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6:58 AM.New Zealand's commodity prices fell in November for the ninth successive month, mostly off the back of weaker dairy prices. Audio

6:56 AM.Synlait Milk says the company is working through a period of volatility as strong global growth in milk production is driving down prices, amid uncertainty around demand from Russia and China. Audio

6:55 AM.Air New Zealand's small domestic market is proving to give it an advantage over Australia's Qantas airline. Audio

6:52 AM.UDC Finance lifted annual net profit 20 percent, reflecting strong lending growth and lower costs. Audio

6:49 AM.Spark's regulatory affairs general manager, John Wesley-Smith, says the commission's decision was a bolt from the blue and adds considerable uncertainty to the industry. Audio

6:47 AM.The global dairy index has fallen 1.1 percent in the latest overnight auction. Audio

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