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

6:00 AM.A large fire near Arthur's Pass gets bigger overnight, it's now burning over three to four hundred hectares. A Gisborne father mourns his two sons who drowned at the weekend and the head of Greece's… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:53 AM.Strokes and earthquakes don't sound like they have much in common. Audio

8:49 AM.representative of the Ratana church says Tuheitia, the Maori king, would have been very disappointed by the Prime Minister's non attendance at the church's annual celebrations. The primary teachers'… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A film by Clint Eastwood is stirring up controversy over its depiction of America's invasion of Iraq. Audio

8:43 AM.The first quarterfinalists have emerged at the Australian tennis Open, as the tournament crosses its halfway point. Audio

8:40 AM.Twelve-thousand people are expected to flock to Auckland waterfront's Silo Park today for the annual Laneway indie music festival. Audio

8:36 AM.Auckland's celebrating its 175th anniversary today, and every year the City of Sails marks the day with what has become one of the world's single biggest one day sailing regattas. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Hundreds of people have celebrated a new multi-million dollar Hindu temple in west Auckland, even though finishing the project is still dependent on funding. Audio

8:24 AM.A former lawyer for the Australian drug smuggler, Schapelle Corby, is calling for a prisoner exchange for the two Bali Nine drug traffickers facing execution. Audio

8:19 AM.Auckland educators are calling for special treatment from the Government, claiming Wellington-based bureaucrats don't understand their needs. Audio

8:13 AM.It's been a horror weekend for drowning, with four men dying at the weekend. Audio

8:11 AM.The Race Relations Commissioner says comments by the SPCA suggesting a link between dog attacks and an owner's ethnicity are incredibly offensive. Audio

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

7:56 AM.The Tauranga City Council has begun moving most of its staff out of its main buildings after toxic black mould was found. Audio

7:48 AM.Japan is demanding the immediate release of the remaining Japanese hostage taken by Islamic State in Syria. Audio

7:44 AM.A six-year old girl has been killed in a quad bike accident in Masterton. Audio

7:39 AM.Susan Warren of the Comet Education Trust joins me. Audio

7:36 AM.Educators in Auckland are calling for special treatment from the Government, because Wellington-based bureaucrats don't understand their needs. Audio

7:28 AM.Greeks have finished voting in a crucial general election which could see the country rewrite the terms of its international bailout. Audio

7:26 AM.And to give us an update on the search for the missing 18-year-old man, Sergeant Greg Lexmond joins us. Audio

7:23 AM.It's been a horror weekend on the water, with four men dying in a string of incidents around the country. Audio

7:19 AM.Listening to that was the MP for Mangere, Su'a William Sio. Audio