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6:20 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.A project manager claims widespread exposure to asbestos during the Christchurch rebuild. Harawira defends Mana-Internet Party deal and Easy Rider widow advises wives not to become directors. Audio

8:56 AM.A tiny Spanish village called Castrillo Mata hudios which translates into English as "Kill Jews Fort" , has voted to change its name, after 400 years. Audio

8:53 AM.More than 200 scooter riders braved freezing weather on Saturday to raise funds and awareness for the Cancer Society in Canterbury's backcountry. Audio

8:49 AM.The army training camp that readied 60-thousand men for the First World War could soon have a new memorial. Talks to local historians Bernard Jervis and  Neil Frances and Pat Flynn reads a letter from… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A mining company is being asked to pay compensation if its operations affect fishing off the Taranaki coastline; A Maori advocate pushing for a World Conference on First Nation Peoples doubts the… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Opponents of the European Union have made sweeping gains in elections to its parliament although the pro-integration groups still hold an overwhelming majority of seats. Audio

8:38 AM.The Mayor of Tauranga is warning against rushing to amalgamate councils in the Bay of Plenty. Audio

8:34 AM.Updating the story of a train derailment on the Melling rail line into Wellington. Audio

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

8:23 AM.Match fixing stories continue to get prominence in English newspapers. In latest developments Chris Cairns is now in London to continue his interviews with the Metropolitan Police. Audio

8:19 AM.A Christchurch man who's made his name battling the Earthquake Commission says he has secured a forty-five-million-dollar joint venture with a Chinese company that will regenerate Christchurch's… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The big chill also kept Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers on their toes. Audio

8:13 AM.Plunging temperatures in the South Island have prompted warnings from police for drivers to exercise extreme caution. Audio

8:10 AM.Back now to our lead story ..The police are focusing their search for a missing Auckland woman in a North Shore cemetery. Audio

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

7:56 AM.Students say the government's attempt to boost enrolments in science and engineering degrees won't work because it is doing nothing about their fees. Audio

7:56 AM.The University of Auckland, is on course to become the first billion dollar tertiary institution. Audio

7:41 AM.The Internet and Mana parties will announce at 11 o'clock this morning whether they will join forces to contest September's election. Audio

7:36 AM.The European Union has been hit by a political earthquake with Eurosceptic and anti immigration parties making sweeping gains in the European Union parliamentary elections. Audio

7:26 AM.The Labour leader David Cunliffe is defending helping his American-based friend to buy a house in Omaha despite the Labour Party's plans to curb immigration levels. Audio

7:22 AM.Associate Immigration Minister Nikki Kaye is standing by her decision not to intervene to allow a Fijian man with kidney failure to stay in New Zealand for treatment. Audio

7:19 AM.National Party MP Mark Mitchell has told the John Banks trial that Kim Dotcom boasted he would destroy Mr Banks and the Government. Audio