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

6:13 AM.Crown land on some of Auckland's iconic landmarks will be handed back to iwi, under a new law to be passed today as part of a Treaty settlement. Audio

6:11 AM.An energy analyst says chief executives at electricity lines companies are already being paid enough and don't need huge bonuses. Audio

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

6:00 AM.The first victims of MH17 arrive back in the Netherlands. The Crown appeals a judge's decision to discharge the Maori King's son without conviction on drink driving and burglary charges and don't do… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Parliament's final sitting session has begun with a rowdy debate - as MPs used each other's campaign slogans to taunt each other across the debating chamber. Audio

8:54 AM.Metservice is signalling it will add the letter 'h' to Whanganui on its weather maps. A Moriori leader believes funding for a new museum on the Chathams would be better spent saving the last remaining… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Joko Widodo has been elected as Indonesia's new president. But he's already facing claims that the election process was fraudulent. Audio

8:45 AM.The union for Pasifika secondary teachers says they're burning out from increased pressure to lift NCEA achievement for Pasifika students. Audio

8:40 AM.An expert witness at the inquest into the fatal 2010 mid-air collision at Feilding Aerodrome says under-reporting of near misses is endemic and is having deadly results. Audio

8:36 AM.Reigning world champions and defending Games champions will be doing their best to better the six gold medals won in Delhi, when the 2014 Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow on Thursday. Audio

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

8:26 AM.People have reacted with both disappointment and joy to the decision not to allow the 90-million-dollar flyover at the Basin Reserve to go ahead. Audio

8:20 AM.As we've been reporting this morning, Valerie Adams has been named as the Commonwealth Games flagbearer in Glasgow. Audio

8:17 AM.In Europe the EU is considering formal sanctions against Russia for its role in the disaster. Our Brussels correspondent Jack Parrock joins us. Audio

8:15 AM.The Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey, is visiting New Zealand. With more than 30 Australians having died in the crash, Mr Hockey told me his government's main objective remains to find those… Read more Audio

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

7:57 AM.More than four years ago, the government ordered all Crown agencies to put the letter 'h' in Whanganui. Audio

7:53 AM.People living near the Basin Reserve in Wellington are celebrating news a controversial flyover proposal has been axed. Audio

7:49 AM.The Local Government Minister, Paula Bennett thinks so, and is setting up a taskforce to work with councils and the public to weed out unnecessary regulation. Audio

7:43 AM.We're joined by Labour leader, David Cunliffe. Audio

7:42 AM.Provincial mayors are lukewarm about a proposed 200-million dollar boost to the regions in an election promise from Labour. Audio

7:38 AM.Britain has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the poisoning death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko. Audio

7:29 AM.The Prime Minister is being accused of inconsistency and of having a 'wibbly wobbly' stance regarding his apology - or lack of one - to the woman at the centre of the Malaysian diplomat case. Audio

7:28 AM.The Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has promised to look at giving New Zealanders in Australia greater access to social welfare. Audio