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7:56 AM.The last remaining colony of an endangered bird is the latest casualty of the Australian wildfires. Audio

7:53 AM.The Tertiary Education Union says Otago University's sponsorship of the Highlanders rugby team is a poor gimmick which is bad for education. Audio

7:50 AM.The Christchurch jury hearing the high court murder trial of a Mongrel Mob prospect has been told extreme violence is highly respected in gang culture. Audio

7:46 AM.Some analysts are arguing New Zealand's stronger economic performance and projected government surpluses should be rewarded with a boost to its credit rating. Audio

7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:39 AM.A search for more affordable homes has pushed up house prices in the cheaper suburbs of Auckland and Wellington. Audio

7:35 AM.England has experienced its wettest January for in more than two centuries. Audio

7:27 AM.Mt Eden residents and a local councillor are asking if Auckland will be able to cope with an influx of people due in the city this week for the biggest weekend since the Rugby World Cup. Audio

7:22 AM.Australia's Channel Seven has won a bidding war for an exclusive interview with the convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, who was freed yesterday from Kerobokan Prison in Bali after nine years in… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Three parents whose children attend Auckland's St Heliers School have succeeded in making the school ditch religious instruction during class time. Audio

7:13 AM.Listening to that is a spokesperson for Syrian Solidarity in Auckland, Ali Akil. Audio

7:09 AM.A Syrian community leader says the Government is wrong to cancel the passports of people wanting to fight the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Audio

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

6:35 AM.An intelligence analyst says the Prime Minister is taking a big risk revealing a handful of New Zealand citizens have had their passports cancelled for wanting to go to fight alongside rebel forces in… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.The government concedes the time for consultation hui on the future of the Maori language is not long enough; It's emerged no mainstream schools are supporting a new kaupapa Maori Charter kura in… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.A residents group near Auckland's Eden Park say they're anxious they'll have to share their neighbourhood with disgruntled drunks kicked out of this weekend's rugby league Nines tournament. Audio

6:00 AM.Reaction to cancellation of passports for would be Syrian rebels, Would-be Syrian fighters stopped by parents, not passport cancellations, Auckland school ditches religious instruction after parents… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.The imminent release of Schapelle Corby; and Victorian bush fires. Audio

8:53 AM.Auckland has launched its first major campaign in a decade, to try to lure more New Zealanders to visit the country's biggest city. Audio

8:51 AM.Music, colour, extravagant costumes, and people of all ages filled an Auckland park yesterday for the annual Big Gay Out. Audio

8:46 AM.The consultation time on proposals for a new Te Reo strategy is being criticised as too short; The Crown's being accused of giving iwi carbon credits and failing to prevent their value from… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The London Ambulance Service is seeking to poach one hundred paramedics from New Zealand and Australia. The service has 250 vancancies, and will for the first time recruit from overseas. Audio

8:42 AM.Palmerston North police say they're not treating the death of a man on Friday as a homicide. Officers were called to a property on Friday night, where they discovered the body of a badly burnt man and… Read more Audio