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7:28 AM.Crown Law has apologised to Bay of Plenty Maori after failing to give them an important report the Government had conducted into the Rena. Audio

7:25 AM.The counsellor who pushed the police into a proper investigation of the death of Otago prisoner Jai Davis says Corrections staff will only change if some are prosecuted. Audio

7:17 AM.The Labour MP David Parker has criticised the actions of the police in Parliament, over their response to a complaint he laid as a result of the allegations in Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

7:14 AM.The President of Wellington's Chamber of Commerce, John Milford, speaks with Guyon Espiner. Audio

7:11 AM.Wellington could today come one step closer to becoming the country's next supercity. Audio

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

6:59 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:58 AM.Trade Me's figures show prices of smaller houses, apartments and units have risen more than prices of other types of properties. Audio

6:57 AM.House prices are continuing to rise, particularly in Auckland where sales activity has also picked up. Audio

6:53 AM.The Shareholders' Association has given its annual Beacon award to Joan Withers, currently chair of Mighty River Power and formerly Auckland International Airport's chair and the chief executive of… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.The Commerce Commission says its settlement with ANZ Bank is a great outcome for the farmers who have suffered losses after buying interest rate swaps from the bank. Audio

6:50 AM.An economist says Fonterra will probably cut its forecast for this season's farmgate milk price next week, but how low is anyone's guess. Audio

6:48 AM.New Zealand Post has sold its Australian courier company to Singapore Post for 95-million-Australian-dollars. Audio

6:40 AM.The Local Government Commission will give its decision on whether the nine councils of the Wellington region should merge into one today. Audio

6:27 AM.The Labour Party says the Catholic Diocese of Auckland is letting down Hato Petera College, and is urging religious leaders not to put students' education at risk. A well-known Māori actor and… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. 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.Local government commission to give draft decision on Wellington supercity proposal, Wellington mayors believe supercity is on the cards, Wellington Chamber of Commerce discusses amalgamation plans… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A blonde, blue-eyed King - that's how scientists studying Richard the Third's skeleton think the last Plantagenet king looked. Audio

8:51 AM.Amelia Langford on this year's Prime Minister's Science Prizes held in Wellington last night. Audio

8:48 AM.The Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has spoken to the Prime Minister John Key about changing immigration laws to match Australian rules which restrict some New Zealanders from… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The presence of wastewater and raw sewage doesn't appear to be keeping people away from Christchurch's rivers. Audio

8:40 AM.There have been fireworks at the inquest into the death of an inmate from a suspected drug overdose, during questioning of the Corrections inspector who looked into the case. Audio

8:39 AM.The police in Queenstown are looking to the public to help solve what is becoming an incresingly bizarre situation - as two alleged kidnappers continue to evade capture. Audio