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6:54 AM.Separately, Pumpkin Patch has confirmed its full-year profit forecast after the struggling children's clothing maker pledged to revamp its business strategy to cut debt and improve its infrastructure… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Kathmandu's shares have plunged 12 percent after the listed outdoor clothing and equipment retailer issued an earnings warning. Audio

6:50 AM.The corporate travel software firm, Serko, had a bumpy start to life on the stock exchange after raising 22 million dollars at $1.10 a share in an heavily oversubscribed share float. Audio

6:47 AM.One fund manager says the owners of Hirepool asked too much for the equipment hire company. Audio

6:43 AM.Community leaders are calling for calm in the wake of two stabbings in South Auckland. Audio

6:39 AM.The former editor of Britain's now defunct News of the World newspaper, Andy Coulson, has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones at a London court. Audio

6:27 AM.The Prison Reform Society says a new report calling for changes to New Zealand's prison system shows how severely rangatahi Maori are disadvantaged; The South Island's Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency… Read more Audio

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

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

6:13 AM.Australia is being reported as being the highest per capita foreign contributor to jihadist factions in the Middle East. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Andy Coulson guilty of hacking charges, Call for calm after two school stabbings in Auckland, Tongan community leader talks about recent stabbings at local schools, HBRC to vote on dam despite key… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.'The Boring Book' by Vasanti Unka won the top prize at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults last night. The head judge of the awards is Barbara Else and she joins us. Audio

8:53 AM.And at the football World Cup, it's double the action in today's round of games -- currently half time with host nation Brazil leading Cameroon 2 -1, and nil all between Croatia and Mexico. In the… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Hauraki Waikato MP, Nanaia Mahuta, says the prevalence of Maori on the Labour Party's new list shows a new era in politics is underway; A Ngati Porou woman is the winner of the inaugural Maori… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, has promised the United States will provide intense and sustained support to Iraq to combat the advances made by Islamic militants in the north-west of the… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A Hawke's Bay schoolboy suspended over the length of his hair will be back at school tomorrow as he awaits a judge's decision. Audio

8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:22 AM.The agency is spending one hundred and twenty two thousand dollars on a six month trial of the shuttle, which it's manager of community transport, Matthew Rednall says is to reduce its car fleet. Audio

8:19 AM.The Labour Party list out, with a lineup dominated by women as the party attempts to meet its gender commitments. Joining us is the Labour Party President Moira Coatsworth. Audio

8:15 AM.An internal district health board memo says the Government's flagship health initiative is the single biggest threat to the public health system in a generation. Joining us is Labour's health… Read more Audio

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

7:58 AM.New Zealand's top tennis player, Marina Erakovic, has been knocked out of the Wimbledon singles on the first day of the tournament. Audio

7:54 AM.A justice reform group says the court system is sending too many people into a broken prison system where there's little chance of meaningful rehabilitation. Audio

7:51 AM.As we have been reporting there has been a major earthquake north of New Zealand near the Kermadec Islands. Audio