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6:57 AM.The International Energy Agency says oil supplies aren't at immediate risk from the growing conflict in Iraq. Audio

6:55 AM.In economic news, financial markets will be waiting for figures on the balance of payments for the march quarter on Wednesday, and gross domestic product for the same period on Thursday. Audio

6:53 AM.In Australia, strains are emerging in the retail sector as consumers alarmed at the recent tough federal budget pull back from spending. Audio

6:51 AM.Comvita will pay more cash and less stock for the 12 point 3 million dollar purchase of Timaru-based New Zealand Honey. Audio

6:49 AM.A survey has found slightly fewer exporters are planning to hedge, as they wait for the New Zealand dollar to weaken. Audio

6:47 AM.The economy is expected to have grown at a spanking clip in the March quarter, which will see annual growth top 3 percent for the first time since 2007. Audio

6:45 AM.The Labour Party says the Government's land transport plan for the next decade is weak, one-dimensional and stuck in the 1960s. Audio

6:40 AM.Images appearing to show Iraqi soldiers being slaughtered by Sunni militants have been released. Audio

6:27 AM.A law and order lobby group hopes the High Court will hear a claim that denying Maori inmates the right to vote is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi; Sealord predicts tangata whenua could gain… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:08 AM.Iraqis living in New Zealand say it didn't seem possible for things to get more dangerous in their homeland, but now they are fearing the worst. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Hussam Razzaq fears for his relatives' and Iraq's future, Militants appear to slaughter Iraqi soldiers, Government transport plan "stuck in 1960s", Talk of intervention in Iraq, John Key says Iraq… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A chat with our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:53 AM.Maurice Shadbolt's only play, Once on Chunuk Bair is being brought back to life by the director who first staged it 32 years ago. Audio

8:50 AM.It's just gone half-time in the opening match of the 2014 Football World Cup in Sao Paulo, between Brazil and Croatia. Audio

8:47 AM.Aotearoa Credit Union believes the increase in the official cash rate is a blow for Maori exporters; A north Taranaki hapu of Te Atiawa is accusing its treaty negotiators of ignoring what it wants… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Defence commentators say a lack of peace-keeping commitments could undermine New Zealand's bid for a United Nations Security Council seat. Audio

8:37 AM.Wellington's trolley buses look to be on their way out of the city. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.San Francisco is out of the race to host the next America's Cup, meaning no more spectacular backdrops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. Audio

8:24 AM.A south Auckland school is outraged approval's been given for an expanded liquor store right outside its gate. Audio

8:21 AM.A British woman who came to New Zealand with her husband and two children in 2011 has found herself caught in a legal no man's land and may be forced to leave the country without her children. Audio

8:14 AM.Dr Louay Bahry is a former professor of the University of Baghdad, now based in the United States. Audio