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6:38 AM.The Labour Party says the Government has essentially given half of Meridian Energy away and says its asset sales programme is officially a failure. Audio

6:27 AM.A manager at the Hauraki Maori Trust Board believes bureaucracy is preventing it from looking after more of the tribe's children or young people in State care; The principal Maori advisor to Child… Read more Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.The Government says Opposition parties have sabotaged the Meridian Energy float. Piracy charges are dropped against Greenpeace activists and up to a thousand jobs are at risk at New Zealand Post. Audio

8:56 AM.They're creatures of the deep, look like giant snakes, and are associated with earthquakes in Japanese legend. Audio

8:50 AM.A Christchurch community group is collecting letterboxes from red-zoned properties and wants to turn them into large sculptures that comemmorate the quake-ravaged communities they come from. Audio

8:48 AM.A Bill to put Tuhoe's Treaty settlement into law is due to have its first reading in Parliament this morning; The largest Maori land administrator might end up footing the bill to shore up some whenua… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Shares in the Dunedin medical research company Pacific Edge are reaching record highs. Audio

8:38 AM.The outdoors centre that led a deadly school trip to New Plymouth's Paritutu Rock last year is to be sentenced on health and safety charges today. 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

8:29 AM.Business leaders are warning that South Korea's powerful agricultural lobby will be the main impediment to settling a free trade deal quickly. Audio

8:24 AM.MPs have defended the move to let the Speaker keep control of their spending on travel rather than transfer it to an independent body. Audio

8:22 AM.The ACT Party leader, John Banks, says he's challenging the Auckland District Court ruling on his electoral return because he wants the matter dealt with swiftly. Audio

8:15 AM.Maori living south of Whangarei harbour are fighting plans for a racecourse expansion at Ruakaka. Audio

8:10 AM.The oil industry is criticising a Greenpeace commissioned report it says lacks any credibility. Audio

7:56 AM.Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's epic conquering of Mt Everest has completed the ultimate cinemagraphic experience, with a red carpet premiere in Wellington. Audio

7:50 AM.Intensive farming is being blamed for high nitrate levels in drinking water in the Canterbury region. Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:42 AM.The independent MP Brendan Horan is rejecting reports that he has settled the family dispute that led to him being kicked out of New Zealand First. Audio

7:35 AM.The small central North Island town of Raetihi has its drinking water back, but some locals fear there could be more problems ahead if the council doesn't overhaul its water scheme. Audio

7:27 AM.The Hawkes Bay Regional Council meets today for the first time since the local body elections. Audio

7:24 AM.The New South Wales Fire Commissioner says forecast conditions for west of Sydney today will be as bad as it gets. Audio

7:21 AM.A debt to a Japanese bank could spell the end of Solid Energy. Audio