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6:20 AM.Six-hundred Australian troops with eight super hornet fighter jets and two support aircraft are awaiting the order to go into action against the Islamic State terrorist group. Audio

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

6:09 AM.Kim Dotcom's long awaited "Moment of Truth" revelations in Auckland last night included claims from the spy analyst turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden, that his former employer, the National… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Snowden presents mass surveillance claims, Kim Dotcom fails to front evidence, Political editor analyses 'the Moment of Truth', Cunliffe says Key should answer intelligence questions before election… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.With just four days of campaigning ahead of Scotland's independence referendum, the opinion polls suggest the outcome is still too close to call. Audio

8:52 AM.The Conservative Party says its support in the Napier seat is growing and it believes people will vote strategically on Saturday. Audio

8:49 AM.Poor children with learning disabilities are missing out on help when sitting their NCEA exams. Audio

8:45 AM.A prison reform advocate says the Department of Corrections needs to think about tangi as being a healing process rather than a security exercise; The Maori Women's Refuge in Whangarei says more… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.For the first time, New Zealand's treatment of people with disabilities is to be scrutinised by the United Nations. Audio

8:36 AM.The Labour Party claims its new sustainable investment policy, NZ Inc, could see New Zealand become a world leader in clean technology. Audio

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

8:28 AM.Firms are becoming more productive, but it's not being reflected in workers' pay packets. Our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara has been looking at the reasons. Audio

8:23 AM.The British prime minister, David Cameron, says those responsible for the beheading of the British aid worker, David Haines, will be hunted down and brought to justice, no matter how long it takes. Audio

8:17 AM.Listening to that is an intelligence analyst from 36th Parallel Assessments, Paul Buchanan. Audio

8:10 AM.The Prime Minister says he'd be prepared to release classified documents on the GCSB to protect his reputation, information that he hadn't previously considered to be in the public interest. Audio

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

7:56 AM.Saturday night's 14-10 triumph over South Africa in the Rugby Championship gives the All Blacks a three year unbeaten run against the Springboks. Audio

7:51 AM.Questions are being asked about how and why a teenager killed in a housefire in Christchurch over the weekend had ended up without a home of his own. Audio

7:46 AM.The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, launched details of National's children and families policy yesterday. Audio

7:43 AM.The country's political leaders agree they would struggle to live on the incomes of the poorest households. Audio

7:40 AM.State houses that may have been used as P labs have cost the taxpayer more than one point five million dollars in the past two years. Audio

7:35 AM.Australia is to send 600 military personnel to the Middle East as international efforts to take on Islamic State extremists step up. Audio

7:27 AM.All political campaigning in Fiji has now finished and all the promotional banners, posters, shirts and caps should be off the streets. Audio

7:18 AM.Glenn Greenwald responds to John Key's claims about the GCSB, and talks about the documents he is releasing on Monday night. Read more Audio