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6:38 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, may make a trip to Australia in the coming weeks to meet with its Prime Minister-elect, Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott's Liberal-National Coalition won this weekend's election… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.A Maori nurses union says there aren't enough Maori health workers to cope with the growing Maori population, and the government needs to take action; New Zealand First says the Government needs to… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.Tokyo has overcome the Fukushima nuclear crisis to win the right to host the 2020 Olympics. The decision has been met with jubilation in Japan, which has been struggling to recover from the 2011… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Australia's new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, says his top priorities in office are to scrap the carbon tax and to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat - but the changes pledged by Australia's new… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Labour vowing unity whichever leader chosen; Abbott gets straight to work; Team New Zealand to meet Oracle for second day of America's Cup; John Kerry in Paris bolstering support for strike on Syria… Read more Audio

11:56 AM.Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh predicted a Liberal Coalition victory on Morning Report on Friday. She has the final word in today's Australian Election Special. Audio

11:50 AM.John Hewson was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1994. He lost 1993 federal election to Paul Keating. Tony Abbott was his press secretary. He comments on Abbot's election… Read more Audio

11:43 AM.Grahame Morris, a lobbyist and former chief of staff to John Howard and Simon Banks who has worked on five federal election campaigns for Labor and was Kevin Rudd's chief of staff discuss the election… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Australia is our closest neighbour and our biggest trading partner. Prime Minister John Key on what the election means for New Zealand. Audio

11:35 AM.RNZ Political Editor Brent Edwards provides his analysis of the election result. Audio

11:30 AM.Leading Liberal figures Julie Bishop, John Howard and Arthur Sinodinos look to the future. Audio

11:24 AM.Former Labor power broker and numbers man gives his perspective. Audio

11:19 AM.Kevin Rudd and former Premier Bob Hawke react to the election defeat. Audio

11:12 AM.Amanda Vanstone is a political commentator and was a minister in the Howard government. She gives her perspective on the election result. Audio

11:07 AM.The Liberal Coalition won a resounding victory last night.The first word goes to the new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - a man written off so many times as unelectable but a man who last night… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.The Magpies beat Otago last Sunday to lift the shield for the first time in 44 years, and it could become the briefest reign in shield history if they lose to Counties Manukau tomorrow. Audio

8:48 AM.A member of the Maori Council says it is threatening court action over the funding of Maori wardens; The Labour Party's putting more pressure on the Government to investigate the appointment of a new… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The country's second full time orchestra wants recognition on a par with the high profile and more heavily funded New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio

8:42 AM.A private meeting of the Christchurch City Council is under way to discuss the future of the organisation's chief executive, Tony Marryatt. Audio

8:38 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.An elite rowing eight from Cambridge University has returned to Hamilton seeking revenge for its loss to Waikato University two years ago. Audio