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8:05 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:54 AM.The fate of the 2022 football World Cup could be decided within weeks after an announcement by the man leading the probe into how Qatar won the right to host it , he will complete his investigation… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Council of Trade Unions wants all imports of asbestos banned as soon as possible. Audio

7:42 AM.The Samoan Prime Minister used some of his time with John Key during his Pacific Mission to push the case for the All Blacks to play a test match in Samoa, before next year's Rugby World Cup. Audio

7:35 AM.The Labour Party has finally chosen a candidate for the Tamaki Makaurau seat after a drawn-out and messy selection process. Audio

7:28 AM.A policy that will slash New Zealanders' standards of living, and penalise efficient farmers. They're just a couple of the criticisms being levelled at the Greens plan to scrap the emissions trading… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The fallout from a dramatic deal with the United State's government and the Taliban that lead to the release of an American soldier is growing. Audio

7:18 AM.Motorcycling New Zealand is holding an inquiry into the death of a teenager in North Canterbury over the weekend. Audio

7:12 AM.The assistant commissioner of road policing, Dave Cliff, says all serious and fatal crashes are tragedies. Audio

7:10 AM.A Dutch man was charged with careless driving causing death after three people died near Rakaia on Saturday and another person died in a crash on Coromandel Peninsula that also involved a foreign… Read more Audio

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

6:50 AM.Yet another organisation has come out against moves by two major shareholders to unseat Abano Healthcare's chairman, Trevor Janes. Audio

6:50 AM.A backlash is growing against proposals to weaken consumer protections against compromised financial advice. Audio

6:47 AM.Overall mortgage lending by registered banks shrank to a little over 2.1 billion dollars in the three months ended March compared with 2.75 billion in the three months ended December last year. Audio

6:39 AM.Five people have been killed on the roads over Queen's birthday weekend, the deaths of four of those killed are being linked to foreign drivers. Audio

6:27 AM.The central North Island tribe, Tuwharetoa, says it's owed 1 point 75 billion dollars by power firms which have failed to pay for the use of Lake Taupo; A Te Rarawa man acknowledged on the Queen's… Read more Audio

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

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

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

6:00 AM.Call for more tourist driving training after weekend deaths;Police disappointed at number of road toll deaths over weekend;Motorcycling New Zealand to told inquiry over teenager's death;Row erupts… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh, who is in Darwin this morning. Audio

8:54 AM.An editorial in the British Medical Journal about sweeping changes to the Canterbury health system has upset a group of New Zealand health professionals. Audio

8:51 AM.The Prime Minister says the government will financially support a Queenstown Convention Centre, but it won't be anywhere near the 20 million dollars hoped for by the community. Audio

8:48 AM.Iwi leaders want to convince the Government not to go ahead with a bill forcing iwi fisheries to adopt new rules around foreign charter vessels; A small Taranaki tribe headed for settlement has issued… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Twelve months after a historic agreement to protect the South Island's Mackenzie Country was signed, environmental and farming groups are still waiting for it to become law. Audio