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7:39 AM.The Prime Minister says it's possible a diplomat who escaped this country without facing serious criminal charges will instead be prosecuted in his home nation. Audio

7:35 AM.A Motiti Island hapu fighting to have the wreck of the Rena removed from the Astrolable Reef is taking its case to the Waitangi Tribunal today in an attempt to force the Crown's hand. Audio

7:27 AM.The Netherlands are through to the Football World Cup semifinals after a thrilling 2-1 win over Mexico this morning. Audio

7:22 AM.A Taupo man who was missing for three days in rugged forest and dismal conditions says his remarkable story of survival is also one of karma. Audio

7:17 AM.Joining us now is our political editor, Brent Edwards. Audio

7:14 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says the regional roading projects would not have happened without the funding announced at the party conference. Audio

7:10 AM.The Government is denying its regional transport package announced at the National Party annual conference amounts to an election year bribe. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.The US share markets may be more volatile this week, thanks to the June jobs report due on Thursday ahead of the Independence Day holiday on Friday. US markets have been unusually steady of late, the… Read more Audio

6:57 AM.Across the Tasman, and the difficult politics of carbon pricing are creating new headaches for business leaders and policymakers. Audio

6:55 AM.Overall activity in Canterbury is at record levels, largely thanks to a surge in non-residential construction. Audio

6:53 AM.The Co-operative Bank wants to be double its present size in five year's time. Audio

6:48 AM.There's a call to change corporate regulations after the failed attempt to unseat the Abano Healthcare chairman, Trevor Janes. Audio

6:42 AM.More than 100 people are still feared trapped after a building collapsed in southern India. At least nine people died and several were hurt when the 12-storey building under construction toppled in… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Some provincial mayors are feeling hard done by, despite a National Party promise of an extra 212-million-dollars for improvements to regional roading projects. Audio

6:27 AM.The organisation holding land returned in Treaty settlements admits not all iwi will be happy with how large blocks of Kaingaroa Forest have been divided among eight tribes; The Sunday Star Times is… Read more Audio

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

6:15 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.The National Party, which held its annual conference at the weekend, dropped one point in last night's One News Colmar Brunton poll but retains a commanding 50 percent rating. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Provincial mayors not happy despite extra money, Over 100 people may be trapped in Indian building collapse, Is the National Party 'bringing home the bacon'?, Prime Minister John Key on the regional… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.A hero or a villain? A hundred years after Gavrilo Princip ignited the First World War by assassinating the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, there's still bitter division - in the… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A leader of a Maori mental heath service says tangata whenua need to own up to the high rates of child abuse in their whanau and find solutions within Maori culture; Allegations that some tribal… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A hui has been told that the quality and quantity of our water must play a major role in the restoration of our eels, which are threatened with extinction. Audio