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8:52 AM.Triumphant salvage teams in Italy have refloated the wreck of the cruise ship, Costa Concordia, off the island of Giglio where it struck rocks in 2012 with the loss of 32 lives. Audio

8:49 AM.An education expert from Chile says charter schools will not set Maori up to succeed. A coalition wants to build a Manuka honey industry driven by Maori with the aim of increasing employment for rural… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A religious studies expert says the Vatican's back-tracking about the Pope's comments on paedophile priests is undoubtedly damage control. Audio

8:39 AM.Germany broke the heart of a nation yesterday, leaving millions of disconsolate Argentines to contemplate a defeat that deprived the South American country of its first World Cup win in almost three… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The members of a climate change campaign are going to the High Court after the Electoral Commission said their website was an election advertisement. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.Labour says the latest real estate statistics underline that the Government has failed to quell the booming housing market in Auckland. Audio

8:23 AM.Consumer price watch-dogs say it is 'mean and greedy' of a major power company not to consider price reductions, when electricity demand fell because of record warm temperatures. Audio

8:19 AM.Avocado growers in Northland are still counting the cost of the storm that ripped through the region last week. Audio

8:15 AM.The New Zealand Catholic Church says it's confident it's adequately tackling problems of sexual abuse in the country. Audio

8:10 AM.The police say manipulated crime figures were simply a misunderstanding and the officers involved have been made accountable for their actions. Audio

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

7:55 AM.The only disciplinary hearing to be held against anyone involved in the design and build of the CTV building in Christchurch, is likely to end with no more than a few words of condemnation. Audio

7:53 AM.The police in Opotiki are asking people to remain calm and co-operate with the investigation into the death of a 21-year-old man in the town on Sunday night. Audio

7:46 AM.Brazil's World Cup was the biggest social media event on record -- involving 350 million Facebook users worldwide. Audio

7:40 AM.A group of climate change campaigners are going to the High Court after their website was ruled an election advertisement. Audio

7:30 AM.State Highway One south of Kawakawa has been closed since the storm, after part of the road washed away. Audio

7:27 AM.The country is on track for a 100-million dollar bill this year from damage caused by severe weather. This comes as Northland cleans up after the country's fifth big storm this year - which caused… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The Internet Party leader says newly released declassified emails about the Kim Dotcom residency process show inappropriate political pressure hastened his residency application. Audio

7:13 AM.Counties Manukau district commander Superintendent John Tims says the error was due to a misunderstanding and they are taking the matter very seriously. Audio

7:10 AM.Community leaders in south Auckland are brushing off revelations that police officers reclassified hundreds of burglaries as lesser crimes. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.The latest flurry of merger activity and reported earnings from Citigroup have put the S&P 500 on track to rebound from its worst weekly decline since April. Audio

6:59 AM.Citi Group has revealed that it will pay 7 billion US dollars to settle a government investigation into risky sub-prime mortages. Audio

6:56 AM.An analyst says the strong demand for initial public offerings of shares to list on the NZX reflects confidence in the market and the strength of the New Zealand economy. Audio