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6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.The Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, says asylum seekers have been put off trying to get to New Zealand by boat, after a major operation last year led to the prosecution of some people… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Power is out across parts of the North Island from Kaikohe down to Titirangi. Audio

6:09 AM.A state of Emergency has been declared and up to 200 people, many of them tourists, have been evacuated from near Franz Josef, after the Waiho river breached its bank last night. Andy Thompson is the… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.More than 100 tourists evacuated as river breaches bank, Power is out across parts of the North Island, Fonterra accused of corporate bullying, Belgium in mourning after terror attacks, Auckland… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Roger Pikia is Te Arawa's representative on the Waikato River Authority. He says the C minus rating for water quality is not unexpected. Audio

8:52 AM.Cleaning up the Waikato River will likely take the best part of a century and despite millions of dollars spent on the project, the river will continue to deteriorate for the forseeable future, its… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Playing computer games at school has dramatically improved the reading skills of Maori boys. But as Leigh Marama McLachlan of Te Manu Korihi reports, there is no guarantee that anything will come of… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Prime Minister is coming under pressure to disclose how much taxpayer's money has been spent on legal costs in so-called Teapot-Tapes defamation case. Deputy Political Editor Chris Bramwell… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Fonterra has more than doubled its half-year profit, and held its milk price forecast steady at 3-dollars-90 a kilo of milk solids. Our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara joins us. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.The former mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, who was famously caught smoking crack cocaine has died. David Lamb is a producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation. He joins us now. Audio

8:23 AM.Fonterra's expected to announce its half-year result within the hour, and analysts are expecting the dairy giant to report a robust bottom line. Jacqueline Rowarth is an agribusiness professor at… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Belgium. Haras Rafiq is the Managing Director of the Quilliam Foundation,a London based Counter-extremism thinktank. Audio

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

7:52 AM.A new survey shows attitudes towards Asian people are improving, yet many still blame them for pushing up house prices. Max Towle reports. Audio

7:48 AM.Increased internet access, and digital equality, are at the forefront of Labour's discussions about the Future of Work. Labour's finance spokesperon Grant Robertson joins Morning Report. Audio

7:45 AM.A South Waikato farmer is trying to stay positive, saying Fonterra's not entirely to blame when there's also a global oversupply of milk. Richard Cookson joins me from his farm in Springdale. Audio

7:41 AM.New Zealand's getting a new Governor General, but some are calling for a more democratic approach to selecting our de facto head of state. Audio

7:35 AM.RNZ News has obtained a certificate for an initial test of leading supplier Steel and Tube's seismic mesh that shows it failing a key measure of strength. Audio

7:28 AM.Analysts are predicting a strong financial performance from Fonterra when it reports its half year result shortly this morning. With Waikato reporter, Andrew McRae. Audio

7:25 AM.The New Zealand government has upgraded it's travel warning to Belguim, but there has been no indication yet that any New Zealanders have been caught up in the attacks. Audio

7:25 AM.New Zealand is through to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. With sports reporter Joe Porter. Audio

7:20 AM.Joining us from Brussels again for the latest update is VRT journalist Lukas De Vos. Audio