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7:09 AM.Power companies are continuing to put their prices up, despite figures showing an over-supplied power market and weak demand. Residential customers and power advocacy groups are outraged and say the… Read more Audio

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

6:41 AM.The farming sector is being told there is no quick fix to the warming up of the planet, as Federated Farmers suggests building more water storage facilities as a way to counter a predicted increase in… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.The death toll from an asylum seeker boat that sank off the coast of Indonesia has risen to 28. More than 20 people, including children, are still missing. Audio

6:27 AM.New legislation is being brought in to protect the unauthorised use of words or emblems relating to the 28th Maori Battalion; The Maori Council says the lodging of new claims with the Waitangi… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.The legal challenge to the Government's decision to close Phillipstown School in Christchurch will begin in the High Court. Audio

6:00 AM.Price of electricity still going up despite drop in demand; UN weapons inspectors about to head into Syria; John Key welcomes deal on Syria; Obamacare becomes political football in finance debate… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:50 AM.New Zealander Daniel Coulson, has been crowned the best auctioneer in Australia and New Zealand for the second year running. Audio

8:47 AM.A Ngai Tahu environment advisor for heritage, Helen Brown, says Maori artefacts are being lost by coastal erosion of archaeological sites; The annual secondary schools national Maori speech… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Bay of Plenty Regional Council admits it's likely to be an uphill battle eradicating an aquatic pest found in Tauranga Harbour. Audio

8:40 AM.The new fishing year is about to start for commercial operators in Bay of Plenty, Hauraki Gulf and East Northland and with it comes new rules aimed at tackling the illegal dumping of fish and wastage.

8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.The Crown prosecutor in the case of a Blenheim man who clubbed seal pups to death says his acquittal on animal cruelty charges was largely expected. Audio

8:24 AM.Southern leaders are furious the crown research centre, AgResearch, looks like it is going to ignore their proposals to keep genetic research at its Dunedin facility, Invermay. Audio

8:21 AM.The number of people who took their own lives while under the care of District Health Boards has been called alarming by a suicide prevention group. Audio

8:16 AM.Listening to that was the New Zealand businessman Ian Taylor, whose company, Animation Research, provides graphics for the America's Cup. Audio

8:12 AM.Boat builders are calling for government support in the wake of Team New Zealand's failure to lift the America's Cup. Audio

8:09 AM.Greenpeace New Zealand says its outraged over conditions for the two New Zealanders among a group of protestors who've been ordered to spend two months in a Russian prison. Audio

7:56 AM.The motor industry is putting its weight behind a proposal to cut the blood alcohol limit for drivers, saying it could save several lives a year. Audio

7:49 AM.At the request of Kenya, the global police body, Interpol, has issued an international alert -- or Red Notice -- for a British woman, Samantha Lewthwaite also known as the white widow. Audio

7:46 AM.The largest and most comprehensive report on climate change will tonight warn it is 95 per cent certain that humans are the cause of the planet warming. Audio