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8:25 AM.Jordan says it is willing to hand over an Iraqi woman jailed for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack if a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State is released. Audio

8:20 AM.A Wellington lawyer says too many travellers may be buying domestic travel insurance from Air New Zealand unwittingly and it's unfair. Audio

8:15 AM.Prime Minister John Key has pointed to Australia's community-run housing sector as the way forward for New Zealand's social housing. Audio

8:11 AM.The Government's social housing plan has been described as a chaotic policy that will further drive up rents and deliver nothing for those who need it. Audio

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

7:56 AM.A British man has escaped jail after leaving thousands of child abuse pictures in a rental car while holidaying in New Zealand. Audio

7:52 AM.The Service and Food Workers Union says an influx of Indian tertiary students is undermining the pay for New Zealand workers. Audio

7:44 AM.The technology giant Apple has reported the largest ever profit by a public company, twenty four billion dollars in the final three months of 2014. Audio

7:41 AM.Investigations into the disgraced former head of Auckland's downtown promotion agency will continue, despite his guilty plea to tax evasion charges yesterday. Audio

7:38 AM.Firefighters are continuing to tackle the 3-hundred hectare fire at Flock Hill near Arthurs Pass and say it could take up to another five days to put it out. Audio

7:28 AM.Jordan says it is willing to free an Iraqi female jihadist from prison if the Islamic State group releases a Jordanian pilot unharmed. Audio

7:23 AM.Andrew Little says John Key needs to front up to the public about whether the police are investigating one of his MPs. Audio

7:15 AM.Listening to that was the Minister for Social Housing, Paula Bennett. Audio

7:12 AM.Some social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up large numbers of state houses and run them themselves could bite off more than they can chew. Audio

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

6:59 AM.The Dow Jones Index is up 70 points to 17 456. Audio

6:57 AM.Financial markets are awaiting interest rate views by the US Federal Reserve and New Zealand's Reserve bank later this morning. Audio

6:54 AM.A new report has estimated that the value of unpaid family care could be worth up to 17 point 6 billion dollars to New Zealand. Audio

6:52 AM.The craftbrewer, Yeastie Boys, has raise just over half a million dollars by selling a 12-and-a-half percent stake in the company Audio

6:51 AM.The regulators of the country's capital markets, the Financial Markets Authority and the NZX, have signed a memorandum of understanding that sets out how they will work together. Audio

6:50 AM.Shares in Heartland New Zealand jumped as much as 9 percent yesterday after the bank raised its annual profit guidance for a second time. Audio

6:40 AM.A community housing group in Wellington says it would welcome the chance to take over Housing New Zealand homes that the Government wants to sell. Audio

6:28 AM.The chair of Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated in Tauranga says the fire that damaged part of its marae building has left people devastated; The Maori Party says it's not confident the Prime… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio