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6:56 AM.The NZX advises against reading too much into the opening-day share prices of new companies. Audio

6:54 AM.New Zealand investors will soon get their first look at two new equity-crowd-funding platforms, designed to make it easier for small and start-up companies to attract investors. Audio

6:51 AM.A fund manager says he thinks the merchant bankers managing the Eroad float priced it at the bottom of the indicative range in the hope that the shares will begin trading at a premium. Audio

6:50 AM.Xero burned through another 17 million dollars in cash in the three months ended June, a little less than double the amount it spent in the same quarter last year. Audio

6:42 AM.The cost of Auckland's downtown rail tunnel has been trimmed by almost half a billion dollars, with the scrapping of one station and delaying the purchase of new electric trains. Audio

6:27 AM.Waikato-Tainui marae are set to receive their share in a 15-million dollar grant, as part of its first distribution of its cash top up from the Crown; A tribal negotiator for the Whanganui River says… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.The Governor General has arrived in Glasgow in time to help New Zealand celebrate the country's 600th Commonwealth Games medal, won by the champion shot putter Valerie Adams. Audio

6:20 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:13 AM.The fishing industry is welcoming the law change which forces foreign fishing vessels to comply with New Zealand employment law. Audio

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

6:00 AM.But as the death toll mounts, a rare rebuke for Israel from the White House. John Banks is due in court to be sentenced for not declaring electoral donations and plans for a Newton station are axed as… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.We've been reporting this morning on a major fire at the Auckland Film Studio in Henderson, which is understood to have damaged an area being used to film the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Victoria University geologists have set up a drill rig on a remote sheep farm inland from Whanganui - not to extract oil or gas, but to study ancient shorelines and sea level changes. Audio

8:49 AM.Mid-Canterbury residents want the Canterbury Regional Council to increase its monitoring of the Ashburton River's water quality to see if intensive farming along the river is degrading it. Audio

8:46 AM.A South Taranaki tribe will be signing its Treaty Settlement tomorrow - with the majority of the iwi supporting the deal with the Crown; The co-leader of the Maori Party is rejecting claims by the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Shot putter Valerie Adams has defended her Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow this morning with a 19.88 metre put to win gold. Audio

8:38 AM.On last year's census form more than 46 thousand people selected Islam as their religion, that's nearly double the number of people who did so two censuses ago in 2001. Audio

8:35 AM.The retiring Health Minister, Tony Ryall, had an especially colourful farewell in Parliament last night. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Guyon Espiner talks to the author Ian Wishart, who wrote 'Arthur Thomas the Inside Story. Audio

8:25 AM.The journalist who campaigned for the release of Arthur Allan Thomas, Pat Booth, says it's unfortunate the police review of the murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe continues to point the finger at Mr… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Teachers say they're celebrating the government's decision to take control of Novopay, the controversial educational payroll system that has been beset with problems. Audio

8:13 AM.Shots were fired at police officers in Tauranga after a car chase in the city last night. Audio

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