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7:46 AM.After much fanfare last year over the granting of permission for Bathurst Resources to open an open cast coal mine near Westport, the company yesterday announced it was delaying the project… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:37 AM.Ukraine's new leadership has delayed the formation of a unity government, as it struggles to keep the country together. The acting president, Olexander Turchynov, is holding meetings with law… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The former immigration minister Tuariki John Delamere says if it were up to him he would deport a Tongan overstayer despite the conditions in her native Ha'apai. Morning Report revealed yesterday the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Police in Tauranga are investigating video footage which show groups of young people fighting and intimidating members of the public at a local shopping mall. Audio

7:22 AM.An influential business group says it won't reconsider the position of its chair, despite suggestions that he stepped down from his position at a leading law firm amid suggestions of a misleading CV. Audio

7:18 AM.The latest efforts to conclude a Pacific-wide trade deal have failed. Trade ministers held four days of talks in Singapore to try to reach an agreement on the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership, or… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.An Afghan interpreter, who wants to come to New Zealand, has escaped execution by the Taliban. The man worked for more than six years for New Zealand forces in Bamiyan and Bagram, and in Kabul. Audio

7:09 AM.The brother of Arthur Allan Thomas says New Zealand's newly-appointed police commissioner, Mike Bush, owes his brother a personal apology. Arthur Thomas spent nine years in jail for the 1970 murders… Read more Audio

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

6:38 AM.The Police Minister says a controversial comment made by the incoming Police Commissioner about one of his former colleagues, pales into insignificance against his years of service. Audio

6:28 AM.The Maori Council's Otautahi Committee says urban Maori living in the city need to be better represented in the rebuild; A teacher from Tolaga Bay is calling for a study into tamariki who've graduated… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:09 AM.Trans Pacific Partnership talks have stalled despite promises of an imminent deal. Ministers from the 12 nations involved in the trade talks had signalled they were close to a deal as they began a… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Brother: new Police Commissioner should apologise; Afghan interpreter waiting to come to NZ dodges death; TPP talks fail to conclude deal in Singapore; Business council not concerned about query over… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.While the New Zealand Festival features many live theatre and music performances, there are also several major arts exhibitions. Audio

8:49 AM.An asteroid the size of a fridge and weighing 400 kilograms has slammed into the moon - forming a new 40 metre wide crater. Audio

8:46 AM.A South Island tribal group, Ngati Waewae, is making a dent in the black market pounamu trade; A former Maori Affairs Minister says the Maori Language Commission should be in charge of looking after… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Councils in the lower South Island say a proposed law change to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings will cost them 1.7 billion dollars. Audio

8:38 AM.Some Primary principals are worried the Education Review Office is focusing too closely on children's results in reading, writing and maths when it reviews schools. 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

8:25 AM.A 20-year-old man died in a South Auckland police cell early on Sunday morning after being arrested for being drunk and aggressive. We speak to The Police national coordinator of forensic medicine, Dr… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The lawyer for a man acquitted of murdering his stepdaughter says the two year old girl's death is a horrible tragedy and someone needs to come forward and admit they were responsible. Audio