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6:35 AM.Four fires continue to burn in Canterbury. Galeforce winds yesterday rekindled the bush fire near Hanmer Springs. Two fires are still alight in the Darfield area and another further south at Mount… Read more Audio

6:25 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.Leaked Islamic State documents reveal the identities of up to twenty two thousand fighters, including an Australian computer engineer identified as a volunteer suicide bomber. Audio

6:13 AM.A Wairarapa dairy farmer is facing eviction from a farm which has been in his family since 1871. Alex Benton's been told he has two weeks to leave the property, after receivers were called in by the… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Galeforce winds yesterday rekindled a bush fire in Hanmer Springs, that flared on Tuesday, cutting off the town. Two fires started yesterday in the Darfield area and another further south at Mount… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Fire service update Canterbury situation. Wairarapa farmer facing eviction after receivers called into family farm. Keytruda pricetag extortionate says pharmaceutical leader. Families forced to food… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Our reporter Edward Gay is at the cordon. Audio

8:55 AM.Switch it back. That's the clear message from a sometimes angry meeting of several hundred people in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay last night over what is probably the country's most-hated… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The United Nations says pregnancy related death and sexual violence rates soar in humanitarian disasters, and that's a concern in cyclone devastated Fiji. Audio

8:48 AM.Thousands of the lowest paid school staff are unhappy their pay has been cut this year because of an administrative anomaly. Audio

8:44 AM.An expert on money laundering is warning banks are missing many suspicious financial transactions linked to terrorism. Audio

8:39 AM.The Council for Civil Liberties says New Zealand is one step closer to being a surveillance state. Audio

8:36 AM.The government's being accused of misleading farmers about the extent of the problems in the dairy sector. Audio

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

8:22 AM.The Ashburton District Mayor, Angus McKay says yesterday's conviction of Russel Tully for the murders of Work and Income staff Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland will help his town move on. Audio

8:16 AM.Lance Burdett is a former national advisor to police negotiation teams, and was involved in the 2009 siege in Napier. Audio

8:11 AM.The police standoff with a gunman in a rural house near Kawerau is still ongoing. Audio

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

7:48 AM.Don Brash was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for almost 14 years, from September 1988 to April 2002. Audio

7:45 AM.Another cut in Fonterra's forecast payout to dairy farmers is not expected to persuade the Reserve Bank to reduce the official cash rate from its record low 2 point 5 percent this morning.. Audio

7:38 AM.Is New Zealand's dairy industry going to hell in a hand cart? Questions are being raised about the debt levels and cash flows of New Zealand's largest company. Audio

7:27 AM.The electronic spy agency, the GCSB, would have more freedom to carry out surveillance on New Zealanders, under new recommendations. Audio

7:23 AM.Double murderer Russell Tully is now waiting to find out how much time he'll spend behind bars for killing two Ashburton Work and Income staff and attempting to take the life of another. Audio