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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

7:20 AM.Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Audio

7:13 AM.Parliament is back in full swing, after the Governor General laid out the Government's plan for the next three years during his speech from the throne. Audio

7:09 AM.The police in Paeroa have revealed details of a major incident near the settlement of Kerepehi on the Hauraki Plains overnight. Audio

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

6:58 AM.A New Zealand rental car company is entering the European market after increasing world-wide sales by 21 percent in the year ended June. Audio

6:56 AM.The managing director, John Williamson, told an annual meeting of shareholders in Auckland yesterday, the acutal numbers haven't been disclosed because the earnings for the three-months ended… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.Exporters to China are being told there's too much focus on volume instead of value. Audio

6:51 AM.Net migration to New Zealand hit records for both the September quarter and the year ended September but the major boost is coming from students who probably won't stay here long. Audio

6:48 AM.Fletcher Building is confident it can meet its forecast earnings for the current year, despite the tough global economic conditions and uncertainty ahead for the building industry across the Tasman… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.An Associate Professor at Waikato University says the government should be allocating about 200-million dollars a year towards Maori research; A Maori Students' Association, Nga Tauira Maori, says… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.A University of Auckland suggestion that highly ranked universities should charge higher fees than other institutions has polarised the sector. Audio

6:22 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.Major incident on Hauraki Plains, Prime Ministers discusses government priorities this term, Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five year in jail for killing girlfriend, Auckland the new train trip capital… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.New research has found what season you were born in can determine your temperament later in life. Audio

8:54 AM.Lorde's hit Royals was crowned Song of the Year at the Grammys in January, but the track has now been banned from at least two local radio stations in San Francisco. Audio