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6:39 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, is hoping for a speedy inquiry into the Fonterra contamination scare, and says he will go to China as soon as it is finished to reassure consumers there. Audio

6:35 AM.A police officer risked his own life to save a passenger thrown into the sea after a vehicle accident in Tauranga last night. Audio

6:27 AM.The Kohanga Reo National Trust board will today meet with a branch of Maori preschools, that held a protest, over the departure of the chief executive last week;The transitional chair of an Eastern… Read more Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.Valerie Adams has won the shot put at the World Championships in Moscow, Police officer hailed as hero after dramatic crash rescue, Police commander discusses dramatic Tauranga rescue, Analysts say… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes says last night's opening election debate between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott was somewhat underwhelming. Audio

8:52 AM.The New Zealand Army Band has attracted glowing reviews of their performance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The band's spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Mark Hadlow, says they've been making… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Maori Arm of the Nurses Organisation say it's still fighting pay inequalities which see some nurses at iwi providers paid 25 per cent less than those at district health boards; A Northland group… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.An ambitious project to transform some of the country's poorest urban communities hopes to roll-out its first programmes within months. Auckland Council's Southern Initiative aims to the improve the… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the Employment Relations Authority is pushing legal boundaries by ordering a worker to produce her Facebook pages and bank accounts. 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

8:28 AM.The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists' says new data on waiting times at hospital emergency departments raises alarming questions about whether patients needing urgent treatment are seen in… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Patients with a particularly deadly cancer may one day benefit from an unusual initiative by a fledgling New Zealand-owned drug company. Audio

8:20 AM.The Government and Fonterra say that bungled tests are to blame for the dicyandiamide, or DCD, contamination issue flaring up again in Sri Lanka. Audio

8:15 AM.Our political editor Brent Edwards was at the National Party's annual conference in Nelson. Audio

8:12 AM.Housing analysts say changes announced by the Government will do little to ease an over-heated housing market, and help ordinary people put a roof over their heads. Audio

8:09 AM.Two-year-old Gabriel Donnelly is safe, but the police are still searching for the convicted killer wanted in connection with his disappearance. Gabriel went missing from the Auckland suburb of Panmure… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.A group of pensioners from Waiheke Island have wowed audiences at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas over the weekend. The crew, called Hip Operation, is made up of members ranging in… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.An order issued by the Employment Relations Authority that an airline worker must hand over her bank records as part of an employment dispute is being criticised by some as crossing the line. Audio

7:47 AM.At the National Party's national conference over the weekend, John Key announced changes to Kiwisaver and Welcome Home Loans rules that he says will look after first-home buyers regardless of whether… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport Audio

7:39 AM.Shares in the state-owned Meridian Energy are expected to be on sale from mid October, and it's likely the float will be done as an installment receipt meaning people won't be required to pay the full… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The Justice Minister Judith Collins says it would be unconstitutional to consider pardoning convicted murderer and rapist Teina Pora while the matter is before the Privy Council. Audio