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6:57 AM.Fonterra's half-year results are the one to watch on Wednesday. Other results include Pumpkin Patch, Kathmandu and Hallenstein Glasson. Audio

6:54 AM.Across the Tasman, and a government shake-up of competition law there has created big rifts with the big business community lining up against small business and consumer groups. Audio

6:53 AM.The Wellington-based fund manager, Movac, has secured a cornerstone commitment of up to 20 million dollars from the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund for its new growth capital fund. Audio

6:47 AM.The most keenly awaited event this week is dairy giant Fonterra's first-half earnings result on Wednesday. Audio

6:43 AM.More protestors have taken to the streets outside Trump Tower in Manhattan to voice their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Audio

6:40 AM.The Whanganui District Health Board is assuring expectant mums they are in safe hands, despite the deaths of four babies in the care of the local maternity service last year. Audio

6:38 AM.A New Zealand exchange student was onboard a bus that crashed on a main highway in Spain's northeast overnight. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:16 AM.It could take months to decode the flight data recorders from a passenger plane that crashed in southern Russia because they are so badly damaged. Audio

6:09 AM.Police received calls about fights outside the Ferry terminal in Quay Street, the MacDonalds in Britomart, the intersection of Quay and Queen Sts, and another prolonged fight in Fort Street. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A damning report sparked by a series of infant deaths has prompted a major shakeup of maternity services in the lower North Island. At least one New Zealander was reportedly on a bus of foreign… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Police investigating the murder of a gangland lawyer on a Melbourne street say they suspect a pizza store owner who's said to be the city's mafia boss. Audio

8:51 AM.Female artists from around the Pacific region are reviving lost cultural art forms and reinventing creative traditions that have existed for generations. Audio

8:45 AM.Maori claimants remain unconvinced the Government has acted in their best interests in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Audio

8:40 AM.A community housing umbrella group says it's concerned an overseas consortium has made it on to a shortlist of providers bidding to take on 15-hundred state houses. Audio

8:36 AM.Dunedin's economy is sailing out of the doldrums for the first time in 10 years. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:24 AM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is claiming some ethnic restaurants are in fact operating as fronts for illegal immigration. Audio

8:20 AM.The Health Ministry is being accused of rushing through major changes to a vital screening programme for cancer in New Zealand women. Audio

8:17 AM.It's been another week of bad news for the dairy industry as yet more indicators point to an end of the white gold rush. Audio

8:11 AM.Owners of new high rise buildings in Christchurch are demanding assurances that steel reinforcing used in their construction is up to standard. Audio

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