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8:19 AM.The head of the country's electronic spy agency does not believe the United States spies on New Zealanders but says he can't be sure. The director of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Ian… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The man whose private prosecution resulted in the Act Party leader John Banks being forced to stand trial says he should now resign from Parliament. A High Court judge has upheld a District Court… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The latest OECD education survey shows New Zealand 15 year old students' levels of maths, reading and science continue to drop. The largest slump was in maths where New Zealand dived from a ranking of… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Bob Dylan - one of the icons of the United States' civil rights movement - has been placed under judicial investigation in France for allegedly provoking ethnic hatred of Croats. It follows a legal… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Statistics New Zealand has released a raft of information from this year's census. The data shows home ownership rates are falling across the country and more people are moving to New Zealand from… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:43 AM.It's been revealed there were numerous safety breaches at a West Coast gold mine where a nine-year-old boy died after his father's four-wheel-drive rolled into a settling pond. Audio

7:36 AM.A prestigious Presbyterian girls' school in Dunedin is being described by a teachers' union as a toxic and unsafe workplace, which may need external intervention. A dispute between the management of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.When a child has to be taken from their home, Child, Youth and Family's goal is to place them with a relative before considering any other form of care. Audio

7:26 AM.Parliament's Privileges Committee has criticised the way private information was handed over to the inquiry investigating how a controversial report into the country's spy agency was leaked. The New… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Can Act survive? Our political editor, Brent Edwards, is with us. Audio

7:17 AM.Opposition parties say the ACT Party leader John Banks' political career is all but over. A High Court judge has upheld a District Court decision and ruled Mr Banks should stand trial in the High… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Morning Report speaks with Education Minister Hekia Parata about the recent OECD report indicating New Zealand standards have dived. Audio

7:10 AM.New Zealand has tumbled in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. Formerly among the top performing nations in the OECD's Programme for… Read more Audio

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

6:41 AM.Opposition parties say the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has not been vindicated by a Privileges Committee report into the handing over of parliamentary records to the David Henry inquiry. The… Read more Audio

6:36 AM.New Zealand's ranking has nose dived in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. The report compares levels of reading, maths and science among 15… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.The Kaihautu or leader of Maori at Statistics New Zealand, Luke Crawford, says he's shocked by the drop in the number of Maori who can speak Te Reo; The Kohanga Reo National Trust Board says Ministry… Read more Audio

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

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

6:11 AM.The Mayor of Tauranga says he's confident informing the community right from the start will be a lesson that is put in place by Maritime New Zealand in the wake of the Rena grounding. Audio

6:00 AM.New Zealand tumbles in international test of 15-year-olds; Hekia Parata reacts to OECD education report; Opposition parties say Banks' political career is all but dead; Political editor on the impact… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.One of the last remaining Kahikatea forests in the top of the South Island is set to be restored. Audio

8:50 AM.The Auditor General will front up to ratepayers in Kaipara today - to present two long-awaited reports on their Council's debt fiasco. Audio

8:47 AM.A member of the education panel of the Iwi Chairs Forum, Haami Piripi, says tribes aren't ruling out investing in Charter Schools down the track; Labour wants to gain the support of Maori voters, and… Read more Audio