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6:59 AM.Turning to the markets. Audio

6:58 AM.In some other earnings news. Audio

6:56 AM.The online trading website, Trade Me, expects to build momentum in its second half - especially in the core property, motoring and classified advertising businesses. Audio

6:54 AM.Shares in specialist dairy company A2 Milk hit a life time high yesterday - at one stage they were up more than 26 percent - as investors renewed their love affair with last year's market… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.New Zealand's largest construction company, Fletcher Building, will have its work cut out for it as it scales up to juggle some of the country's largest building projects. Audio

6:43 AM.NZ First is demanding answers on the cost of dealing with British company Serco's botched management of Mt Eden Remand prison. Audio

6:37 AM.Auckland health officials won't be prosecuting the person behind a Sky City measles alert who defied quarantine instructions. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.Fletcher Building, has delivered on expectations, with a strong first half net profit, but will be challenged to meet its full-year guidance. Audio

6:15 AM.China has responded to reports that it has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea by saying that it has a right to build self-defence. Audio

6:13 AM.A Whangarei emergency housing trust says it is turning away homeless families at the rate of seven a week as it copes with an influx of people fleeing high rents in Auckland. Audio

6:11 AM.Heavy rain has been falling across the Nelson Tasman region resulting in widespread flooding and the downing of trees. Audio

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Flooding and trees down in Nelson; Military chopper scrambled to save two tourists; Weather update from around the country; No prosecution for man who sparked measles scare; Education Council hearing… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The kihikihi or cicadas have made a late return this summer. Audio

8:52 AM.Pacific Island governments involved in talks with New Zealand over new submarine cable links appear mainly unconcerned about their communications being further tapped. Audio

8:50 AM.Transpower has been forced to scramble fast to secure proper IT protection for vital infrastructure when an important upgrade hit a series of snags. Audio

8:45 AM.Seventy journalists working for Fairfax Media are set to lose their jobs because of an Australian cost-cutting drive. Audio

8:40 AM.With Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully away in Fiji, the Government sent Minister Steven Joyce out to bat for it on its Saudi sheep deal during Parliamentary question time yesterday. Audio

8:35 AM.The Labour Party says Pacific Islanders whose homes disappear under rising sea levels should be able to make a new life in New Zealand. Audio

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

8:28 AM.A high speed and fatal train crash in Germany last week has been blamed on human error. Audio

8:27 AM.Bayer Pharmaceuticals is defending its decision to pull a free anti-coagulent drug from fifteen hundred patients with blood problems. Audio

8:20 AM.Australian refugee advocates have welcomed the Prime Minister John Key's repeated offer to take asylum seekers under this country's refugee intake. Audio

8:14 AM.The Government's stepped in to Auckland's Unitary Plan debate, saying the 30 year development plan must be completed on time by October. Audio