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

6:58 AM.A summary of financial markets. Audio

6:56 AM.An industrial property investor, Property For Industry, says rental growth is likely to pick up and the joint General Manager, Nick Cobham, sees the environment as ripe for selling non-core assets. Audio

6:53 AM.Auckland's largest realtor says vendors need to start being more realistic about their sale price expectations as the market becomes more competitive. Audio

6:49 AM.Westpac NZ Chief Executive Peter Clare says about 14 percent of its home loan applications are now being lodged online. Audio

6:47 AM.Westpac New Zealand expects pressure on its profit margins, from customers moving from floating to fixed-rate mortgages, to continue in the near term. Audio

6:42 AM.The Maori King, Tuheitia, has come down hard on his 18-year-old son who yesterday pleaded guilty to theft and burglary in the Auckland District Court. te ao Maori Audio

6:40 AM.Justice Minister Judith Collins today faces her first Question Time in Parliament since lashing out at a political journalist. Audio

6:27 AM.The Maori Party's newly-selected candidate for Hauraki-Waikato has fired the first shot in the battle for the seat; Te Taitokerau iwi, Ngatiwai, says it's been called on by the Ministry for Primary… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region including an update on the Australian Senate inquiry into recent deadly violence at the Australian run Manus Island detention centre in PNG. Audio

6:10 AM.The head of the WHO's polio eradication programme, Dr Bruce Elwood, outlines the scale of the problem. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Winston Peters claims Oravida did benefit; Prime Minister accused of being soft on Justice Minister; Political editor discusses latest in Collins story; Legislation rushed through today to ban… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Man killed by single punch; and tension between Australia and Indonesia. Audio

8:53 AM.Olympian Oscar Pistorius is set to return to court in South Africa following a two-week break in his murder trial. Audio

8:49 AM.Taking one super pill may be better for those at risk of heart attack or stroke, a trial has found. Currently, people at risk of cardiovascular disease take a combination of blood pressure and… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A new study suggests young Maori wahine are being let down by the health system, because of inadequate information to help them find a midwife; A South Island marae has accepted a donation to repair… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Afghans living in New Zealand are pitching in to help thousands of people displaced by deadly mudslides in northern Afghanistan. Audio

8:38 AM.Lyttelton port workers are warning industrial action will begin to bite today as delays which built up over the weekend threaten to spill into the business week. Audio

8:29 AM.Even though duck-shooting season only got underway on Saturday two people have already been shot. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Primary school teachers and principals are blaming the government for a drop in teacher morale and a jump in the number of schools claiming they do not have enough staff. Audio

8:19 AM.Kim Dotcom's Internet Party is targeting the GCSB law in the release of its first detailed policies. Audio

8:16 AM.Prime Minister John Key has announced an end to all animal testing in the legal high industry. Audio