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7:23 AM.Although one major power company has said it will freeze electricity prices until 2015, lobby groups say there is now an oversupply of power and all companies should drop their prices. Audio

7:19 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries and the Taranaki Regional Council have responded to the Radio New Zealand's lead story yesterday about the controversial practice known as landfarming. Audio

7:13 AM.Listening to that was the Minister of Defence, Dr Jonathan Coleman. Audio

7:09 AM.The Labour Party's defence spokesperson, Phil Goff, says the Defence Force's elite SAS soldiers are so poorly equiped they are resorting to buying their own equipment. Audio

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

6:37 AM.The Labour Party says provisioning for Special Air Service soliders is so poor they have to buy their own equipment. Audio

6:27 AM.The head of Quitline is praising tobacco tax hikes and smoke-free environments for major cuts in Maori high school student smoking rates; A block of land on the Kapiti Coast has been bought by a local… Read more Audio

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

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

6:13 AM.The Employers and Manufacturers Association is calling for power companies to lower their prices. Audio

6:11 AM.The Associate Health Minister, Tariana Turia, has taken a dig at the Labour Party, challenging it to push on with the Government's efforts to stamp out smoking if it wins next year's election. Audio

6:00 AM.Labour says SAS soldiers are so poorly supplied some are buying their own tactical equipment online. We have the latest developments on our landfarming of mining waste story and GlaxoSmithKline to… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Scientists in Australia have grown a miniature kidney in a dish - a breakthrough which could be a first step towards growing organs for transplant. Audio

8:50 AM.Proposed new anti-slavery measures in the United Kingdom would mean offenders face being sentenced to life in prison. Audio

8:47 AM.Four lawyers are forming a collective of claimants to challenge the Crown's Treaty settlement process; The Minister of Maori Affairs wants a new pan-tribal electoral college for the Maori Language… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Five councils will carry out rental housing warrant of fitness trials in the New Year, with the aim of creating a national standard. Audio

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

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

8:27 AM.A group of frustrated Christchurch homeowners is vowing to keep holding their insurer accountable after making limited progress with outstanding claims for earthquake damage. Audio

8:23 AM.Home owners whose properties were damaged in this year's Cook Strait earthquakes could be waiting until 2015 for their claims to be settled. Audio

8:18 AM.Auckland councillors have laid out a path for reconciliation with their embattled mayor Len Brown, but several insist he should resign over breaches of the code of conduct. Audio

8:16 AM.Analysts are expecting a volatile few days for the dollar in a week dominated by the health of the economies of New Zealand and the United States. Audio

8:13 AM.The National Security Agency in America is considering whether to grant an amnesty to Edward Snowden - the former intelligence contractor who leaked classified information from the organisation. Audio

8:09 AM.The Canadian province of Alberta has contradicted the claims made by the Taranaki Regional Council that it allows fracking waste to be disposed of on farmland. Audio

7:55 AM.An engineering student from New Plymouth is about to become the first New Zealander to go into space. Audio