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6:00 AM.Mana says declaration not to back National is welcome; Cairns confirms match-fixing probe; Copeland says Conservatives to give Christians a voice; CAA to review Robinson R22; Piri Weepu suffers minor… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The organisers of the 16th Golden Shears World Championships in Ireland say they are now 'three bags full' after a last-minute public campaign to ensure the event could go ahead without a hitch. Audio

8:53 AM.Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the controversial Bishop of Limburg from his post in Germany, who'd been suspended over his alleged lavish spending. Audio

8:50 AM.Fonterra's forecast of a record-high payout for farmer shareholders is expected to be worth 14 billion dollars to the New Zealand economy, and that's excited the agricultural sector. Audio

8:48 AM.Pregnant Maori women are being urged to take action and be vaccinated after an outbreak of unseasonal swine flu; An iwi negotiator says future Whanganui River resource consents will have to be… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.What's the difference between an ordinary person taking water samples and a freshwater ecologist? Very little if NIWA's prediction is true. Audio

8:40 AM.The Chief Justice is warning politicians not to throw the baby out with the bath water, as they make changes to the law which governs the courts. Audio

8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:26 AM.A hop producer in a small settlement near Nelson has been recognised for his pioneering work in organic hop production. Audio

8:23 AM.Latest figures show banks are still taking a cautious approach about lending to home buyers who have less than a 20 per cent deposit. Audio

8:20 AM.The police will spend today combing through C-C-TV footage in an effort to find the killer of a homeless Auckland man. Audio

8:14 AM.Around 120 floating objects detected at sea have provided a fresh lead in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing triple seven, in the Southern Indian Ocean. Audio

8:09 AM.An expert says a deadly mudslide in northern Washington could have been avoided, if his earlier warnings had been heeded. Audio

7:56 AM.Today marks the 30 year anniversary of the attack which killed the building's caretaker, Ernie Abbott. No-one has ever been arrested for the bombing. Audio

7:52 AM.The threat of arrest has prompted hundreds of people with student loans to contact the Inland Revenue Department to get their loan repayments in order. Audio

7:50 AM.The Transport Agency's road safety director Ernst Zollner joins Morning Report. Audio

7:47 AM.The country's 100 riskiest intersections have been named, the list topped by one in rural Auckland. Audio

7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:38 AM.Countries in the European Union have been warned they're too dependent on Russian oil and gas, regarded as a liability in the current climate of political distrust. Audio

7:34 AM.Malaysia says new satellite images have revealed more than one hundred and twenty objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be from the missing airliner. Audio

7:25 AM.A Northland Regional Council worker attacked on his way to give evidence at a court case is highly critical of both his employer and ACC after what he says is a series of blunders, leading to his… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Police are searching through CCTV footage as they hunt for the killer of a homeless man who died after being attacked in Auckland last weekend. Forty nine year-old Maqbool Hussain was the third… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Kim Dotcom's Internet Party will be formally launched today - but its potential marriage with the Mana Party seems to be over before it's even started. The two parties have had initial discussions… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Mana Party president Annette Sykes joins Morning Report. Audio