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6:50 AM.Business confidence has spread beyond the major centres, as small and medium-sized New Zealand businesses record their best sales numbers in five-years. Audio

6:47 AM.An Auckland business group says there's no point in developing houses without looking at where people will work, shop and access other services they need. Audio

6:38 AM.The leaders of the National and Labour parties took part in a what turned out to be a fiery debate on TV3 last night. Audio

6:27 AM.National's corrections spokesperson, Anne Tolley, has announced the party's corrections policy, which has nothing specific for Maori prisoners. The Environmental Protection Authority has granted a… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.Tax and jobs spark testy exchanges in the latest leaders' debate. America sets the stage for a battle against Islamic State militants and the Conservative Party makes a big jump in the latest poll. Audio

8:56 AM.A South Island high country merino has been rescued from a very slippery slope indeed, in what's possibly the world's first sheep ski rescue. Audio

8:52 AM.Maori are one step closer to gaining permanent representation on the New Plymouth District Council. Audio

8:49 AM.Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day and a call from a community organisation for more research into how to stop the high suicide rate of Maori, especially among rangatahi. The Maori Party says it… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Australia's former Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will appear before a Royal Commission today to answer allegations that money from a trade union slush fund went towards renovating her home in the… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Tensions are high in South Africa this week as paralympian Oscar Pistorius prepares to hear the verdict in his murder trial, six months after it began. Audio

8:38 AM.The Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager says the National Party is still polling high because many people are too scared to speak out on the issues raised in his book. Audio

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

8:22 AM.Education sector leaders say New Zealand does not need more charter schools, and they're questioning why struggling charters schools are being kept open. Audio

8:19 AM.Thousands of migrants say they're being ignored in the run up to the election. Audio

8:11 AM.A man's lost his bid to live in New Zealand after he and his wife tried to pass off a new born baby boy as their own to prove their relationship was not a sham. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.Nine months after his skiing accident in France, the former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has left a Swiss hospital to continue his recuperation at home in Germany. Audio

7:54 AM.Political leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, are on their way to Scotland to try to secure more no votes ahead of the independence vote next week. Audio

7:50 AM.The World Health Organisation says the Ebola epidemic in west Africa has now claimed 2 thousand 2 hundred and 88 lives, with nearly half the deaths in less than a month. Audio

7:46 AM.A Christchurch sub-contractor says law changes announced yesterday could help him recover more than 300-thousand dollars he's owed. Audio

7:39 AM.The National Party rejects criticism it is not doing enough to combat poverty, saying the problem was worse in Labour's early years of government after 1999. Audio

7:36 AM.The leaders of Internet Mana put on a united front at its last road trip rally yesterday. Audio