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6:47 AM.A few strokes of a regulator's pen led to investors adding nearly 332 million dollars to Chorus' value while wiping more than 174 million off Spark's value yesterday, even though it's just a draft… Read more Audio

6:28 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

6:20 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.Bermuda annouced as 2017 America's Cup venue, Government less keen on Bermuda as America's Cup venue, Dairy price results at global auction down 1 percent, Businesses and unions call for interest rate… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.NCEA and Scholarship exams end today after what school principals and the Qualifications Authority say has been an almost trouble-free exam season. Audio

8:52 AM.A 69 year old Wanaka woman has died after falling 40 metres down a steep bank on the Fern Burn Walking Track in the Motatapu area. Audio

8:48 AM.A report says a Māori boarding school's lack of agreement with its religious landowner is holding the college back; A well-known art writer and curator is rejecting the idea that Pakeha artists often… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.From today Dunedin can now call itself a City of Literature after UNESCO accepted the city's bid to join one of the world's most exclusive book clubs. Audio

8:39 AM.The United Nations World Food Programme has been forced to suspend a critical programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees, due to a funding crisis. Audio

8:34 AM.A move to ban all vehicles driving to the summit of Maungawhau, or Mt Eden, in Auckland could be in place by next year. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.A power company is calling on the government to give it access to councils' dangerous dog registers so it can protect its workers. Audio

8:23 AM.Two former senior executives of one of the country's largest credit unions are expected to support claims NZCU Baywide stole the private information of a former employee and used it to try to destroy… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.A campaign's begun to have the Auckland Council take over the two billion dollar lion's share of the electricity lines company Vector, ending the annual payout to hundreds of thousands of consumers. Audio

8:11 AM.The second annual Child Poverty Monitor says almost a quarter of New Zealand children are living in poverty. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.The largest collection of Māori and Moriori ancestral remains to be returned to New Zealand has been handed over to a Te Papa delegation in New York overnight. Audio

7:53 AM.A leading expert in rheumatic fever says a government plan to shift funding and responsibility for preventing the disease to health boards is deeply worrying. Audio

7:45 AM.The Government is still looking into how the New Zealand military could contribute to the fight against Islamic State in Iraq. Audio

7:40 AM.The inquest into the death of a prisoner from a suspected drug overdose has heard a corrections officer logged visits to his cell that never happened. Audio

7:34 AM.In an apparent effort to gain cross party support, John Key hinted yesterday there could be some changes, notably to the controversial 48 hour surveillance period. Audio

7:27 AM.A special screening of the third and final Hobbit movie, The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies, is to get underway in Wellington shortly. Audio

7:24 AM.The manhunt for two men wanted in relation to a triple-kidnapping in Queenstown continues today. Audio