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7:46 AM.Whanganui man Antony de Malmanche has spoken out from a Bali jail where he's in custody for allegedly smuggling drugs into the country. Audio

7:42 AM.An elderly couple is in Wellington Hospital after a home invasion in Waikanae on the Kapiti coast. Audio

7:40 AM.Fonterra is expected to lower its forecast milk payout for this season this morning. Audio

7:37 AM.Just two weeks after it was introduced, the government's new anti-terrorism legislation has passed its final reading. Audio

7:25 AM.A United States report into the CIA's controversial interrogation methods after the 9/11 attacks has found the techniques were not only ineffective, but their use was misrepresented to the government.

7:20 AM.Labour's finance spokesperson, Grant Robertson responds to OECD report. Audio

7:11 AM.It's long been claimed that inequality is unfair, now a new report says it makes us all poorer. Audio

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

6:59 AM.Looking at the markets. Audio

6:58 AM.A significant fall in the price of fuel is giving New Zealander's more to spend on other things. Audio

6:57 AM.An analysis of traffic flows suggests the economy is still trying to grow at a faster pace than is sustainable, despite a flattening in November. Audio

6:55 AM.Trade Me says its purchase of some new booking software will make it easier for tenants and property managers to make arrangements to view its portfolio of rental properties. Audio

6:54 AM.NZX has appointed Craigs Investment Partners to become the market maker for its fast growing exchange traded funds business, otherwise known as E-T-Fs. Audio

6:51 AM.The Shippers Council says the best economic outcome for New Zealand ports is to have two container hubs in each of the main islands. Audio

6:48 AM.A large United States-based financial services company has taken a near 5-and-a-half percent stake in the accounting software firm, Xero. Audio

6:41 AM.The western world's leading thinktank the OECD says increasing inequality cost the New Zealand economy more than 10 percentage points between 1990 and 2010. Audio

6:28 AM.A member of the Iwi Chairs Forum says creating a single body to represent Maori at a national level would be 'mission impossible'; The playwright Helen Pearse-Otene believes New Zealand does not… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A 10-year pact to address the Pacific region's chronic problems of poverty, slow economic growth, food security and youth unemployment was signed in Auckland last night. Audio

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

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.National's response to OECD report; Labour's take on inequality's effects; CIA report to show US tortured prisoners; Government's terrorist fighters legislation passes final reading; Fonterra expected… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The Oscar-winning filmmaker, Peter Jackson, is receiving a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame this morning. Audio

8:54 AM.The Manawatu-Wanganui township of Ohura - with a population of about 130 - has voted in favour of keeping their water plant, even though it needs hundreds of thousands of dollars of repair work. Audio

8:50 AM.A large Whanganui Maori land incorporation has accumulated more than one-and-a-half-million dollars of unclaimed dividends due to what it says are beneficiaries falling off its radar. The people of a… Read more Audio