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7:20 AM.The Associate Justice Minister Chester Borrows discusses the Child Youth and Family review. Audio

7:15 AM.Child Youth and Family is promising to review its policies after two 15-year-old girls were left in police cells for four nights because there were no spare beds for them. Audio

7:10 AM.A new simulation of a Gulf of Mexico-style oil well blowout off the Taranaki coast predicts crude oil would swamp sensitive estuaries and Auckland's western beaches. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:40 AM.Climate scientists say changed weather patterns mean we should expect to see more extreme bushfires like the ones burning out of control in New South Wales. Audio

6:35 AM.Greenpeace says computer modelling it commissioned shows that IF oil wells to be drilled next month off the Taranaki and Otago suffer a Gulf of Mexico-style blowout, the environmental damage would be… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.The largest Maori land administrator might end up footing the bill to shore up some whenua under threat from erosion; A Bill to put Tuhoe's Treaty settlement into law will have its first reading in… Read more Audio

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

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

6:10 AM.The British foreign secretary, William Hague, says President Bashar al-Assad can play no role in a future Syrian government. Audio

6:00 AM.Oil disaster model, Child Youth and Family review, Solid Energy, NSW fires, Ruataniwha dam, Raetihi water, Brendan Horan. Audio

8:55 AM.Scientists in the United States believe they're a hair closer to a cure for baldness. Audio

8:52 AM.The Auckland Council is being urged to get serious about Pasifika development by setting up a high-level policy unit and hiring senior Pasifika managers to run it. Audio

8:49 AM.A Ngati Whatua o Kaipara leader is challenging the Minister of Education to act after the closure of the last Maori classroom in its rohe; In a statement, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The French government is demanding answers from United States authorities, following claims of massive surveillence of phone calls in France. Audio

8:40 AM.Residents in Shannon are worried the closing of of the small Horowhenua town's biggest employer will gut their local economy. 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

8:28 AM.The Canterbury District Health Board has settled its insurance claim to repair quake damaged facilities in the region, but the money falls well short of the 500 million dollars needed to repair all… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The Minister of Immigration rejects suggestions that interpreters working for the SAS have been treated unfairly. Audio

8:16 AM.The Prime Minister says he's not taking the New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, seriously over his demand for a new, government-owned Kiwisaver provider. Audio

8:13 AM.In New South Wales residents are bracing themselves for a deterioration in conditions that could create what's being called a mega-fire. Audio

8:09 AM.Fresh allegations have surfaced about the pressure failed Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino put on Bevan Chuang to reveal her affair with Len Brown. Audio

7:53 AM.The Government will give Team New Zealand five million dollars to retain key team members while a decision is made on a future challenge. Audio

7:48 AM.A Roma couple charged with the abduction of a young girl in Greece say they were given the child legitimately. Audio