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6:52 AM.Contact Energy has been switching off its gas-fired power stations, as the generator increases geothermal capacity and copes with unseasonably warm weather. Audio

6:49 AM.Freightways intends to build on its strong financial result for the year ended June, with continued expansion of its information management and courier business units. Audio

6:46 AM.Meridian Energy is the second of the government-controlled power companies planning to return capital to shareholders less than a year after they were floated. Audio

6:40 AM.The Prime Minister is continuing to defend the actions of his staff who fed information to the rightwing blogger Cameron Slater, from the Whaleoil website. Audio

6:37 AM.The Prime Minister John Key remains under pressure to explain his office's involvement in leaks to a right-wing blogger. Audio

6:27 AM.Plans for a new geothermal power station on Maori land is unlikely to go ahead for a few years, due to a reduction in electricity consumption; Visitors from across the motu and around the world… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

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

6:00 AM.National's election campaign sidetracked by Dirty Politics; Emails, Facebook messages basis of Dirty Politics appear online; Ceasefire in Gaza ends soon; Autopsy results out as National Guard sent to… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:57 AM.A growing number of beauty aficionados and environmentalists are switching to the 'no-poo' method. Audio

8:50 AM.Plans are afoot to open up the backcountry of the top of the South Island to multi-day mountain bike enthusiasts. Audio

8:47 AM.The United Nations has confirmed the first World Indigenous Conference will take place after a lot of uncertainty by delegates worried about whether it would happen. The broadband group, Nga Pu Waea… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The Auckland Council is cutting more than four million dollars from it's Communications and Marketing budget, in the latest round of an efficiency drive. Audio

8:39 AM.The Labour Party says it will settle all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2020 if elected next month. Audio

8:35 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.The Chief Executive of Skyline, Jeff Stanaland joins us. Audio

8:24 AM.Families enjoying a fun day out were left traumatised after witnessing a man being injured at high speed on the Skyline Luge in Rotorua yesterday. Audio

8:21 AM.Police in the American state of Missouri say they've fired tear-gas and smoke cannisters at protesters in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, after they defied a midnight curfew. Audio

8:17 AM.Investigations are underway after one man died and another was injured following a police pursuit. Audio

8:14 AM.A family is in mourning and a Queenstown heli ski company is reeling after what should have been the perfect day in the mountains turned to tragedy. Audio

8:10 AM.Prime Minister John Key doesn't plan to question his Justice Minister Judith Collins, despite her confirming she passed on the name of a public servant she believed to be leaking information about… Read more Audio

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

7:57 AM.The All Blacks' 12-all draw with the Wallabies on Saturday ended New Zealand's hopes of claiming a world record 18th straight win. Audio