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7:11 AM.United Nations members meeting in Peru have reached what's being regarded as an underwhelming agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.In New Zealand the Top 50 Index ended up 13 points to 5515. Audio

6:56 AM.Across the Tasman, and a landmark inquiry into the Australian financial system has recommended major changes to banking and superannuation. Audio

6:55 AM.Restaurant Brands says it has been maintaining profit margins at similar levels to those reported in its first-half results, despite its costs rising. Audio

6:53 AM.Meridian Energy says it won't proceed with its Northern Queensland hydro project because of the de-stabilising revisions to Australia's renewable energy policy. Audio

6:52 AM.In vetoing the takeover of Acurity Health, the Commerce Commission is treating Sydney-based Evolution Healthcare, as if it will own all of Acurity. Audio

6:50 AM.Consumer confidence has rebounded leading into the summer holiday season, following a few months in the doldrums. Audio

6:47 AM.Economists, on average, are expecting the economy grew slightly slower in the September quarter than the Reserve Bank has forecast. Audio

6:42 AM.Yesterday in the north, severe weather warnings were issued and the region was lashed by wet and wild weather with winds forecast last night of around 120 kilometres an hour. Audio

6:27 AM.The Crown has failed to pay tribes to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-electric generation and caused damage to a significant taonga in Tuhoe territory. The Maori Trustee says it has accumulated 5… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.Motorists are starting to see some relief at the petrol pump but the AA says there is room for prices to fall even more. Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.Motorists find some relief at petrol pump, Winter weather has arrived .... In summer, Climate change expert says lack of progress no surprise, HB recreational fishers say ocean fish catch in steep… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.A just finished six year study has found there are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world's oceans. Audio

8:48 AM.The government has refused a request by the Waitangi Tribunal to hold off on negotiations for the Ngapuhi treaty settlement; The Kohanga Reo National Trustboard is retaining its leadership, and… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Unlike in Australia, it is legal in New Zealand to sell raw milk as a drink - but only at the farmgate. Audio

8:41 AM.A 3-year-old girl has died from kidney failure and a blood condition associated with E-Coli infection after drinking a raw milk product in Melbourne. Audio

8:37 AM.The Government is investing more than 130 million dollars in top level sport ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the biggest amounts going to the most likely medal prospects. Audio

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

8:27 AM.75-years ago New Zealand sailors helped strike the first blow at the enemy at the beginning of the Second World War at what has become known as the Battle of the River Plate. Audio

8:24 AM.Moscow had planned to celebrate the final instalment of Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Hobbit, by putting an Eye of Sauron-style light on top of a skyscraper. But now, that plan has been… Read more Audio