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6:54 AM.The Otago-based medical diagnostics company, Pacific Edge, says Japan has given it a patent for its colon and rectal cancer detection technology. Audio

6:52 AM.The retailer, Hallenstein Glasson, has delivered a better than expected full-year net profit and dividend, driving its share price up more than 9 percent yesterday. Audio

6:50 AM.Mr Wheeler's comments are nothing new -- as he acknowledged yesterday. The senior foreign exchange strategist at ANZ Bank, Sam Tuck, explains why the market has been turning a deaf ear to such… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, sent the already weakening New Zealand dollar to below 80 US cents for the first time in more than a year, yesterday. Audio

6:26 AM.The Crown is being told to expect more criticism over the way it dealt with mana whenua affected by the grounding of the Rena; The mayor of New Plymouth says he's received hate mail and lost some… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:15 AM.Families of the Pike River Mine victims say they believe re-entry into the mine is still possible, despite Solid Energy saying it could be fatal. Audio

6:12 AM.The United Nations refugee agency says the first of eight planned aid flights has landed in the southern Turkish city of Adana -- carrying pre-fabricated warehouses, sleeping mats, plastic sheeting… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.The New Zealand dollar has taken a tumble since the Reserve Bank said that at its current level, the Kiwi was unjustifiably high. Audio

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.A five-day-old baby is safe after a kidnap drama overnight at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital. London police lay charges against Chris Cairns and a breakthrough in the hunt for an Islamic State killer.

8:54 AM.Leaders in the fishing industry are backing a plan to develop a fishing museum and marine education centre in Nelson. Audio

8:51 AM.Auckland Cricket's using state of the art technology as it looks to get an advantage when it comes to developing young talent. Audio

8:48 AM.There are claims that Australia may try to resettle gay asylum seekers they've detained on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea where homosexuality is illegal. Audio

8:45 AM.A tribe, which for years has pushed for iwi representation on the New Plymouth District Council says its Mayor, Andrew Judd, is trying to strip away racial disharmony within local government. The… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Global experts are issuing stark new warnings about the scale of West Africa's Ebola outbreak. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.Sir Ron Brierley's love of stamps has seen him unwittingly caught up in a legal dispute over an Australian stamp collection worth more than 3 and half million dollars. Audio

8:23 AM.Universities and government research institutes say big overseas publishing companies are using extortionate tactics to get tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers money. Audio

8:19 AM.Dairy export earnings look likely to take a five billion dollar hit and that will flow through past the farmgate and into the wider economy. Audio

8:16 AM.The new Cabinet in the Fijian government has been sworn in and it includes seven former military officers. Audio

8:11 AM.An Australian Labor Party power broker turned political commentator says David Cunliffe has got to go for the sake of the party's future. Audio

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

7:57 AM.The Transport Agency will appeal against the decision to decline resource consent for the controversial Basin Reserve Flyover in Wellington. Audio