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7:35 AM.There are fears that even if the black boxes from missing Malaysian Airlines plane can be found they may not have enough information to determine what happened to the ill-fated flight. Audio

7:25 AM.Prince William, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and their son Prince George arrived in Wellington yesterday to a full ceremonial welcome. Audio

7:22 AM.The last-ditch effort by Act MP John Banks to have his charge thrown out has failed and he will face a defended hearing next month. Audio

7:14 AM.Evacuation centres in Solomon Islands are expected to run out of food today. Audio

7:13 AM.The National list MP, Tau Henare, says he'll quit politics at this year's elections. Audio

7:10 AM.Olympian Oscar Pistorius has taken the stand in a Pretoria court and given an emotional apology to the family of his dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:40 AM.The evacuation centres housing 9000 victims of the flash flooding in the Solomon Islands are expected to run out of food today. Audio

6:27 AM.Big changes are being made to the nation's first Maori radio station; The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is investigating the seizure of Maori artefacts by American authorities; The Rotorua… Read more Audio

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

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

6:10 AM.The police say they're having to deal with a big rise in the number of mental health and threatened or attempted suicide phone calls. Audio

6:00 AM.Solomon Islands floods, Tau Henare to reitre from politics, Banks to face hearing, Royal tour, MH370 search. Audio

8:56 AM.There are warnings New Zealand's 100 percent pure brand could become a liability if more isn't done to make sure the slogan matches reality. Audio

8:53 AM.All eyes in Australia are on the Indian ocean off Perth as the search continues for MH370; death and taxes Australian style - the government can now chase your student debt posthumously; Western… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A 60 year old grandmother from Rotorua has become the first person to make a double crossing of Cook Strait in a rowing skiff. Audio

8:48 AM.People have told the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, they want the government to set up a new cabinet Minister role looking after Te Reo Maori; Only one of the twenty district health boards is… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The government is open to calls to do more to boost New Zealand's currently modest trade relationship with an increasingly prosperous Latin America. Audio

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

8:28 AM.The 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the deaths of more than 800-thousand people, has turned into a diplomatic row. Audio

8:22 AM.Hundreds of people calling for a complete ban on the sale of legal highs, protested in more than 20 locations from Whangarei to Invercargill this weekend. Audio

8:15 AM.An aviation lawyer says finding the signals, also called pings, is the most important thing to have occurred in the search for MH370. Audio

8:10 AM.UNICEF's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist in Honiara, Donald Burgess, gives a status update. Audio

7:57 AM.A member of the London-based Maori cultural group, Ngati Ranana, appears to have had a little fun at the expense of British media writing about the New Zealand tour of the Duke and Duchess of… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The South African Paralympic champion, Oscar Pistorius, is expected to take the stand in his murder trial tonight, as the defence begins laying out its case in a Pretoria court. Audio