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6:28 AM.The North Island's Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency can contract who it wants, including providers outside of the social policy network; The Independent Maori Statutory Board is confident that Auckland… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The United States has the chance to confirm a place in the top 16 at the Football World Cup this morning, when they take on Portugal in Manaus. Audio

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

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

6:00 AM.US could force Portugal out of World Cup, Colin Craig doesn't expect to win electorate, Colin Craig will take on Murray McCully in East Coast Bays, Prime Minister says no deal done with Conservative… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.This time each Friday, we bring you news from Australia. Usually we speak to Kerry Anne Walsh but she's away on holiday this week, but over here on a short break is Phil Kafcaloudes and he's popped… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.An ambitious project to get more Maori and Pacific island students into tertiary education will be officially opened today. Audio

8:52 AM.Joining us again is the former All White, Sam Malcolmson. Audio

8:50 AM.Fifty years ago tomorrow The Beatles touched down in New Zealand and Beatlemania gripped the country. Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A Tuhoe leader is praising the decision by the Crown to give two forestry blocks to the iwi as part of its Treaty of Waitangi Settlement; Ngati Whatua Orakei says information from its tribal Census… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Queenstown Winter Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary, with a spectacular fireworks display planned for tonight. Audio

8:37 AM.The legacy of the act which started the First World War for New Zealand is being commemorated at the Auckland Museum. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Uruguay is currently leading England in a must-win match for both teams, in order to keep their hopes of making the second round of the football world cup firmly in their own hands. Audio

8:26 AM.The former Governor-General, Silvia Cartwright, has accepted a position on a United Nations panel that will investigate allegations of mass killings at the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009. Audio

8:22 AM.New Zealand companies are poised to make hundreds-of-millions of dollars from education software that does things like help children learn their sums. Audio

8:19 AM.A Hamilton man who is attempting to become the first person to successfully cross the Tasman in a single kayak is dangerously low on food and water. Audio

8:16 AM.Reports from Britain say the New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns won't face any match fixing charges from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Audio

8:10 AM.The Prime Minister John Key says there is more to come in the controversy over Labour's link with the businessman Donghua Liu. Audio

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

7:57 AM.And it's currently half-time in today's big game. England against Uruguay. Uruguay is up 1 nil. Joining us from the stadium in Sao Paulo is the Daily Mirror newspaper's chief football writer, Martin… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Listening to that - the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith. Audio

7:49 AM.The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the Government has failed to implement her most important recommendations for mining on conservation land. Audio

7:44 AM.Prime Minister John Key has just finished a meeting with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Audio