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6:53 AM.Infometrics sees the Auckland housing market heating up again, as pent up demand drives prices ever higher. Audio

6:51 AM.The prices of New Zealand's commodities fell further in January for the 11th consecutive month, although dairy products may have bottomed out. Audio

6:49 AM.The global dairy price index has risen for a fourth consecutive time, led by a jump in the whole milk powder price. Audio

6:45 AM.Paris is still reeling from the after effects of the killings at the Charlie Hebdo Headquarters last month, and the series of sieges that followed. Audio

6:27 AM.A building expert says Maori need to wake up to the issue of earthquake-prone marae, describing the situation as a 'big runaway train hurtling towards them'. An Australian-based study shows the Maori… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:00 AM.Jordanian pilot burnt to death;UK parliament votes on triple parent;Dairy analyst discusses latest results from overnight auction;New chair of Waitangi marae asks for civil welcome for PM;Waitangi… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Passengers on an Australian domestic jet moving a Tamil asylum seeker yesterday joined in with a protest against the man's forced deportation. Their refusal to sit down and do up their seat belts… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Indonesia's new government is taking a hardline approach to illegal fishing by foreign vessels in its waters. Since October when President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, came to office, Indonesia has… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Maori Law Society says there is a trend of Maori lawyers leaving the profession early on in their career, particularly wahine; A Tauranga Te Reo campaigner says the Tauranga City Council isn't… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.In Auckland, councillors are at loggerheads over an independent inquiry into a major development project in the west of the city. The Auditor-General is finalising the terms of reference for the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Privacy Commissioner says people who have sex in full view of the public have little chance of success if they complain their privacy's been breached. Footage of an amorous Christchurch couple… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Charter school enrolments have not been hurt by ongoing criticism, with some reporting significant roll increases. Last year about 360 students attended the first five of the publicly funded private… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.Talks to establish a Pacific-wide trade deal done could be wrapped up soon. America's top trade official says a successful Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP, pact is close. But formidable hurdles… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Otago Regional Council is banning farmers from taking water from the catchment area of the Taieri River from noon tomorrow. Rain is still failing to fall where it's needed and some farmers are… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Councils are looking at how to get more money out of ratepayers. Local Government New Zealand published a list of ideas about how to do it yesterday. As well as the usual water metering and other user… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face up to his cabinet today as criticism of his leadership grows within his Liberal Coalition party. Senior ministers Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull are… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.Four men accused of fraud involving millions of dollars of poker machine money will be back in court next month. Charges have been laid the men including the former Chairman of Harness Racing New… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The American President, Barack Obama, has released his Budget plan. His 4-trillion-US-dollar proposal includes boosting taxes on higher income Americans and corporations and giving tax relief to the… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Indonesia has confirmed two convicted Australian drug smugglers will be among the next to face a firing squad. Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have exhausted all legal avenues to overturn their 2006… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.A Christchurch man had to rip open his plastic para pool during frantic efforts to hold off a large fire which came within two metres of the family home yesterday. The blaze, which took hold on the… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Two Auckland councillors could be dumped from the board of Auckland transport. Councillors have filled two seats on its board since its formation four years ago. But now there is a move to completely… Read more Audio