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8:43 AM.The Department of Conservation is trying to stop the spread of the great white butterfly during its spring breeding season. Audio

8:39 AM.Water has become a contentious issue in Hamilton just three weeks out from the local government elections. Audio

8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Sailing in race 14 of the America's Cup is underway in San Francisco, and after a very tight start, Oracle led by six seconds at the first mark. Audio

8:24 AM.Our reporter Kate Newton describes the atmosphere at the RNZYS. Audio

8:21 AM.One New Zealander, Kerikeri man Andrew McLaren, is among those injured in the siege in a Nairobi shopping mall. The 34 year old, along with his wife Kathy, had been in Kenya for five months managing a… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Despite economic growth across the country slowing in the latest quarter, exporters in Canterbury are bucking the trend. Audio

8:15 AM.The Amsterdam-based legal counsel for Greenpeace says the environmental lobby is doing all they can to secure the release of two New Zealanders and other activists onboard a seized protest ship in… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Yachtswoman Penny Whiting joins Simon at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Audio

8:08 AM.After a weather plagued weekend, Team New Zealand remained stranded on eight victories in the first to nine, while Oracle Team USA climbed to three. Audio

7:58 AM.Up to 15 armed militants from the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab have killed at least 68 people and wounded over 200 at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Audio

7:55 AM.The Wellington theatre community is lamenting the loss of the country's oldest running professional theatre companty. Audio

7:51 AM.The Whangarei District Council begins a review today of its chief executive, Mark Simpson. Audio

7:48 AM.The Health Minister says the Government will go back to the drawing board on organ donation if extra funding fails to lift donation rates. Audio

7:47 AM.Our reporter Cushla Norman is at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington. Audio

7:45 AM.Our reporter Murielle Baker is at Shed 10 on the Auckland waterfront where hundreds are gathering to watch the race on large television screens. Audio

7:42 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:39 AM.World leaders - including New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key - are heading to New York, where they will hold talks at the United Nations on Syria. Audio

7:35 AM.The new Labour Party leader, David Cunliffe, says he won't be making changes for change's sake when he reveals the party's new caucus line-up this afternoon. Audio

7:26 AM.A delegation from Greenpeace in Russia has flown into the port city Murmansk to find out why about 25 of its activists, including two New Zealanders, have been arrested on board a protest ship. Audio

7:24 AM.Team New Zealand's business manager, Ross Blackman. Audio

7:20 AM.Anxious America's Cup fans are reaching breaking point as the battle to take the Auld Mug stretches into the record books. Audio

7:17 AM.The chief executives of New Zealand charities are paid on average almost a quarter of a million dollars a year, more than five times as much as the national average salary. Audio

7:09 AM.Kenyan officials say a major assault is still underway against Al Shabaab gunmen in an attempt to end a siege in a shopping centre in Nairobi. Audio