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7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:38 AM.Just hours before the United Nations Security Council debates the crisis in Syria worries have been raised about the extent of influence Al Qaeda has over opposition groups in that country. Audio

7:28 AM.Bill English said in parliament yesterday up to 8-thousand families, couples and individuals will either have to look for a cheaper property or give up buying a first home because of the new Reserve… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The disappointment of not winning the America's Cup is still being felt in New Zealand, but attention is already turning to the next Cup series and whether giant catamarans have a future in the… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Two New Zealanders, Jonathan Beauchamp and  David John Haussmann have now been officially named among the ten Greenpeace protestors ordered to spend two months in a Russian prison. Audio

7:11 AM.Listening to that report was the Green Party co-leader Dr Russel Norman. Audio

7:08 AM.Yet another Government agency has become involved in the controversy around the Ruataniwha Dam project. Audio

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

6:39 AM.Just hours before the United Nations Security Council debates the crisis in Syria, worries have been raised about the extent of influence Al Qaeda has over opposition groups in that country. Audio

6:37 AM.Opposition parties are calling for a halt to the decision-making process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay sayng it needs to start from scratch. Audio

6:27 AM.The annual secondary schools national Maori speech competition has announced the winners for this year's event which took place in Hamilton; The chairman of the organising committee, Taiporutu Huata… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:14 AM.Fresh back for a trade mission to calm Chinese consumers concerned about New Zealand exports, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive, Michael Barnett, says there is still work to do. Audio

6:10 AM.The Mormon woman who blew the whistle on an elder of her church, she believed was abusing boys, says she felt sick when she found out he'd been approved as a CYFS caregiver - and had boys in his care.

6:00 AM.Opposition parties call for the decision-making process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay to be started from scratch. Greenpeace activists including two New Zealanders are imprisoned… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.RNZ reporter Todd Niall, Tom Schnackenberg former designer with Team New Zealand, Penny Whiting yachting commentator. Audio

8:51 AM.The New Zealand women's football team has scored an historic victory by winning the Valais Cup in Switzerland, beating China 4-nil. Audio

8:47 AM.Delays in the issuing of warrants to Maori Wardens has promoted the Maori Council to take over the job from Te Puni Kokiri; A Tauranga man who moved to Australia nearly a decade ago admits he… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Our reporter Cushla Norman is at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington. Audio

8:41 AM.Our reporter Murielle Baker is with fans at Shed 10 on the Auckland waterfront. Audio

8:40 AM.We're joined again from San Francisco by Sailracing Magazine's Justin Chisholm. Audio

8:37 AM.An update from Simon Mercep and Todd Niall. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:27 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio