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6:25 AM.A large North Island iwi has given the thumbs up for oil and gas exploration around Danniverke - provided there's no harm to the environment; A Hamilton-based Maori Women's Refuge believe vulnerable… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:14 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.The Green Party says the Energy and Resources Minister, Simon Bridges, should step down as associate climate change minister because he supports more oil drilling in New Zealand. Audio

6:01 AM.Aftershocks continue in Chile after yesterday's 8.2 earthquake but tsunami alerts have now been lifted. Higher dividends to the Government or cheaper electricity for consumers? The opposition and the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Animal lovers in the United States have started a campaign to help black dogs, which they say are much harder to find new homes for. Audio

8:53 AM.Pristine conservation land at the centre of a battle between environmentalists and a mining company, could be ruined to make way for a project which may not even go ahead. Audio

8:52 AM.The Japanese public seems to have largely shrugged off yesterday's international court decision outlawing whaling in the Southern Ocean. Audio

8:48 AM.A huge increase in the amount of land and sea available for oil and gas exploration looks set to be unveiled this morning. Audio

8:45 AM.The Human Rights Commission's latest review on race relations shows Asian people and Maori reported the highest rates of discrimination in 2013; The Ministry of Maori Development is certain a new… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A ground-breaking survey of people in the Far North has revealed their biggest worry is feeling unsafe, on the streets and even in their own homes. Audio

8:35 AM.Farmers, rural councils and business leaders are joining forces to fight a billion dollar redistribution of road funding to the big cities, and in particular to pay for the Roads of National… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.After 10 years before the courts, this country's longest-running employment case has ended with a win for Radio New Zealand. Audio

8:20 AM.Foreign-trained doctors are being shut out of practising medicine in New Zealand by being dropped down the priority list for jobs. Audio

8:12 AM.A pay-as-you-go power company has done a u-turn after being accused of profiteering from poverty. Audio

8:10 AM.Four years after the Government promised relief to the country's 89,000 leaky home owners, fewer than a hundred homes have been fixed under its home repair scheme. Audio

7:56 AM.Award winning composers David Donaldson, Steve Roche and Janet Roddick of Wellington based Plan 9, created the new theme music for Morning Report. Audio

7:52 AM.A Waikato farm company has been fined more than $25,000 after the death of worker who was run over by a runaway remote-controlled tractor. Audio

7:48 AM.After earlier encouraging supermarkets to develop a voluntary code of conduct the Commerce Minister is now hinting the Government could impose a compulsory code on the industry. Audio

7:40 AM.New figures show a handful of schools, mostly in Auckland, are increasingly dominating the elite Scholarship exams. Audio

7:35 AM.Nato has suspended all co-operation with Russia, after the latter failed to follow through on a promise to pull troops from its border east of Ukraine. Audio

7:29 AM.Foreign-trained doctors who have sat and passed a key medical exam to work in New Zealand are frustrated they can't find work and are taking a case of discrimination to the Human Rights Commission. Audio

7:26 AM.Todd Niall joins us now from a fare evasion blockade at Sturges Road in West Auckland. Audio

7:23 AM.A crack down is under way against the million-dollar problem of fare evasion on Auckland commuter trains. Audio