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7:08 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:57 AM.All eyes in local markets this week are on the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement on Thursday. Audio

6:56 AM.KPMG says the market conditions are finally right for the baby boomer generation to sell up their businesses and retire. Audio

6:54 AM.One of New Zealand's largest property investment companies is selling 50-million dollars of properties to focus on the development of its Westgate and Johnsonville malls. Audio

6:51 AM.Vector says it isn't interested in expanding its network to accommodate a government strategy to build 40-thousand new homes in Auckland. Audio

6:47 AM.The Reserve Bank is universally expected to hold interest rates steady at its regular review on Thursday but markets will be keen to see how much the central bank's forecasts have changed. Audio

6:42 AM.With less than two weeks till Scotland votes on its independence, the Yes campaign has pulled ahead in the polls. Audio

6:40 AM.Bold promises, breweries, baking, working bees and a rogue candidate were all in a days work for the Labour leader. Audio

6:27 AM.A Wairapapa sub-tribe wants to study the carvings of an ancient argillite adze found in May at Lake Onoke so it can trace where it's come from. Three north Taranaki hapu plan to occupy two sites in… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

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

6:00 AM.David Cunliffe on the campaign trail on the West Coast, Yes campaign pulls ahead in the polls in Scotland, Key says low to middle income will benefit from tax proposals, Act would seek to abolish the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:54 AM.Pioneering American comedy entertainer Joan Rivers is dead at 81. Audio

8:51 AM.Scouts for Australia's top NRL clubs have descended on south Auckland this week, looking to scoop up the cream of this country's young rugby league talent at the national secondary schools tournament.

8:48 AM.He was known as the Maori Cowboy, and was thought to be the father of rock'n'roll music in New Zealand - Johnny Tahu Cooper died on Wednesday aged 86. Audio

8:45 AM.Ngati Toa people are being offered the chance to buy two properties north of Wellington; An educationalist says Treaty Settlements have been a double edged sword, with both good and negative aspects… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The regions that are home to billions of dollars worth of oil, gas and minerals are calling on the government for a share of the hundreds of millions gained through royalties. Audio

8:38 AM.A confident Conservative Party leader believes he's siphoning off votes from National and New Zealand First and is on his way to Parliament. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Allegations of meetings behind doors and a lack of transparency have been levelled at the Tasman district council as the debate on whether to dam the Lee Valley gathers pace. Audio

8:17 AM.Two weeks out from the election, a quarter of people under 30 are yet to enrol to vote. Audio

8:17 AM.Families who lost relatives in the Canterbury earthquakes are welcoming an overhaul of the way engineering standards are enforced. Audio

8:11 AM.The "Dirty Politics" revelations have failed to carve into National's lead in the polls. Audio