien went along to see how preparations are going. Audio

8:44 AM.Counterterrorism experts are warning that the danger isn't over after the terror attacks in Belguim. Graeme Wood is a contributing editor for The Atlantic magazine and a Edward R Murrow Fellow at the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Belgium is observing three days of national mourning for the victims of the Islamic State attack on Tuesday. Elaine Cobbe is our correspondent in Brussels. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio