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7:41 AM.The first of a series of public anti-Trans Pacific Partnership meetings has been held in Auckland with critics arguing it's not yet a done deal. Audio

7:38 AM.The International ratings agency Fitch has revised down its assessment of New Zealand's economic outlook. Audio

7:36 AM.Returning now to reports of a shooting at the Naval Medical Centre in San Diego in California. Audio

7:28 AM.The Danish parliament has just passed a bill that will make its rules for asylum-seekers the strictest in Europe. Audio

7:24 AM.Auckland's downtown rail tunnel is likely to be finished years earlier than first planned because of a funding commitment expected today from the Prime Minister. Audio

7:19 AM.Samoa's Ministry of Health says a government travel warning to pregnant New Zealand women planning to visit Samoa are an over reaction. Audio

7:11 AM.The Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias, and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council after cattle from their farm were photographed standing in a… Read more Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:57 AM.Growth in the manufacturing and services sectors points to the economy having sped up at the end of last year, with enough new orders to keep the momentum going over the first part of the year. Audio

6:55 AM.The global workplace provider, Regus, says there's an old world solution to the new business challenges posed by Auckland's unaffordable housing and inadequate infrastructure. Audio

6:53 AM.The specialist recruiter, Robert Half, says strong confidence in the economy is driving demand for finance and accounting staff -- and creating wage pressures as well. Audio

6:51 AM.Air New Zealand says it's likely it will engage in further big discounting of fares to fill its planes on domestic and international routes. Audio

6:41 AM.The Chief Justice and her businessman husband are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council after cattle from their farm were seen standing in a high country lake. Audio

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

6:17 AM.Business reporter Jonathan Mitchell joins Morning Report with what's happening in the financial world. Audio

6:12 AM.The Democratic candidates for President sparred yesterday afternoon in their final television town hall event, ahead of the first vote in the United States primaries, which take place in Iowa on… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The Trade Minister, Todd McClay, is rejecting accusations the benefits from the Trans Pacific Partnership are exaggerated. Audio

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

6:00 AM.ECan to investigate chief justice's cattle. Samoa questioning New Zealand's zika travel advice. Government expected to confirm funding for $2.5 billion Auckland rail link. Danish parliament passes… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The campaign to put a New Zealander on Australia's five dollar note is gathering steam. The late Fred Hollows, the eye surgeon from Dunedin who spent much of his adult life across the Tasman, has been… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Aspiring novelists and poets converged on a remote Kapiti Coast campsite over the long weekend to gain inspiration and knowledge from published writers including a man described as a blues poet. Nick… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.International concern is growing about the rising death toll from political violence in the embattled central African state of Burundi. The New Zealand representative to the United Nations, Gerard van… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Beijing's crack down on foreign exchange transactions could make it harder for Chinese buyers to invest in the New Zealand property market. The Australian Financial Review's Shanghai correspondent… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Stores inside the restricted area in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa which a male Tau fruit fly was discovered last week say their stores have all been checked by biosecurity staff. Tom Furley went to… Read more Audio