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

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

6:10 AM.A gunman has shot and injured a soldier at the war memorial in Canada's capital Ottawa before breaching security and making it into the adjacent Canadian Parliament Buildings. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Canadian Parliament in lockdown after shooting; Experts says Pike re-entry not as risky as Solid Energy fears; Malaysian defence attache due back in NZ this weekend; Auckland's iconic Queen Street… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A scan of what's thought to be the final resting place of King Harold has been carried out in a bid to find out if the last Anglo-Saxon King of England survived the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Audio

8:53 AM.Australian police have abandoned a five-year investigation into the deaths of four Australian and one New Zealand journalist in Timor Leste in 1975. Audio

8:50 AM.A Maori Students' Association says ongoing fee hikes for tertiary study may rule tangata whenua out of top jobs; Meanwhile, a significant number of Maori people are returning home from Australia -… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, who died yesterday aged 98, will be remembered by some for the enormous change he led in his country. Audio

8:39 AM.The Black Caps have not made a good start to the cricket season, with a six-wicket loss to South Africa in Mount Maunganui yesterday. Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Auckland has inched past Wellington to become the city with the most train trips taken each year. Wellington's Manager of Rail Operations, Angus Gabara and the Chief Operating Officer of Auckland… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The vice-chancellor of AUT University, Derek McCormack, says allowing highly-ranked universities to charge higher fees would not work. Audio

8:22 AM.Families struggling to make ends meet say the Government's plan for its third term laid out in yesterday's speech from the throne did little to ease their concerns. Audio

8:18 AM.Parliament is back in business after the state opening yesterday, with the Government's plan for the term laid out in the speech from the throne. Audio

8:14 AM.The South African athlete, has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Audio

8:09 AM.Waikato police have revealed details of a major shooting incident near the settlement of Kerepehi on the Hauraki Plains overnight. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:56 AM.The former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam has been described as a visionary who transformed Australia into what it is today. Audio

7:53 AM.A suggestion from the University of Auckland that highly ranked universities should charge higher fees than other institutions has polarised the sector. Audio

7:50 AM.Like being born again... that's the reaction from the paralysed man at the centre of ground breaking therapy which has resulted in him walking again. Audio

7:46 AM.Homeowners and contractors are angered by a Worksafe investigation that concluded the risks from asbestos in the Canterbury Home Repair Programme are very low, and no action should be taken. Audio

7:40 AM.The Trade Minister, Tim Groser, says medicines will not be made more expensive if New Zealand signs up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Audio

7:36 AM.A Canadian soldier has been killed in the first fatal attack on Canadian soil involving Islamic militants. Audio

7:25 AM.Auckland's fast-rising use of trains has now hit 12 million trips a year, inching past Wellington's 11.9 million trips for the year to September. Audio