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6:54 AM.A survey has found small businesses are taking a cautious approach to hiring staff even though half are expecting the economy to remain strong over the first half of the year Audio

6:53 AM.The ASB Bank's latest housing confidence survey suggested respondents generally believe home loan rates have fallen as much as could be expected. Audio

6:51 AM.Two central bank interest rate decisions are due out within in the next couple of hours. Audio

6:40 AM.Lobby group Generation Zero campaigns for public transport. Audio

6:35 AM.The Labour Party says the Government should have committed spending to the Auckland City Rail Link six years ago and it's a shame it had to be dragged kicking and screaming to get to this point. Audio

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

6:21 AM.The ASB Bank's latest housing confidence survey had a bit of a surprise which was that respondents generally believe home loan rates had fallen as much as could be expected. Audio

6:17 AM.France's Justice Minister has resigned over plans to amend France's constitution to strip terrorists of their citizenship. Audio

6:12 AM.Yesterday morning we talked to an annoyed tramper after RNZ was sent photos of cows wandering through the Matukituki River on the doorstep of Mt Aspiring National Park. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Govt defends its u-turn of City Rail Link timing;RNZ political editor discusses Key's first major 2016 speech;Auckland-based hapu refuses to take part in TPP welcoming next week;Saudi abattoir like… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Things are getting serious at the Australian Open as the tournament goes into the last of the quarter-finals today. Audio

8:51 AM.Karamea might be losing its only constable. New Zealand police have issued a consultation paper which would see eight roles throughout the West Coast disestablished and another eight created. Audio

8:47 AM.Staff working at the Nelson-based fish processing firm Sealord, fear for their futures as they wait to find out who has lost their job. Audio

8:40 AM.The annual stocktake of doctors shows we have more of them, they're getting older, more are female and more are Maori. Audio

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

8:28 AM.As you heard 71 refugees are already here, another 11 are due to arrive soon. Audio

8:26 AM.The imminent arrival of Syrian refugees in the capital is encouraging more Wellingtonians to volunteer to help the newcomers settle into New Zealand. Audio

8:22 AM.The plumbing watchdog has brought in a former police detective to crack down on cowboy tradespeople and is poised to employ a second investigator next week. Audio

8:18 AM.Winston Peters says National's concessions to the Maori Party to gain support for its resource management reforms are leading the country down the path of separatism. Audio

8:12 AM.The Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher could face a 750-dollar fine for giving cattle access to a high country Canterbury lake. Audio

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

7:58 AM.The Airforce's 50-year-old Hercules planes are being put through their paces as part of an exercise in the Hawke's Bay. Audio

7:54 AM.A 20-year-old man who drowned yesterday at a popular swimming hole in the Far North is the thirteenth such death this year. Audio

7:46 AM.Upset and frustrated Port Vila locals are worried about the economic fallout from Air New Zealand continued boycott of Vanuatu's main airport. Audio