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7:54 AM.A Marlborough-based brewery has been named the Champion Brewery in New Zealand. Audio

7:50 AM.The National Party begins its annual conference tomorrow in Nelson, unfazed by controversy around the GCSB bill and buoyant about its polling. Audio

7:47 AM.The popular former Queensland premier, Peter Beattie, has announced he's returning to politics and will be running for a seat in the Australian general election. Audio

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

7:34 AM.Conservationists are not ruling out further legal action against a proposed open cast mine on the West Coast, despite the Conservation Minister Nick Smith saying such a move would bring the process… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.An environmental scientist says the new State of the Environment reports will be a reality check for the Government. Audio

7:21 AM.The Conservation Minister is launching a new push for a marine reserve in Otago. Audio

7:18 AM.House values have risen more than eight percent in the past year - pushing property values seven point five percent higher than the pre-recession peak. Audio

7:13 AM.Fonterra will hold talks with the Government this morning as the dairy company's board promises an independent inquiry. Audio

7:09 AM.Workers at the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter remain uneasy about their future despite a deal being struck between the plant's owners and Meridian Energy. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:41 AM.Obesity is now as great a cause of disability and loss of life as smoking. Audio

6:38 AM.The Finance Minister Bill English says there'll be no second bite of the cherry for Rio Tinto, after the government agreed to a 30-million-dollar subsidy, to help settle a deal with the power company… Read more Audio

6:28 AM.The national body for Maori medium education says the Qualifications Authority should work with it to resolve NCEA problems at a handful of kura; Business New Zealand says businesses will fail if they… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:14 AM.Environmentalists are outraged that new environmental reports will not be written by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright. Audio

6:11 AM.Opposition MPs have failed in their repeated attempts to fundamentally change the new legislation for the electronic spy agency, as the bill makes its way through the House. Audio

6:00 AM.Tiwai Point contract sorted, now the Government can part privatise Meridian Energy, Fonterra starts to answer some of the questions its been avoiding over the Contamination and obesity takes over from… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A campaign to stop people looking away from face-to-face conversations to check their phones, send text messages or update a status on social media has gone viral. Audio

8:52 AM.New Zealand's reputation as a friendly country has been given a boost by a new international travel survey. Audio

8:48 AM.Changes are being made within the country's only kaupapa Maori intellectual disability residential care provider, which had been heavily criticised by the Ministry of Health; Tangata whenua are being… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Antarctica New Zealand boss, Lou Sanson, is coming out of the cold and into the fire with his new job as head of the Department of Conservation. Audio

8:38 AM.Parliament has passed new laws that will ban gang insignia from government and local council premises, schools and police stations. Audio

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